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My asset declaration tempered with – Saraki Andrew Orolua Abuja

ÎÎÎSenate President, Senator Bukola

Saraki, has alleged that his assets dec-

laration form submitted in 2003 when he was the governor of Kwara State has been tampered with.

He told the tribunal through his counsel, Paul Erokoro (SAN), that the

refusal of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to interface with him on the asset declaration was because they knew he would

challenge insertions made on the form which had become the basis of the charges they brought against him.

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Cameron’s ‘fantastically corrupt’ gaffe irks Buhari Ï ƏƈƐƈ ^L ƏƈƗƈƅƑƋƆ Mƈ ƆƏƈ è ƗƆ ƅƏƈƄƆ ƅ Ƒ ƐƏƕ óƇ Ɛ Ɛƈƅ ƋƋƕ ƅ ƏƏƑƍƐô Ï ƌƆƏ ô ƏƆƌ ƏƊ ƆƌƄ ƏƏ ƈ è ƓƏ Ƌƕ ƐƈƌƆƗè ƈ Ƅ Ɨ Ƈ ƈƐ – Buhari ÎÎÎPresident Muhammadu Buhari has described as “embarrassing” a statement credited to the UK Prime

Minister, David Cameron, describing Nigeria as a “fantastically corrupt” country.

Cameron was caught on camera tell-

ing Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday that leaders of some “fantastically corrupt” countries, including Nigeria and Afghanistan, were due to attend his anti-

corruption summit.

Cameron will host an international anti-corruption summit on Thursday aimed at stepping up global action to

combat corruption in all walks of life.

In a pooled video feed made available to and published by British television station, ITV News, Cameron was shown talking with the

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Chigul Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole (right), in handshake with the new Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Elizabeth Ativie during a visit by members of Edo State House of Assembly led by the Speaker, to the Governor’s Office… on Tuesday.

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Editorial Time for Nigeria to look inwards

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s result of the increasing parlous state of Nigeria’s economy brought about by dwindling price of crude oil, it is time the country and citizens look inwards for solution. The present dire financial strait facing the country was predicted long ago.

However, successive administrations failed to heed the warnings or read the tea leaves for signs of hard times to come. For long, the country lived a profligate existence, while squandering the commonwealth that should have been saved for the rainy day.

Now, the chickens have come home to roost and with them the consequences of a charmed existence. The economic downturn is cause for concern giving that Nigeria depends on massive importation for almost every product consumed in the country.

Moreover, with the continuing depreciation of the Naira against all major currencies, the situation ahead is predicted to gloomier. We believe the country can ride out of the looming recession if it starts local manufacturing of those goods that are presently imported.

In fact, it is time to encourage “Made in Nigeria” goods. If enacted, such policy would save the country the much-needed foreign currencies now being expended on importation of goods and services. Analysts had for long decried the unregulated importation of goods that could be easily produced in the country. For example, available figures reveal that more than 2 million metric tonnes of rice are imported into country annually.

This is against the fact that Nigeria has vast arable land that could be used for planting and processing rice. What goes for rice is symptomatic of the importation mania that

has become the bane of the economy.

There is no gainsaying that most of the imported products such as textiles, margarine, palm kernel, vegetable oil, poultry products, chicken, eggs and turkey, Indian incense, cold rolled steel sheets, galvanized steel, roofing sheets, wheelbarrows, head pans, metal boxes and containers, and enamelware can be produced locally.

Others are steel drum, steel pipes, wire mesh, steel nails, wire rods, security wire, wood particle and board, plywood board and panel, wooden doors, toothpicks, glass and glassware, kitchen utensils, tableware, tiles and wooden fabrics, plastic and rubber products, soap and cosmetics.

That is where the government should step in and support artisans and other small-scale enterprises with funds to undertake massive production of goods, especially those requiring low cost technologies.

Not only will the country save scarce foreign exchange, such manufacturing outfits would employ hundreds of thousands workers, thereby reducing the high level of unemployment. Nigeria should learn from other developing countries such as Taiwan, China, Malaysia and Indonesia that have succeeded in pulling millions out of poverty through local production of goods. That is why we are hailing the amendment of the Public Procurement Act of 2007.

When signed into law, it will make it obligatory for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government to first consider and patronise Nigerian products before their foreign alternatives. There is no denying the fact that the law will have ripple effects on the manufacturing industry, as it will assure local manufacturers of a ready and sure market for their products.

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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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Militants kill three soldiers in Bayelsa

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soldiers attached to Operation Pulo Shield – the joint force in the Niger Delta – were killed in an attack by suspected militants in Bayelsa State.

It was gathered that the gunmen, who operated on a speedboat, overran a military outpost at Foropa, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, and gunned down the soldiers.

The military reportedly evacuated the bodies of the slain soldiers before dawn.

After killing their victims, the militants reportedly carted away two AK47 riffles, a General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) and other ammunition at the Foropa checkpoint.

A top security source said the militants struck at about 1.30am on Tuesday in a surprise attack, adding that the soldiers could

have been sleeping when the incident occurred.

In the meantime, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has warned those engaged on economic terrorism to desist forthwith with their activities as the military will employ all available means to stop it.

The DHQ stated in a statement, signed by its spokesman, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar that, “is not unaware of the emergence of a group in the Niger Delta region who have vowed to cripple economic activities through pipeline vandalism, oil theft and kidnap of expatriate workers in that region; it will not hesitate to deploy every available resources to deal decisively with any threats to economic lifeline of the nation.

“The military will employ all available means

and measures within its Rule of Engagement to crush any individual or group that engages in the destruction of strategic assets and facilities of the government in the Niger Delta or any other location and they will stand to regret the consequences of their actions.

“The whole world has seen what they are causing in terms of economic terrorism against the nation and would be treated as criminals in line with the laws of the land.

“The DHQ advices the community leaders, Traditional Rulers and the general public to cooperate with the security agencies to ensure the apprehension of the culprits for the interest of our great nation; as no individual or group interest is above national interest of this country.”

Buhari to host French president in Abuja ÏÏÏPresident

Francois Hollande of France will arrive Nigeria on Friday ahead of a regional security summit scheduled for Abuja on Saturday.

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a statement, saying “the summit is in furtherance of ongoing efforts by President Muhammadu Buhari to enhance the security of lives, properties and investments in Nigeria and neighbouring countries”.

The statement said Hollande hosted the first regional security summit in Paris in 2014.

“President Buhari and the French President who is scheduled to arrive Abuja on Friday on an official visit to Nigeria and will be joined at the summit by the Presidents of Cameroon, Niger Republic, Chad and Benin Republic,” the statement read.

“The United States, Brit-

Buhari

ain, Equatorial Guinea, the European Union, ECOWAS, the Economic Community of Central African States and the Gulf of Guinea Commission will also be represented at the summit which will have the successful conclusion of ongoing military operations against Boko Haram at the top of its agenda.

“The speedy resolution of the humanitarian crises caused by the barbaric atrocities of the terror-

ist group will also feature prominently on the summit’s agenda.

“Before proceeding to the summit, President Buhari will receive President Hollande and the French delegation at the Presidential Villa on Saturday morning.

“It is expected that new agreements on further defence and cultural cooperation between Nigeria and France will be concluded and signed after talks between the two.”

News Analysis

Before the ‘randy lecturer’ Bill is passed Segun Adio

ÏÏÏNigerians

will for a long time to come remember the 8th National Assembly for different reasons; some for the good reasons and some for not so good reasons.

I find it hard to place which reason Nigerians will appreciate the NASS’s effort at criminalising lecturers, students’ sexual relations that already passed first reading at the Senate.

The Bill, authored by Ovie Omo-Agege (LabourDelta Central) and reportedly co-sponsored by 46 other senators, seeks to completely prohibit any form of sexual relationship between lecturers and their students.

When the bill is finally passed and signed into law, any lecturer found guilty will be liable to a jail term of up to five years but not less than two years with no option of fine. Also,

under the bill, chief executives of institutions of higher learning (VCs, Rectors, Provosts etc.) will go to jail for two years if they fail to act within a week on complaints of sexual harassment made by students.

The Bill reads in part: “He or she (lecturer) shall be guilty if he grabs, hugs, rubs or strokes or touches or pinches the breasts or hair or lips or hips or buttocks or any other sensual part of the body of a student.

“He or she shall be guilty if he displays, gives or sends by hand or courier or electronic or any other means naked or sexually explicit pictures or videos or sex related objects to a student.

“He or she shall be guilty if he whistles or winks at a student or screams or exclaims or jokes or makes sexually complimentary or uncomplimentary remarks about a student’s physique,” he said. Interesting law it will

be if eventually passed.

For me, our distinguished senators should be commended for their bold step to rid our institutions of higher learning of amoral and despicable practices of which sexual assault of students is commonplace. Such is what this bill is meant to correct.

In their wisdom, the sponsors of the bill, apparently aware of possible pranks from students to score cheap points against perceived ‘enemy’ lecturers, also provide to sanction any students who falsely accuse lecturers of sexual harassment. How to prove falsity of the student in this circumstance, is a debate for another day.

Well-intended as the bill may appear, there are obvious anomalies in it that, if not considered and corrected before its passage, it could be counter-productive and bring unforeseen commotion to campuses.

Continues tomorrow

FG: Killer herdsmen are aliens

ÏÏÏMinister

of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, has said that some of the herdsmen wreaking havoc on communities across the country do not speak any Nigerian language.

The Minister disclosed this at a public hearing of the Senate held to find a solution to the conflict between farmers and herdsmen in the country.

He also restated the gov-

ernment’s plan to import grass from Brazil to feed cattle, adding that nine states had provided hectares of land for the building of ranches.

He was represented by Heineken Lokpobri, Minister of state for Agriculture.

“Statistics show that most people (herdsmen) arrested do not speak the Nigerian language.

“The herdsmen come

from across West Africa in search of water and grasses because of the effects of climate change. ”The cows in Brazil and Saudi Arabia produce more milk and are healthier than those in Nigeria because they are in ranches. ”Setting up ranches and importation of laffa seeds would be done so that grasses can be grown to feed cattle.

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Cameron’s ‘fantastically corrupt’ gaffe irks Buhari Continued from page 1 queen about the summit.

“We had a very successful cabinet meeting this morning, talking about our anticorruption summit,” Cameron said when the queen approached.

“We have got the Nigerians - actually we have got some leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain.”

Cameron went on: “Nigeria and Afghanistan - possibly two of the most corrupt countries in the world.”

The queen, who generally steers clear of political comment, did not respond to Cameron’s comment. But the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said: “But this particular president is actu-

ally not corrupt.”

BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale described the PM’s comments as a “truthful gaffe”, because the two countries involved were widely perceived as having a corruption problem.

Reacting to this on Tuesday, President Buhari, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Garba Shehu, said Cameron’s remark was wrongly timed and in bad faith.

Shehu further stated: “This is embarrassing to us, to say the least, given the good work that the President is doing. The eyes of the world are on what is happening here.

“The Prime Minister must be looking at an old

snapshot of Nigeria. Things are changing with corruption and everything else”.

He, however, welcomed the remarks by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who said President Buhari was not corrupt.

“Thank you to the Archbishop. We have great admiration for the good relationship between our two countries,” Shehu added in the statement.

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari and Afghan President Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, both of whom are due to attend the summit, acknowledge corruption in their countries and have pledged to clean it up.

Afghanistan is at number 166, second-from-bottom, in

campaign group Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions Index, an annual ranking of countries.

Only North Korea and Somalia, jointly ranked at number 167, are perceived to be more corrupt. Nigeria is at number 136 in the index.

“There is no doubt that historically, Nigeria and Afghanistan have had very high levels of corruption, and that continues to this day,” said Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director of Transparency International.

“But the leaders of those countries have sent strong signals that they want things to change.”

It was not clear whether Cameron realized he was being filmed and recorded

at the event at Buckingham Palace, held to mark the queen’s 90th birthday last month.

After Cameron’s remarks about Nigeria and Afghanistan, John Bercow, the speaker of parliament’s House of Commons joked: “They are coming at their own expense one assumes?”

“Everything has to be open,” Cameron said. “There are no sort of closed-door sessions. Everything has to be in front of the press. It’s going to be...It could be quite interesting.”

Cameron’s Downing Street office said both Buhari and Ghani acknowledged they faced a challenge to tackle corruption and they had been invited to the summit because they were leading the fight against graft.

“In a collection of essays on the fight against corruption to be published on the day of the Summit, President Ghani writes that

Afghanistan is ‘one of the most corrupt countries on earth’,” a spokeswoman for Cameron said.

Speaking ahead of the summit, Mr Cameron said: “For too long there has been a taboo about tackling this issue head-on.

“The summit will change that. Together we will push the fight against corruption to the top of the international agenda where it belongs.”

Last year Mr Cameron was recorded talking about Yorkshire people “hating each other” - and he was previously caught revealing how the Queen “purred” with pleasure when he told her the Scottish independence referendum result.

Asked whether Mr Cameron had apologised to the Queen over the corruption remarks, his official spokesman said the presidents of Nigeria and Afghanistan had “acknowledged the scale of the corruption challenge they face in their countries”.

We must lift our people out of poverty – Buhari

ÎÎÎPresident

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu (left), and Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi during the State PDP Congress at Michael Okpara Square, Enugu… on Tuesday.

Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the commitment of his administration to lifting Nigerians out of poverty.

President Buhari, who made this known on Tuesday when he declared open the Katsina State Economic and

My asset declaration tempered with – Saraki Continued from page 1 Counsel to Saraki, Paul Erokoro (SAN) made the allegation on Tuesday at the resumed trial of the Senate President on 13-count charge of falsification of assets declaration.

However, the EFCC witness, Mr. Michael Wetkas, who was being cross-examined by Saraki’s Counsel denied the allegation, saying the form was filled and signed

by Saraki before a competent Judge.

When the witness was asked if he was aware that the assets Declaration form submitted by the Defendant in 2003 was tampered with since it contained some entries of

properties that were not put on sale by the Federal Government until 2006, Mr. Wetkas said: “As far as I concerned, exhibit one was signed by the defendant himself on September 16, 2003.”

And when asked if he inserted No. 15A and15 B, MacDonald Street, Ikoyi, he said ‘no’. And when asked if he knew who did it, the witness said: “The Code of Conduct Bureau is a responsible organisation” and he would not believe it would have done that.

When he was asked why he did not confront the Senate President with it, his answer was that he did not have any interaction with him but the document was one he could

believe because it was signed before a competent Judge.

Erokoro’s contention was that Exhibit One would not have been written in September 16, 2003 because of the content particularly as it included properties he allegedly bought five years later. He argued that the form has been tampered with. He said the EFCC could not submit documents because he was afraid such would be challenged.

But the witness said that he did not interface with Saraki because another team comprising Imam Usman and Musa Sunday met the defendant. He also said he was not there when they met the defendant.

Defendant counsel told the

tribunal that it was impossible for Saraki to have declared Houses 15 A and 15B MacDonald road, Ikoyi- Lagos in his asset declaration in 2003 when actually the property were sold in 2006 after competitive bidding in which the preferred bidder and the second preferred bidders rejected the offer.

He explained that the defendant bought the houses from the Presidential Implementation Committee on Sales of Government Houses in 2006 and paid by Tiny T in 2008 after the first and second winners of the bid were unable to pay for it.

The defendant counsel also sought to prove that Saraki was worth more than N1.5 bil-

lion before he became governor of Kwara State.

Through the prosecution witness, the tribunal was told that Saraki owned 15 exotic vehicles including Mercedes S320 valued at N16m, Mercedes S500 valued at N20m, Lincoln bullet proof worth N25m, Mercedes G bullet proof worth N30m, Mercedes G 500 valued at N45m among others.

The total sum of his vehicles was put at N263, 400,000m and his landed property at N2b while he had cash deposit of 22m dollars, 12m pound sterling and 2.6m euro according to his asset declaration as read by Wetkas on Tuesday at the tribunal.

Trial continues today.

Investment summit in Katsina, described employment as ``the quickest way to escape poverty’’.

He, however, said that for that transformation to occur, every player, including the Federal Government ``must do his best’’. ``Employment is the quickest way to escape poverty. And we must lift our people out of poverty. ``But for this laudable transformation to occur, every player must do his best, including the Federal Government, but in particular, the people and government of Katsina State. ``For global players, some of whom I am pleased to see represented here, to take the deep plunge, they must be offered attractive incentives. ``The Katsina State Government appears to make I can’t refuse offer to investors through a liberal set of tax incentives, infrastructural support, faster and shorter government responses to business requests.’’

According to him, it is only through massive provision of employment opportunities that all tiers of government can reduce the level of poverty among the people.

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Group wants Sheriff, PDP NWC members barred from re-election Lateef Ibrahim Abuja

ÏÏÏThe

Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko (left), and former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd.) during a courtesy visit of Mimiko to Babangida at his Minna, Niger State residence… on Tuesday.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Reform Group, on Tuesday lent its voice to those calling for the barring of the members of the outgoing National Working Committee (NWC) of the party from seeking re-election in its forthcoming national convention.

The group has equally pushed for the auditing of the party’s finances in the past two years.

The group, which addressed journalists, on Tuesday, in Abuja, pointed out that its call was not aimed at witch-hunting or probing anybody, but to subse-

Group seeks Ondo indigene Okorocha as next NDDC boss

‘Tosin Ajuwon Akure

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group, from the Ondo State oil producing communities, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint an indigene from the State as the Managing Director of the NigerDelta Development Commission (NDDC).

The group, which said that the area comprised 213 communities, argued that it was their turn to produce the captain of the commission on the basis of justice, equity and fairness.

Its Chairman, Mr. Charles Ebimomi, noted that the law that established the commission stipulated that the office should be rotated among the states that constituted the agency.

Ebimomin – alongside the Secretary, Odunsola Omopariola,

Edo 2016: I’ll dethrone APC if given party ticket, says PDP aspirant

said that, in spite of their contributions to oil production in Nigeria and the statutory provision as contained in the NDDC Act, the community had been neglected over the years.

He said that the community was ranked as the fifth oil producing community and had been deprived of its statutory rights since the inception of the NDDC. The duo noted that other four states before Ondo, have each produced the MD and at least one Executive Director of the Commission for a number of years.

They maintained that they voted massively for Buhari in the last elections, because the people believed they would get justice that they never got for 16 years in NDDC under the PDP administration.

“The South-South states are ganging up against Ondo State

being the only Yoruba state that is producing oil. If the president look critically on what is going on in the NDDC now, he would know that the state has been heavily marginalised because of this.

“We appeal to the sense of judgement of Mr. President to allow Ondo state have the position this time around, because if the other five states cannot get justice under our amiable President Buhari, this will be most unfortunate, indeed. “The peace in the Niger Delta region should be sustained by the Federal Government on the basis of justice, equity and fairness in NDDC. “The agitation for tenure completion should be ignored as it will create more problems, because it simply means returning the old board in its entirety”, they said.

Titus Akhigbe

government from the All Progressives Congress-led government.

Iduoriyekemwen, a one-time state law-maker and Commissioner representing the state at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), made the promise. on Tuesday, when he presented himself to members of the PDP in Edo South Senatorial District in Benin City.

Benin

ÏÏÏAn Edo State governorship

aspirant under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, has promised to run a women-friendly administration, if given the party’s ticket, adding that it was about time for the party to decide if it wants to remain in opposition or take over

quently put in place international best practices in the management of the party.

Speaking on behalf of the group, one of its conveners, Mr. Ariyo-Dare Atoye, accused the out-going national officers of mismanaging the post-defeat era of the party, as well as the alleged squandering its resources.

According to group, “This is a big shame. It is the collective feelings of all our members nationwide that none of them should come back”.

It cautioned that the old order, which made the party unattractive to Nigerians, and which caused it the 2015 general elections, was about repeating itself.

mourns Eze Njemanze Val Okara Owerri

ÏÏÏThe people of

Owerri ancient kingdom have been thrown into mourning mood following the demise, last week, of the traditional ruler of the kingdom His Royal Majesity Eze Eammuel Njemanze. It was widely rumoured that the foremost monarch passed on after a brief illness in his Owerri domain.

Governror Chief Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday, moved his entire cabinet to the palace of the late king for a condolence visit. He described him as one of foremost traditional rulers in the country.

Okorocha

He urged members of the party to eschew sentiment in the selection of its flag-bearer from amongst the aspirants contesting the party ticket, and that they must look for someone who would win election for the party.

“We have been in the opposition for the past eight years.

Therefore, this is the time to think whether we want to remain in opposition or not. If the

answer is no, it means we all have to take the right decision without sentiment and bias.

“What we need is not just a governorship candidate, but to win the election. In doing so, it means we must takeover. And in doing that, we must make sure we put our best man forward for the job.

If we put the wrong man, there will be no PDP after the election”, Iduoriyekemwen stressed.

The governor, who was accompanied by his deputy, Prince Eze Madumere, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Sir. George Eche, Chief of Staff, Chief Uche Nwosu, Principal Secretary to the Governor, Dr. Paschal Obi, Head of Service, Mr. Calistus Ekenze and all the Commissioners, was received on arrival at the family house by the wife of the late king, Ugoeze Pauline Njemanze and the son, Prince Iheanyi Emenyonu Njemanze.

Lawyer writes Buhari over ‘missing’ N100m, police ‘harassment’ Peter Fowoyo

ÏÏÏA lawyer, Robert Emukpoeruo, has sought President Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention, following his client’s alleged arrest and detention by the police after he reported a case of N100 million fraud.

Emukpoeruo said his client, Mr. Uyiekpen Idugboe, a director of Stephen Idugboe and Sons Co. Ltd, was arrested, detained and denied access to his lawyer, at the Police Headquarters, Abuja, because he refused to disclose the source of his information.

He alleged that the police had refused to search the house or office of the main suspect in the matter, and had refused to carry on with the investigation.

Idugboe, he claimed, reported the fraud to the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the office

of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Louis Edet House, Abuja.

He stated that Idugboe told the police that the company’s land measuring approximately 6, 637.073 square meters at Elf Road, Warri, Delta State, was sold to a firm for N250, 000,000.

But that, “with intent to defraud,” some directors of the company falsely represented to other directors of the company that the property was sold for N150,000,000, “less the various agency and concocted fees which was removed from the sale price.”

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Buhari will take Nigeria to next level - Lagos Speaker Alade Tasma

Buhari

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa on Tuesday declared that President Muhammadu Buhari has been following a path of success that would take the nation to the next level.

Speaking during the visit of

the British Deputy High Commissioner, Mr. Ray Kyles to his office, he added that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government has done tremendously well in the last one year.

He commended Buhari for the steps he has taking so far towards growıng the natıon’s economy, stressing that his par-

ty plans to bring about economic development to the country.

“I would also like to say that infrastructural development is important, so our government would have to come up with economic policies that can assist most of the states that have not been able to pay the salaries of their workers,” he said.

The Speaker informed the

visiting envoy that the State Assembly has been making laws that protect the interest of the people of Lagos, stressing that the Assembly has also passed laws that protect child rights and the women against domestic violence.

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Kashamu: Fayose has committed treasonable felony In what appears to be a final parting of ways between two friendly leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West, Senator Buruji Kashamu, representing Ogun East Senatorial District has lashed out at Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State accusing the governor of committing treason over his action against President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent trip to China. In an interview, Buruji, who until recently was Fayose’s ally in their bid to control the PDP in the South West also had hot words for his erstwhile compatriot over his numerous attacks on Buhari saying the energy dissipated on playing to the gallery and acting like a thug and tout that is obsessed with the bashing of the federal government and President Buhari as if it is an official policy of the state government will consequently retard the progress and prosperity of the good people of the state. Excerpts: Is it true that you and some governors are promoting an Ali Modu Sheriff/Fayose ticket in 2019?

I laugh when people ascribe so much to me. Despite being my friend, it is common knowledge that Governor Fayose and I have divergent views on current political issues as well as the policies and programmes of the present government. I have often told him that the Federal Government, like other levels of government at the

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state and local governments, has its challenges and shortcomings.

So, there is no need pontificating as if one is better than the other, when the oaths of office and allegiance taken when being sworn in makes every government official an inseparable part of the government of the Federation.

I guess it is the essence of these oaths that guide the more temperate and methodological approach of other PDP governors to issues of the day. The most vocal is not

Marginalisation: Ondo indigene should be next NDDC MD, group tells Buhari

necessarily the most courageous, effective or cleanest. Despite all that Governors Wike, Udom, Okowa, Ishaku and others have been through, they have since settled down to face the business of governance and delivering dividends of democracy to their people. They are calm, mature, balanced and yet effective.

How can I be said to be promoting a non-existent presidential ticket or ambition? In a recent interview on Channels Television, Governor Fayose denounced such an ambition or ticket. However, what I find objectionable is the impression that he can determine the political future or limit the political aspirations of others because of the position they presently occupy. How can he say he doesn’t want to see any old face in the party leadership? Is he not an old face too? He has been around since 2003. He is playing God. But, no man is God! During his return bid, he was accused of so many things and there was a lot of opposition against him, but God used some of us for him. Now, he CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

‘Tosin Ajuwon, Akure Citing marginalisation of its people, a group from the Ondo State Oil Producing Communities has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint an indigene from the state as Managing Director of the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

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The group which said the area in the state comprises 213 communities, argued that it is their turn to produce the Managing Director of the commission on the basis of justice, equity and fairness.

Its Chairman, Mr Charles Ebimomi noted that the law that established the commission stipulated that the office

should be rotated among the states that constituted the commission.

Ebimomin, joined by the secretary, Odunsola Omopariola said in spite of their contribution to oil production in Nigeria and the statutory provision as contained in the NDDC Act, the community has been neglected over the years.

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‘‘Obasa thanked the British Government for her role during the last general elections in Nigeria, which saw the APC whıch was then the opposıtıon taking over power from the rulıng party.’’

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ing the re-ordering of the 2015 budget that helped Governor Akinwunmi Ambode procured security gadgets and vehicles for the security personnel in the state whıch had ın turn led to a secured environment.

Obasa thanked the British Government for her role during the last general elections in Nigeria, which saw the APC whıch was then the opposıtıon taking over power from the rulıng party.

“Our relationship with Britian has been long and it dates back to over 100 years. We are ready to work with any country that can help bring about development in our society. We look forward to co-operation with other states and countries to help develop our state,” Obasa stated.

On his part, the deputy Brıtısh Hıgh Commıssıoner, Mr. Ray Kyles described the last general election in Nigeria as one that brought about relief to the country, adding that President Buhari came with a determina-

tion to deal with security issues and tackle corruption to achieve economic growth in the country.

“Britain is ready to work in partnership with Nigeria to ensure development and support the President in facing the challenges in the country. We have been discussing with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State to see how we can work with the state”, he stated.

The Brıtısh Envoy who saıd he is excited about the direction the government of Nigeria is movıng in the last one year dısclosed that he got to Lagos in June 2015 and that one of his priorities was to know more about the governance of the state.

“My coming here is to build relationship with Lagos. This is the most important state in the country because it is the economic heartbeat of the country.

It is one of the top five cities in the world going by its population and we are ready to work with Lagos State to build a strong relationship between Britain and the state”, he stressed.

It’s a shame PDP still aspiring to rule Nigeria – Oluomo, Ogun Deputy Speaker Honorable Taiwo Adekunle Oluomo, Deputy Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, who represents constituency 01 Ifo local government is a publisher and a human rights activist. In this interview with Oguntade ISMAILA and Joy ANYIM, he bares his mind on political issues in his state and the nation at large. Excerpts: The APC government took over almost a year now and the issue of BOT has remained an uphill task. Why is this so?

I do not want to go into party affairs. Only the elders of the party can decide on this, and I will not want to speak for the party. The elders of the party have a reason for their action. But I understand that, instead of a BOT, the APC would prefer a council of elders to run the affairs of the party. For now, I believe the party is working hard on this issue and soon, a chairman for the BOT or preferably a council of elders will be announced to the public.

What do you think of the 2016 budget of President Muhammadu Buhari?

I believe the budget is one of

the best in recent times because it is one budget that has Nigerians in mind. It is the budget that removed the country from a monolithic economy and the budget is going to care for all the necessary things we are talking about for the betterment of Nigerians.

It been over 16 years since Nigeria returned to democratic rule, in your view would you say we are practicing true democracy; have we started enjoying the dividends of democracy?

If I would want to look at it from my background as a human rights activist, I will say Nigeria is not yet practicing true democracy. What we have here in Nigeria today is just civil rule. Until such a time when we get it right by creating strong democratic institutions, only then can we say we have arrived. And don’t forget that most of the major players in the democracy we are talking today have a military background, and those that are not of military background have something to do with the military that have been in power for long. When institutions become fully democratic and independent, whether at national,

I will say Nigeria is not yet practicing true democracy.

What we have here in Nigeria today is just civil rule. Until such a time when we get it right by creating strong democratic institutions. state and the local government level, only then can we start practicing democracy. Also until funding of local government become independent of the state in order to put all these structure in place and until we allow the legislative chamber to exercise the absolute right in law making; that is when we can begin to enjoy democracy as seen in other countries. Don’t forget too, that a country like America that is celebrating al-

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most 300 years of democracy also passed through a process. So, you cannot compare Nigeria with a country like that and I still believe that democracy in Nigeria is work in progress.

How would you react to the violence and bloodshed that

marked the Rivers State re-run election?

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has turned round to bite the fingers that fed him.

Nigerians have in recent times repeatedly demonstrated that power indeed belongs to the people. It is spurious for anyone to usurp the power of the people to choose their leaders.

Power belongs to Allah and He decides through the people whom He will give it to. As of today, it has pleased the Almighty Allah Subhanawatala to give it to the respectable President Muhammadu Buhari. With the little that I know of African leaders, I do not know of a more upright and sincere leader who also loves his own country like President Buhari. He does what he preaches and preaches what he does. And so, it will be foolhardy for anyone to think and act like he could determine who will be the President of this country in 2019.

But some South West PDP leaders, including Chief Bode George, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe and Doyin Okupe have condemned your position describing you and others as ragamuffins and bastards.

How would you react to this?

No amount of abuse will make me descend into the arena. I am focused on what I and other well-meaning leaders think is in the best interest of the good and highly regarded people of the South West and the party. They can call us any name they want to

call us; it does not move me. I have done nothing wrong. At least, no one has accused me of stealing party or campaign funds and materials. Neither have I abused my office as a Senator. Of course, every practical politician knows that those they refer to as ragamuffins are prolific strikers and foot soldiers; they are the ones who can go out to get things done and then report back to our esteemed leaders who are naturally slowing down as they advance in years.

However, we need to combine the proven wisdom of the old with the astuteness, strength and agility of the younger ones to reposition the party. It is true that Chief George told me he wanted to be the National Chairman and I told him I will support him, provided he was able to consult widely and carry others along; contrary to Chief Babatope’s claim that Chief George was not interested in the position.

But, after a deep reflection on the situation of things and due consultations with other wellmeaning leaders and members of the party in the South West, we felt there was the need to retain the position in the North. As for Chief Ogunlewe, we have collaborated politically in the recent past. I am surprised he is now saying that those who hold a view contrary to his are bastards. It is most unfortunate. And then I saw my friend and brother, Doyin Okupe, trying laboriously to justify their agenda. He too had told me

that he wanted to be the National Chairman. But, the reality is that some of those scheming to be National Chairman just want the title; nothing more. What we need now is somebody who can rebuild the party. That is why many people are rooting for Senator Ali Modu Sheriff.

You are on record as having granted several interviews where you hailed the Federal Government’s anti-corruption fight. Why have you been supporting the anti-corruption fight of the Buhari-led Government?

As a Senator, I represent an arm of the government which is the legislature. And by virtue of my being a member of the National Assembly, I am part of the Federal Government. All elected and appointed officials are critical stakeholders in the Nigerian project. We are individually and collectively liable for the success and failure of our current democratic experience and government. Once a President, lawmaker, governor or local government chairman emerges, he is no longer a President, governor or chairman of the party that produced him or its members. He becomes the leader of all the people.

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‘‘No amount of abuse will make me descend into the arena. I am focused on what I and other well-meaning leaders think is in the best interest of the good and highly regarded people of the South West and the party. They can call us any name they want to call us; it does not move me.’’

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elections, that’s why we see all of them in that act. Even when the time comes for an election, what they do in most cases is obvious,

they will just come out with figures and that is how they have been electing their leaders in that area before now. But, maybe because they want to do the election proper for the first time, and

that is why they had to start killing themselves. Anyway, I can only appeal to them to stop killing themselves and allow people to determine who will govern them. I am not being particular of any political party this time around but am appealing to all politicians in that state to remember that there is always a tomorrow and they can always find themselves in another place.

APC government has taken over the mantle of leadership in Ogun State for almost five years now, how would you access the Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led administration?

Accessing Senator Ibikunle Amosun’s administration may appear sentimental. It may look as if the Deputy Speaker is praising the Governor because we are both members of same political party. All I have to say is for you to go to town yourself, get a picture

of Abeokuta, Ijebu Ode, Yewa, Sango axis and the whole of Ogun State compared to what it used to be during the past administration; just put it side by side and pass the judgment yourself. All I know is that my governor has performed excellently well and I believe that was the reason the good people of Ogun state voted him for a second term.

What do you say to PDP’s boast to take over Ogun State come next general election?

The PDP boasted more than that in the last election, they said they are going to capture Ogun State, where are they today? Even the so called leaders who said they were behind SDP at that time thought that when they leave APC, the party would collapse.

But unfortunately for them, their governorship candidate scored just 2000 votes in the whole of Ogun State. So, I don’t mind them

when they are boasting because I don’t think it is right for anyone in this country to still call himself a member of PDP. With what we are witnessing in Nigeria today, and the fact that the problems we have in this country was as a result of bad leadership by the PDP in the last 15 years or there about, I don’t have any fear. So, let them come, we shall meet on the field and Nigerians are there to decide the best in future election.

With the present difficulty in the nation, especially with the lingering fuel scarcity in the country; one would want to ask, is this the type of change we are expecting as promised by the APC-led administration?

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‘Those with skeletons criticise Buhari’s corruption war’ ‘‘I cannot understand why people who committed crime against humanity by looting arms funds and using them to fund their elections would hide under the immunity clause. I trust that sooner than later the level and details of their involvement in the arms fund scandal will soon be revealed.’’

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needs to be done to make this country great again. He is a fighter for justice and whatever cause he believes is good. He is not one of those leaders who stash away public funds in Ghana and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

But Nigerians are complaining and frustrated with the myriad of challenges confronting them, from fuel scarcity to poor power supply, among others?

I know that Nigerians are crying that there is no money in circulation and that things are hard. But I think that the prevailing austerity measures put in place by the Federal Government

On behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, the Cuban Ambassador to Nigeria, Carlos Trejo Sosa on Tuesday invited the National Leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to visit the Republic of Cuba.

The invitation was conveyed during a visit of the Cuban Ambassador to the APC National Chairman, Chief John OdigieOyegun at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja.

The Cuban Ambassador submitted to the APC National Chairman the letter of invitation signed by the Head of the International Relations Department, Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Jose Ramon Balaguer Cabrera.

The letter, addressed to the APC National Chairman reads: “On behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, we would like to express to you the most heartfelt expressions of friendship and solidarity of the Cuban people towards the Nigerian people and the political force that you preside over.

“We are confident that under the leadership of the All Progressive Congress, the existing histor-

are meant to block leakages, wastages and mop up excess funds in the system. No more free money or slush funds anywhere. Hopefully, the money being salvaged by these measures will be used to rebuild our socio-economic infrastructure. You would have noticed that more discoveries and startling revelations are being made almost on a daily basis.

There are moments I ask myself: can all these be true? How can people be this heartless? No one is perfect. No assemblage of human beings can be perfect. But, I am saying that there are visible signs that things are now being done differently. The fake and flamboyant lifestyle that most Nigerians were used to is now giving way

for a more realistic and moderate lifestyle. Furthermore, the demonstrable political will of the President inspires hope.

His personal integrity and uprightness is having a ripple effect on how government operates.

People can at least strive and succeed on merit. The years of decadence that tainted our national psyche are being rolled away. Our common wealth that was stolen and hidden in other countries is being brought back as the war against corruption is being won.

Anti-graft agencies, such as the EFCC and ICPC have found their rhythm. There is now a glaring difference in the posture and operations of the EFCC under Ibrahim Magu and his predecessor Ibrahim Lamorde.

It is only those who have things to hide that will be criticising the renewed anti-corruption fight in order to weaken it. I read the other day that contrary to what we had thought all along, the arms deal fund that was diverted is not $2.1bn but a whopping $15bn!

Imagine how many roads could have been built with that! Imagine how many hospitals would have been better equipped and new ones built with that! Think of how much impact a share of that money would have had on our power supply!

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I am ruminating on the need to propose and lobby my colleagues in the National Assembly to amend our laws to make corruption a capital offence or attract a life sentence. It is high time the immunity clause is revisited because I cannot understand why people who committed crime against humanity by looting arms funds and using them to fund their elections would hide under the immunity clause. I trust that sooner than later the

level and details of their involvement in the arms fund scandal will soon be revealed.

I have even read posts condemning the President and his team for apologizing to Nigerians over certain things. If the President and his appointees are apologizing to Nigerians over certain actions and inactions; they should not be vilified. Such character is rare to come by among many African leaders. Therefore, it should not be used against them.

Communist Party of Cuba invites APC leadership to Cuba ‘‘The Cuban Ambassador said the invitation coincided with 30 days festivities to celebrate the abolition of slave trade in the Republic of Cuba.’’ ical links between our two peoples will continue to strengthen.

“We take up this opportunity to invite you to visit our country leading a delegation of your party. Your visit will be an excellent occasion to exchange opinions of mutual interest”, it added.

During the visit, the Cuban Ambassador identified technology transfer and healthcare, particularly preventive medicine, as areas the Republic of Cuba was willing to partner with Nigeria.

The Cuban Ambassador said the invitation coincided with 30 days festivities to celebrate the abolition of slave trade in the Republic of Cuba.

In response, the APC National Chairman hailed the good and long-standing relationship between Nigeria and the Republic of Cuba. He thanked the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba for the invitation extended to the APC leadership to visit the Republic of Cuba.

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EFCC secures remand warrant to keep Femi Fani-Kayode Ï j ƏƏ ƈ ƆƔé ƈƆƇ Ƈ ƈƏ dƐ ƇƇè Lê#ê nƌ Əè Ɛ Ɨ ƕ ÎÎÎThe Economic and Fi-

nancial Crimes Commission on Tuesday secured a remand warrant to further detain the spokesman for the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, who was detained on Monday over the receipt of public funds to the tune of N840 million

out of the N4 billion payout in the heat of the 2015 presidential election.

The remand warrant will enable the anti-graft agency to keep the former minister beyond the stipulated time allowed by law. The move, according to EFCC, is to enable the operatives to conduct proper investigation

into how he got the money, what it was used for and who the beneficiaries are.

Meanwhile, the commission has announced that it would arraign former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko Umar (rtd) before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, today

(Wednesday, May 11, 2016).

The anti-graft agency in a post on its official Facebook page on Tuesday said: “Former Chief of Air Staff M.D Umar Dikko to be arraigned by the EFCC tomorrow (today), Wednesday, May 11, 2016, before Justice Binta Murtala Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja.”

Umar was Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff between 2010 and 2012.

Recall that on January 15, 2016, President Muham-

madu Buhari gave the antigraft agency the green light to establish the scope of the culpability of the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh, former Chief of Air Staff,

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Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko Umar (2010 -2012) and the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Nunayon Amosu, in alleged fraudulent arms purchases for the Air Force between 2007 and 2015.

ters (DHQ) has warned those engaged in economic terrorism to desist forthwith with their activities as the military will employ all available means to stop them.

The DHQ, in a statement signed by its spokesman Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, stated that it “is not unaware of the emergence of a group in the Niger Delta region who have vowed to cripple economic activities through pipeline vandalism, oil theft and kidnap of expatriate workers in that region; it will not hesitate to deploy every available resources to deal decisively with any threats to economic lifeline of the nation.

“The military will employ all available means and measures within its Rule of Engagement to crush any individual or group that engages in the destruction of strategic assets and fa-

cilities of the government in the Niger Delta or any other location and they will stand to regret the consequences of their actions.

“The whole world has seen what they are causing in terms of economic terrorism against the nation and would be treated as criminals in line with the laws of the land.

“While the military and other security agencies would continue to put in place more proactive measures within the creeks and other places to fish out those responsible for the heinous crime, it will remain focused and assure oil companies and law abiding community members of their safety and protection of their sanctity.

“The DHQ advises the community leaders, Traditional Rulers and the general public to cooperate with the security agencies to ensure the apprehension of the culprits for the interest of our great nation; as no individual or group interest is above national interest of this country.”

FG to introduce biometric identification to tackle arms, others, says Danbazzau ÎÎÎMinister of

Interior, retired Lt.-Gen Abdurrahman Danbazzau, Tuesday said that the Federal Government would introduce biometric identification at border posts to tackle problems of arms and drugs smuggling.

Danbazzau spoke on Tuesday in Kaduna at a town hall meeting on President Muhammadu Buhari’s one year in office.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports

that the theme of the meeting is ``Change starts with me``.

Danbazzau said that the use of the biometric identification would check human trafficking and tighten security at the borders. ``One of our responsibilities is to provide conducive environment in which development can take place. `` We are collaborating with other ministries to ensure that our responsibilities are delivered adequately.

``We are saddled with the responsibilities of granting business permit, we deal with the issue of citizenship, both granting and withdrawal of marriage certificate,’’ he said.

The minister said that security agencies were working tirelessly to reduce violent crimes in the country, including kidnapping, vandalism, herdsmen invasion and armed robbery.

According to him, the military had succeeded in winning the war against

insurgency in the NorthEast and is still engaged in mpo up operation and humanitarian services.

Danbazzau said the ministry would collaborate with other MDAs to rehabilitate and reconstruct areas in the region affected by the insurgency.

On prisons, he said the ministry was faced with the challenge of congestion. `` Our prisons are congested with close to 70,000 prisons inmates and

awaiting trials. ``Quiet a number of them are there because they cannot pay fines and some of them do not have fair justice. We required N10 billion every year to feed them,’’ he said.

The minister said government would explore ways to reduce the huge feeding cost of the inmates, and was considering privatising the prisons for effective management.

Danbazzau also said that the clash between herdsmen and farmers

was a challenge to the government. `` This is an issue that is bothering us because it has a long history and not only in the country; Ghana has a similar challenge. `` We held a strategic meeting so as to see how we can tackle it but we realise it is not only in Nigeria, so we need to look at it in a wider scope. `` It is a problem that move around the whole Africa region,’’ the minister said.

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News 14 Nigeria’s budget aims at reviving dying economy - Legal practitioner Chijioke Kingsley Jos

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long awaited 2016 budget which was finally signed

by President Muhammadu Buhari recently should be aimed at rescuing the country’s dying economy to meet the expectations of Nigerians.

Speaking in Jos, the Plateau State capital, Mr. Lawrence Anya said it is expected that the budget should be able to revive the country’s dying economy.

According to him, “The Federal Government should release funds to relevant ministries to enable contractors to get pay for projects executed.

Also, projections has been made and monies should go into those projections to enable the implementation. That it is one thing to sign the budget, and another huddle is to implement it”, he said.

Anya said it takes another huddle to inject funds into the economy even when budget is signed, hoping that however, it is expected that funds will be injected into the economy for it to pick up.

When asked if the high cost of commodity in the market that has risen over 100% will drop should funds be injected into the economy, the legal practitioner said it is almost impossible.

His words: “We live in a country where we constantly experience spiral inflation where prices of commodities goes up and never come down, except only when commodity are pushed in the market which is usually not the case. If for instance, rice is massively pushed into the market, it will force the price of rice to come down.”

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Minister lauds military for success in war against insurgents Idu Jude Abuja

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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has thumbed up the capacity and abilities of the combatant Nigerian Armed Forces for restoring peace and giving hope to many parts of the country.

The Minister made the commendation while receiving a delegation of the Nigeria Air Force, led by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar in his office.

He noted that the Nigerian Armed Forces have diligently worked to stamp out the activities of insurgents in the North Eastern part of Nigeria as well as criminal activities in other parts of the country.

Bello remarked that the

Nigerian Armed Forces have really brought back what they were known for in this country, saying, “You have restored hope at least to so many parts of this country”.

Commending the Armed forces prowess in the North East, the Minister pointed out that the institutional intervention which the men and officers of the Armed Forces have been doing during the last few months in the region and SouthSouth respectively deserves commendation.

He particularly praised the gallant Nigeria Air Force for the planned aerial surveillance of Abuja-Kaduna road, Abuja – Jos road as well as Abuja - Lokoja road by the Force, saying that the action will go a long way in ensuring security of motorists on these ever busy roads.

His words: “I assure you that this additional support

you want to give in terms of aerial surveillance of the major arteries into the territory is a welcome development. If there are new areas you want to partner with us in terms of support, we are available.”

The Minister thus, appreciated the wonderful relationship that the FCTA and Nigerian Air Force have maintained, promising that it would be sustained.

“The Air Force as an institution has been a very important agent of development in this nation and you’ve done tremendously well for the country over the years,” he added.

Commenting on the plan of the Service to provide houses for the lower ranks, the Minister said that the initiative was very timely and in line with the FCT Administration’s general vision and focus.

ÏÏÏThe Ogun State Chapter of

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, held its State Congress with the three factions of the party electing their State Executives each.

It could be recalled that the crisis rocking PDP in Ogun State, worsened as three factions held parallel congresses across the 20 Local Government Areas and the 236 wards in the state.

Why I chose Bakare as running mate in 2011 - Buhari ÏÏÏPresident Muhammadu Bu-

hari has revealed that he chose Tunde Bakare, founder of Latter Rain Assembly, as his running mate in 2011, to prove wrong those who saw him as a religious bigot.

Speaking on Tuesday at the Kastina State Economic and Investment Summit, the president said he made the move to make his critics “shut up”.

“One of the four attempts to get here was with Tunde Bakare, when people said I’m a religious bigot, I decided to take a pastor so that I can shut their mouths up.

“So Tunde Bakare has decided to be with me all the time” he said.

Buhari assured Nigerians of his commitment to fulfilling his campaign promises.

“At the presidential primaries last year, I promised and I quote, “I will bring all the resources to end poverty through ending corruption, ensure economic growth investing in our country and creating job.

“I hold myself to these promise” Buhari added.

Buhari took a shot at the presidency four times – 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 – before emerging victorious.

FCTA welcomes 2, 000 corps members

Idu Jude Abuja Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed (left), addressing some women participating in the 2nd town hall meeting in Kaduna… on Tuesday.

Ogun PDP holds 3 parallel congresses

Abiodun Taiwo Abeokuta

President Buhari

The exercise which took the same pattern at the ward and local government congresses, were conducted by three factions.

The three factions, which conducted the congresses at separate locations in the state capital, were led by the Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Senator Buruji Kashamu; former House of Representatives Speaker, Dimeji Bankole, and a member of House of Representatives, Ladi Adebutu, respectively.

The Adebutu faction held

its own State Congress at the famous Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Kashamu faction held its own at the PDP secretariat, which was directly opposite Hon. Adebutu faction at the Presidential Boulevard, Abeokuta.

The former Speaker, Dimeji Bankole held its own congress at the Centenary hall, at Ake Abeokuta.

The congresses were, however, peaceful in spite of the separate exercises where different sets of new leaders emerged at the vari-

ous locations.

Some of the new executives, expressed regrets at the development and called on the national body to wade into the crisis and re-unite the three factions.

All the three factions, however, claimed to be the authentic one.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Congress Committee for Ogun State, Alhaji Mohammed Al-Yakub, however, denied knowledge of the parallel congresses, saying that he was only aware of the congress going at the PDP secretariat.

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has boasted of its capacity to absorb over 2,000 youths of the National Youth Corps Corps (NYSC) members in the country.

FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, made this revelation, while receiving the Chairman and members of the House of Representatives Committee on Youth Development that paid him a courtesy visit in his office.

In a statement, issued by the Ministry, Malam Bello disclosed that there are presently over two thousand NYSC members serving in the Federal Capital Territory Administration, while adding that the Administration is always the last resort for most Youth Corps members who for one reason or the other have been rejected by other Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).

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Nigeria Fulani and herdsmen of mayhem

H Ifeanyi

Izeze

ow can we live peaceably together as a people by continuously telling ourselves lies? It has now become our lifestyle toalways rationalise obvious aberrations and for how long can we afford as apeople to continue like that?

It is mind-boggling and at worse embarrassing the increasing sophistication and clinical coordination of the group of mindless attackers we still call Fulani herdsmen that have meted chained terror to our people in different parts of the country.

To think that what is happening in the north central and now virtually every other parts of the country as a mere conflict for grazing rights would only amount to naivety at best.

It is without doubt an evil wind that is blowing no section of the country any good.

The question is: why is it that these so called “Fulani herdsmen” always take our security operatives unawares? They always finish their dastardly acts before arrival of counter-terrorism security forces.

Haba! And instead of sitting together to marshal out a coordinated approach to address this challenge, managers of our security apparatuses give us the impression that some of them may be privy to these conspiracies.

How do you explain the recent incident in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue state, where Fulani herdsmen, backed by mercenary fighters invaded several communities killing more than 500natives?

Surprisingly, since the revelation that what we have been calling our cattle rearers was actually mercenaries well-trained in the act of causing mayhem, the government has not instituted any serious mechanism to unravel the identity of these contract fighters.

Who are these mercenaries- are they Nigerians or foreigners? Where do they come from and who contracts them to go kill and destroy in different parts of the country? Who arms them and how come they freely move around with ease with their sophisticated machine guns without being intercepted?

Where is our intelligence community- the SSS and NIA and even the Police CID unit?

We may need to ask: Is there anything in this Fulani herdsmen misdemeanuor that other non-Fulani Nigerians do not know?

Curiously, the federal government has been nonchalant towards devising appropriate and workable strategies to end these incessant deadly clashes in various parts of the country.

As canvassed by an analyst, “All in all, the murderous invasion of communities by herdsmen, like it

happened in Agatu and parts of Enugu and Ebonyi states, is mainly a security issue. Those in charge of security in areas where these things happen should be held to account for the lapses.

The Nigerian government must be alive to its primary responsibility of protecting the citizens”.

Several suggestions have been made for the banning of the current conflict-prone system of moving animals from place to place in search of food and water, and its replacement with the establishment of ranches.

It would be recalled that President Buhari told a delegation from theCentre for Humanitarian Dialogue in January that “a plan to map out grazing areas would soon be presented to the Nigerian Governors Forum as a temporary solution, until cattle owners are persuaded to adopt other means of rearing their cattle.”

Senator Shehu Sani in his “Road map to putting an end to Fulani herdsmen violence in Nigeria,” had suggested the need to immediately set up seven grazing reserves in Niger, Nasarawa, Kogi, Adamawa, Bauchi, Kaduna and Sokoto states .

There is no doubt that the current pastoral system urgently needs changingif Nigeria is to overcome the frequent clashes between herdsmen and indigenous populations, which have laid waste to many communities.

As suggested, the grazing reserves should be jointly managed by

theFederal Ministry of Agriculture, National Livestock Association, universities of agriculture and the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association.

Above all Senator Sani’s suggestions, my attention was attracted to what he described as the need to document, register and issue identification cards to herdsmen. He suggested the federal government, through federal and state ministries of agriculture and the Cattle Breeders Association, should embark on this on a national level as this will stem the activities of violent criminals who masquerade as herdsmen to unleash violence against innocent and vulnerable communities.

This is what the government would not want to hear but it’s the absolutetruth: violent criminals and terrorists -on -the -run are masquerading as herdsmen to unleash mayhem on innocent and vulnerable communities.

Now we have a president who himself is a cattle breeder and reportedly theLife Patron of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, the pan-Fulani herders’ union. He should rise above all prejudice and discountenance the hitherto government’s nonchalance in this evolving national securitychallenge address these incessant bloody clashes involving Fulani herdsmen and indigenous communities across the country? President Buhari is the best -suited person to address this issue. We are watching!

CBN, Shakespeare and destruction of Nigerian economy

T Dele Awogbeoba

he appointment of Godwin Emefiele as CBN governor in July 2014 may well have turned out to be Goodluck Jonathan’s (GEJ) most far sighted appointment ever and PDP’s ultimate plan B. In a classic move worthy of mention in a Shakespearean tragedy, GEJ may well have noted a number of important trends in July 2014. The alliance between the political North and the political South West put him on the political back foot. The only candidate that the APC could logically put up (that was capable of winning the 2015 election) was Buhari. Once he was able to convince the political South West to trust him, his victory was assured.

GEJ may also have known that Buhari is the ultimate tragic literary hero. Many a play has centered around a central character similar flaws that besets president Buhari. He is nationalistic, determined, idealistic, powerful, simple, arrogant, tyrannical, economically ignorant, inflexible, incapable of learning from past mistakes and intellectual lazy. It was these same qualities that allowed his former military colleagues to effortlessly overthrow him in August 1985. Godwin Emefiele on the other hand appears to be simple,

harmless, humble, soft spoken, powerless and cunning. Nigerians are being served up a live Shakespearean play.

At the time Buhari took over from GEJ, the federal government finances had been completely ruined. The challenge was to prevent a FG revenue challenge from becoming a significant impediment to the fast growing Nigerian economy.

In the past, the Nigerian state used fiscal and monetary policies in ways that checked excesses. The CBN in 2011 adopted its policies in a manner that prevented over heating of the economy when the fiscal side of government policy was pumping a lot of money into Nigerian economy.

Shortly before the swearing in of President Buhari, the CBN had started implementing its notorious forex policy. It started to implement a crude policy of exchange control. This made many foreign investors already in Nigeria concerned that any money will be hard to extricate. JPM was so concerned, that it warned Nigeria that it faced expulsion from its index and with such expulsion will go billions of foreign currency inflows.

By September 2015, JPM had expelled Nigeria from its index. Billions of foreign exchange flowing into Nigeria dried up. Other foreign investors

have stopped further investment.

Emefiele had played to President Buhari’s inherent nationalistic pride, arrogance and economic illiteracy. He had managed to convince Nigeria’s sole administrator to equate a strong Naira to the outward manifestation of Nigeria’s economic strength and independence. Buhari, before long, became the face of this disastrous policy and its chief proponent in chief. At one time, he dared anyone to convince him of the merits of “murdering the naira”.

Emefiele had been transformed to the powerless, respectful and simple CBN governor taking instructions from an incompetent powerful President.

Not done with the exchange control regime, the CBN governor then implemented a restricted imports strategy vis a vis foreign currency acquisition by the domestic manufacturing market that has now led to the unprecedented growth of unemployment.

One can only surmise that this new CBN policy was implemented to deal with rising inflation. However, Nigeria’s inflation is caused by the fall in the actual value of the Naira that has flowed into the price of imports sold in Nigeria. One can only surmise that this new CBN policy was implemented to deal with rising inflation.

However, Nigeria’s inflation is caused

by the fall in the actual value of the Naira that has flowed into the price of imports sold in Nigeria or goods produced in Nigeria that consists of imported materials. Nigeria’s inflation is not caused by an excessive demand relative to supply driven inflation. The medicine prescribed by the doctor cannot cure the ailment that afflicts the sick patient. The patient’s health will deteriorate further because of the lack of knowledge of the doctor.

Aware that the CBN Act of 2007 ensures that the CBN governor is independent of the FG and can only be removed by the President with the assent of the National Assembly, Emefiele has insulated his position by bribing the major power centres. Buhari is effectively stuck with a CBN governor that will facilitate his quick transition from messier to the most hated and unpopular head of state in recent memory. Mr Tinubu (seemingly worried about the popularity of the APC federal government and its effect on his hard won south west political empire) aimed his missile at the wrong person.

The minister of state for petroleum is not the existential threat to this APC government. It is the CBN governor.

What an interesting irony. I have always loved Shakespeare’s works. It appears that Emefiele does too.

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2016 budget: Lalong assures citizens of diligent implementation

Chijioke Kingsley Jos

ÎÎÎThe Plateau state govern-

ment has assured citizens of the state that the 2016 budget would be implemented with due diligence and ensure its fiscal discipline.

Governor Simon lalong, who disclosed this while signing into law the 2016 Budget on Tuesday, also said he will apply financial intelligence in line with global best practices.

He said the 2016 Budget, tagged “Budget of Rescue and

Hope” is unique and nationally in tune with the zero-based budgeting principle, ‘whereby total Revenue equals Total projected expenditure.’

“We are determined to change and rescue situations by overcoming the handicaps of the past and exploring the prospects of a better Plateau for the benefit of our people.

“We remain committed to reducing our peoples suffering, tackling insecurity, ensuring peaceful co-existence and creating opportunities for every citizen of Plateau to live

a meaningful and productive life.

“We will address critical development projects and work assiduously towards addressing the outlined interventions that will help us deliver on our 5 Policy Thrust of; Peace, Security and Good Governance, Human Capital Development and Social Welfare, Agriculture and Rural Development Entrepreneurship, and Industrialization Physical Infrastructure and Environment.

“We desire to multiply the

impact of our interventions by strategically exploring and exploiting the wealth of resources and opportunities that we have in the Agriculture, Mineral Resources and Tourism Sectors” Lalong said.

It would be recalled that the budget estimate of One Hundred and Fifty–Four Billion, Seventy-Two Million, Five Hundred and Seventy Thousand, Four Hundred and Forty Two Naira (N154, 072,570,442:00) was presented to the House at an oil benchmark of $38 per barrel.

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PDP state congresses peaceful ÎÎÎThe Peoples Democratic

Party (PDP) held congress to elect its officers in all states in the country and the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday.

In Gombe state, Mr Joel Adamu, who emerged the chairman of the party for a second term, promised to restore its glory and ensure victory for it in 2019 general elections.

Adamu said that he would achieve the target he had given to himself and the new executive of the party in the state by ensuring genuine

and complete reconciliation of members.

He said that the new executive would immediately visit the defected members with a view to ensuring their return to the party.

“We are going to mobilise members; more are coming because many that left the party are ready to join us, and with that, we are going to succeed in 2019,” he said.

In Kebbi state, the congress was deadlocked as two factions of the party failed to elect their leaders.

The News Agency of Ni-

geria (NAN) reports that the factions conducted the elections without the supervision Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Election Committee from Abuja.

In Osun where there had been problems over ward congress which led to its cancellation, a fresh one was conducted and it was peaceful.

The 10-member committee led by former Judge of the Customary Court in the state, Mr Emmanuel Audu, which conducted the ward

MARY. FAITH. IBUAKA congress, fixed Wednesday and Thursday for local government and state congresses of the party.

The exercise was disrupted by protest in Niger as delegates accused former governor of the state, Alhaji Abdulkhadir Kure, of hijacking congress’ materials.

Alhaji Abdulrahaman Enagi, former chairman of the party in the state, who spoke on behalf the protesters said that Kure did not allow other contestants to collect nomination forms.

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LASU bans SUG commercial buses, seeks arrest of operators Esther Taiwo In an effort to reposition and redeem the image of the Lagos State University, management of the 33-year-old institution has put a stop to operation of commercial buses branded “LASUSUG”, “LASU Student Union Government” “LASU ALUTA SHUTTLE” and sundry logos.

Henceforth any commercial bus painted blue colour with such logos as against the approved yellow colour for commercial operators found anywhere in Lagos would be arrested by relevant authorities including the Nigerian Police, Vehicle Inspection Officers(VIO), Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA) and the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC).

Addressing journalists at the Senate Chamber of LASU, Ojo campus, Acting Dean Students’ Affairs Division, Dr. Oluwafemi Obayori, disclosed that this is against the background of incessant clashes between some students of the university and operators of the branded buses.

He said these buses hide under the image of Lagos State University to perpetrate acts of illegality including evasion of levies, non-renewal of vehicle licence and operating without drivers’ licence, adding that most of them are not roadworthy, disobey traf-

fic rules willfully and break all codes of decency with impunity.

“We are also not unaware of the fact that many of these illegal operators contend with legally recognised transport unions in collecting dues and levies, activities which have become the source of many rancour, snowballing often times into fracas”, he said.

Citing the unsavoury event of February 16, 2016 which involved members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), the illegal operators and some LASU students, the Dean said Students’ Affairs Division of the University therefore put a ban on LASU SUG branded buses presently operating outside Lagos State University campuses, saying they have no connection with the university.

He disclosed further that the constitution of LASU SUG does not provide for the operation of commercial buses outside the university neither does the union operate any commercial transport outside the campuses.

The Dean also urged the operators of such commercial buses branded with LASU colours and logo to desist from such act of illegality by rebranding their vehicles in the Lagos State commercial buses colours legalising their operations under the aegis of transport unions legally recognised by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

L-R: Country Director, British Council Nigeria, Mrs. Connie Price; Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie; Nigeria’s Acting High Commissioner to South Africa, Mr. Martins Cobham and Vice Chancellor, Bayero University, Kano, Professor Muhammad Bello during the world education conference, tagged: “Going Global 2016” in Cape Town, South Africa... recently.

FG’ll restore History as subject in schools’ curriculum –Adamu Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, says the Federal Government is taking steps to restore History as a subject in primary and secondary schools’ curriculum.

Adamu made this known when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum on Tuesday in Abuja.

He was responding to the criticism trailing the removal of History studies from primary and secondary schools curriculum which became effective from the 2009/2010 academic session.

“Somebody, who doesn’t know his history is even worse than

dead. So, this government is going to bring back history. It would even be better if we study local history first. You have to know who you are before you can be anything in this world. “I believe this government is going to return history back to the curriculum.’’

On the issue of the Federal Government running secondary schools, the minister explained why it could not withdraw from managing unity schools.

According to him, they serve as veritable foundation for the promotion of national unity.

“At the moment, the Federal

Government is only running unity schools. There should be nothing wrong with that, especially, since you know the services they are providing. “Somebody from Badagry would come and be in the same class with somebody in Baga; somebody in Bayelsa with somebody in Gwadaguwa in Sokoto.

“So, at least a nation is being built up at school level. The Minister pledged the determination of the Federal Government to return Nigerian universities to the path of attaining excellent global ratings in all fields of academic endeavours,” Adamu said.

Investment in higher education institutions can stem brain drain- Experts Sam Nzeh

A panel of experts during a wide-ranging discussion on ‘Brain Drain: Can we stem the flow?’, at the Going Global conference held in South Africa recently for leaders of international education and organised by the British Council, say investment in higher education can stem brain drain.

In his contribution, Professor Jo Beall, Director, Education and Society, British Council, said: “We face a world where there is this absolutely ruthless competition for the brightest and best,” adding: “In a global, intercon-

nected world, we can’t confine people, but there is a policy issue in terms of governments needing to invest in people.”

The panel agreed though that “ties of belonging” are what can bring people back with Jo Beall remarking that many people had left South Africa during the apartheid regime and developed careers abroad, but had returned to put something into the country.

Furthermore, she explained: “It was the emotional attachment to a new future that provoked those returns. But ultimately you can’t control individuals; people will move and be incentivised by a whole range of emotional fac-

tors as well as financial considerations. “ Another discussant, Xie Tao, a Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean - School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, agreed with Jo Beall, saying, “In order to make people stay in a country and like the country, you have to have that sense of belonging which means identity, and identity is complicated.”

The panel were then asked what can help countries hold onto their best and brightest people to stop them from going overseas. Jo Beall said: “If you look at South

Africa and China, both are associated with countries which have in the past had draconian policies to try and stop people moving. In both cases it resulted into spectacular failure. If we start to look at policies, we have to be careful about walls and barriers because they don’t work. South Africa has a very good reputation in terms of holding its people, for example its health service has pre- conditions for people to remain.””

Jo Beall agreed, saying, “If you don’t have investment in your Higher Education system or in the workplace to attract people to come home, then your country is more likely to be affected.”

Professor Olusola Oyewole, President, Association of African Universities, Ghana, said efforts to improve higher education institutions will help to stem brain drain.

Meanwhile, Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Julius Okojie, has assured that universities in Nigeria would continue to strive to get better by the day in order to stem brain drain and the crave for foreign studies and at same time attract both foreign lecturers and students as well as produce graduates who would not only economically relevant but employable.

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Cultural Fiesta at the NYSC permanent orientation Camp in Wamakko LGA of Sokoto State... on Tuesday.

Banning SUG not solution to students unrest, says LASU DSA Iniobong Iwok Tertiary institutions administrators have been urged to devise ways of resolving challenges on campus, while government should improve infrastructure rather than ban Students Union Government (SUG) when there are students’ unrest.

This was disclosed by the Dean of Students Affairs of Lagos State University, Dr. Oluwafemi Obayori, in an interview with the Daily Times, noting that the banning of students’ union was not the solution to unrest in campuses.

According to him, that the current wave of students’ unrest in some universities in the country was due to the difficult socioeconomy conditions Nigerians are presently experiencing.

He said: “I don’t see it like that.

What we need to ask ourselves as administrators is: Are we not using a sledge hammer to kill a fly or kill a snake with a single brown? That reaction changes

the students’ union into monster.

The fact that we take decision matters a lot but it is extreme and should not be the solution to students’ unrest.

“The socio-economic situation creates this problem in the country. We are at a system where things are not working as expected. Since the advent of civilian administration in Nigeria, we have not had it so bad. There is discontent in the land, people are not happy and they are looking for avenues to express themselves.”

The Don disagreed with insinuations in some quarters that the students’ unrest in public universities may be politically motivated, adding that the students were expressing the general feeling of Nigerians.

“I do not agree that it is the handy work of politicians that are trying to manipulate the system, rather it is a problem in the society which administrators must ameliorate and iron out and with the students before

they snowball into violence”.

Speaking further, Obayori stressed that the Lagos State University (LASU) has initiated measures to check indiscipline on campus, adding that there are vigorous campaigns against cultism, indecent dressing on campus, while students are encouraged to form associations where vibrant leaders could be raised.

“The policy here (in LASU) is dialogue. We are looking at more students being involved in the SUG and there is campaign against cultism and indecent dressing on campus. We are trying to encourage students to establish associations which would produce vibrant leaders and the criteria are well spelt out and students make input”.

The LASU Dean of Students Affairs advocated for increased funding for education, especially at the tertiary level, adding that education was the only solution to development and societal advancement.

Science teachers advocate increased funding for research Augustine Okezie Abuja Science teachers and practitioners under the aegis of Science Association of Nigeria (SAN) has tasked government at all levels to increase funding of scientific research activities in order to ensure quality of findings and improve quality of lives.

In a communiqué issued at

the at the end of its 50th annual conference at the University of Abuja, which was signed by the President of the association, Professor S.O. Owa and the General Secretary, Dr. A.A Ogunjobi, the body decried the present structure of conducting Science research expected to improve the quality of life of the people, describing it as weak.

The conference also rejected what it called ‘’alternative to practicals’ which it said is com-

mon in most educational institutions nationwide. ’’We have to change our pedagogy where we have too much emphasis. Our curricula, training and scientific activities should reflect more on the relevance of science subjects to developmental research, problems solving, and production activities is on theories and uncomprehending learning of facts,” the communique read in part.

The screening test for admission of Primary Six pupils into the Lagos State six Model Colleges and nine upgraded Junior Secondary Schools for the 2016/2017 academic session in the state will hold on Saturday, May 14, 2016 between 8.00am and 2.00pm.

The Lagos State Examinations Board noted that the test will be conducted in 2 versions - Computer Based Test (CBT) and Pencil/Paper Test. Candidates who opted for the CBT will take their examination at the Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Centre, Lagos State Examinations Board, Iyana Ipaja, while those for the Pencil Paper Test will have the examination at the 28 designated centres across the state.

A total of 10, 200 candidates

will sit for the examination of which 54 candidates opted for the Computer Based Test (CBT) while 10,146 candidates are expected to sit for the Pencil Paper Test (PPT) at designated centres nearest to their homes.

Successful candidates will gain admission into the State Model Colleges and upgraded Junior Secondary Schools of choice which have boarding facilities except Vetland Junior Grammar School, Agege which is a Day School.

Parents are urged to prepare their children/wards for the examination by making available all writing materials such as Pencil, Eraser, and Sharpener among others for the examination and ensure that their children/wards get to their respective designated centres at 7.00am before the commencement of the examination.

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NOUN bags award for excellence in Open and Distance Education Augustine Okezie Abuja The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has been awarded the Organisational Leadership award for excellence in Open Education in recognition of its dedication to openness, access, high quality and innovation.

A release by the university signed by the director, Media and Publicity, Alhaji Ibrahim Sheme, said the award, presented at the Open Education Global Conference in Krakow, Poland, recently was received on behalf of the institution by the Head, National Open University of Nigeria’s Open Educational Resource (NOUNOER), Dr. Jane-Frances Agbu.

In a related development, the Executive Director, Open Education Consortium, Mary Lou

Forward, has disclosed that the Open Education Organisational Leadership Award is presented to an organisation that has shown exceptional leadership and/or ground-breaking activities in the field of open education, adding that the award is not presented annually, rather it is awarded by the Consortium’s board of directors by special commendation to recognise truly exceptional work.

Meanwhile, the Open Education Consortium (OEC) has applauded NOUN’s dedication to openness, access, high quality and innovation shown by its work in Open Educational Resources (OER) and its vision to make this a feature of NOUN’s educational approach, as well as to share experiences and best practices with others in the region and in the world.

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Most trained teachers in Nigeria unemployed – Survey A survey carried out by the British Council has revealed that most Colleges of Education graduates in Nigeria since 2014 are yet to be employed as teachers.

The Principal Investigator, Elaine Unterhalter, University College, London, stated this on Monday while presenting the Report: “Teacher Education, Teachers Practice, Gender and Girls’ Schooling Outcomes: A study in Five Nigerian States’’.

The states where the study was carried out are Jigawa, Kano, Sokoto, Lagos and Rivers by the British Council with support from the MacArthur Foundation.

“Six months after completing their education studies, the vast majority of newly qualified teachers from the initial cohort reached in the follow up telephone survey were unemployed.

“A small minority of (16 per cent of sample reached) were working as teachers, while the largest proportion (30 per cent of sample reached) are in Lagos.

“Eighteen months after graduation in the second follow up telephone survey, the proportion of unemployed teachers had reduced to 29 per cent but in some states it was nearly half, but 47 per cent in Sokoto State.”

Unterhalter said the unemployed teachers gave some of the

impediments given for their inability to secure teaching jobs in the five states.

“In all these groups, corruption was mentioned as a reason that teachers could not get employed.

“In addition, participants mentioned that jobs were allocated on the basis of who supported which political party, ethnicity, and state of origin,” she said.

She said in Sokoto State, issues of status of applicants and to what extent they had respect for elders were also mentioned.

According to her, the labour market for teachers is far from rational, and that, aspects of politics, identity and affiliation

played key roles.

In his goodwill message, Mr. Olaide Oladayo, Deputy Director, MacArthur Foundation, regretted the effect of the mass recruitment of teachers at the inception of Universal Basic Education programme in 1999.

Oladayo said the programme limited adherence to entry qualifications for teachers and consequently reduced teachers’ quality.

He said the Federal Government must not repeat the mistakes of the UBE programme of 1999 in its planned recruitment of 500,000 graduates as teachers.

“The plan by the Federal Government to recruit 500,000 teach-

ers over the next five to 10 years requires careful planning and implementation.

“We urge government and its partners not to spare any effort to adequately plan and put in place a transparent and inclusive system.

“This is to draw the support of state governments and local government agencies and nonstate actors, in order to raise the potential impact of the recruitment,” he said.

In her remarks, Director Programme, Ms Louisa Waddingham, said the Report was invaluable and challenged stakeholders from government parastatals to make the best use of the report.

Stakeholder attributes decline in standard of education to 6-3-3-4 policy Iniobong Iwok The introduction of 6-3-3-4 policy of education has been identified as the genesis of the decline in standard of education in Nigeria as it does not give teachers enough time to complete their academic syllabus, while pupils often left their course work half way.

The South West Deputy Coordinator of National Association of Parent Teachers of Federal Government Colleges (NAPTAFEGC), Emmanuel Aina, stated this in a chart with the Daily Times recently, stressing that the 6-3-3-4 system did more harm to Nigeria’s educational system than improve it. He noted that it was a mistake on the part of policy formulation, adding that the same mistake has also continued with the current system.

Aina noted that the former system which allowed academic calendar to run from January to December was the best for the country, adding that it gave teachers, pupils and students enough time to finish their academic work which goes a long way in imparting on the students.

He said: “Our problem started

with Introduction of the 6-3-3-4 policy of education. That was the genesis of the decline of education in Nigeria. What we used to have before, the twelve calendar months where students would be in class for the twelve months gave time for the syllabus to be completed, time for so many things to be taught to them. The students could prepare well but what they are doing now is the same nomenclature but is not the best for us”.

Aina who is also the Parent Teachers Association (PTA) chairman of Federal Government College (FGC) Ijanikin, Lagos, urged the Federal Government to urgently review the curriculum in Colleges of Education to check the quality of teachers being produced. He disagreed with calls for the reintroduction of Teachers Training College and Grade II Teachers Certificate, adding that such was retrogressive.

“There is the need for a review of the content of curriculum of courses offered by Colleges of Education. Government should set up a panel to review the content so that it would meet the demand of present time.

Olashore International School bags Osun State award

Olashore International School has been conferred with the Osun State Outstanding Secondary School of Year 2016 award.

This was awarded to the school recently by the Excellent Media South-West Nigeria Excellence Award at Osun State.

Annually organised by a group of media organisations in Osun State which includes Osun State Broadcasting Corporation

A group photograph of God’s Children Great Talent (GCGT) Season 6 Semi-finalists, in Victoria Island, Lagos… on Monday.

Fed Poly Offa SUG refutes protest for postponement of resumption Jennifer Umeh The Student Union Government (SUG) of the Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State has denied recent publication in a national daily (not the Daily Times) that students of the institution embarked on a protest calling for the postponement of resumption.

The SUG president, Iman Success said the author of the said re-

port and those supporting him are seeking the downfall of the institution. He said: “We want to make it clear that the Federal Polytechnic Offa has not been in any riot or crisis as stated in a national daily recently. For the past six months now, the school has been peaceful and well-coordinated. On this note, we want to tell the general public that the report isn’t true.

“Since our resumption to office, we have never recorded any pro-

test or riot in the school premises.

We have constantly been following the rules and regulations of the Institution including accounting for responsibilities placed in our care by the students and school activities generally”.

He wondered why a respected national daily would not follow the ethics of the journalism profession by hearing from both side and confirming a story before publication.

(OSBC), Oshogbo, NTA Oshogbo, UniQ FM illesa, Gold FM illesa, Orisun FM Ile-Ife, and NTA Ile-Ife, Olashore International School was recognised for its impact and contributions towards improving the standard of education in Osun State.

Olashore International School is a learning community committed to academic excellence, nurturing each child to their full

potential in a safe and serene environment, developing leaders for the dynamic global society in the 21st century.

Located at Illoko-Ijesha in Osun State, and established in 1994, on 60 acres of land, the school is a co-educational school which offers high quality education in a wide range of subjects at Junior Secondary and Senior Secondary along with a University Founda-

tion Programme in partnership with Lancaster University and the Institute of Education, Dublin.

Over the past 20 years, the school has succeeded in developing a cluster of world class services around the school including a first class hotel, a golf course and a leadership training centre that all combine to give the school a unique identity.

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THE LIGHT OF GOD MIRACLE CENTRE The General Public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for the registration of trustees under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990

ILUPEJU GRAMMAR SCHOOL OLD STUDENT’S ASSOCIATION The general public is hereby notified that the above named Association has Applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for Registration Under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts, 1990.

TRUSTEES : 1. Evang Solomon Sunday 2. Mrs Fakoyejo Oluwatoyin Moradeke

NAMES OF TRUSTEES (1) ALUEBHOSE OREYE JOSEPH (2) AIKPAOGIE ESON ROSE (3) IMANLIHEN FRANCIS IMANOKYON (4) OMONDIJIE FRIDAY

AIMSTo preach the gospel of jesus christ.

AIMS: To preach the gospel to the whole world

TRUSTEES ARE (1) SOLOMON OLADIPO WILLIAMS (2) OLAJIDE MUSTAPHA ERINLE ESQ (3) OLAJIMI DAVID OWOLANA (4)ODUNIYI ADEMOLA ODUYEMI (5) MRS. OMOTOLA FOLASHADE ODIMAYO (6) OMOJOLA ISRAEL ARIYO (7) KAZEEM AKINTAYO LAWAL (8) ADEMOLA JOHNSON ODUMESI (9)FAISAL BIDMOS.

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The General Public is hereby notified that the above named CHURCH has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. PASTOR PETERS, CHARLES ONYETURUCHI (CHAIRMAN) 2. MOTHER PETER, ROSELINE NMA (SECRETARY) 3. ELDER EZE OYINECHI THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO THE WORLD. 2. TO PREACH SALVATION TO MANKIND. 3. TO HEAL THE BROKEN HEARTED, AND GIVE DELIVERANCE TO THE CAPTIVES. 4. TO SET AT LIBERTY TO THEM THAT ARE BRUISED. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication SIGNED BY: SECRETARY

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THE OLD TRUSTEES ARE:1. Uzoma Emmanuel Nwazuoke.....................Chairman 2. Cherechi Iheoma Uzoma-Nwazuoke.......................Trustee 3. Adeyemo Adeshina Oluwakayode....................Trustee 4. Chinyere Okoro.............................Secretary THE NEW TRUSTEES ARE:1. Uzoma Emmanuel Nwazuoke..................Chairman 2. Cherechi Iheoma Uzoma-Nwazuoke..................Secretary 3 Blessing Chijindu Okangba.........................Trustee 4. Ihuoma Nwazuoke........................Trustee 5. Munachimso Kingsley Nwazuoke.......Ttustee THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1.To provide funds for the less privileged to enable them to improve their living conditions.

2. To engage the poor and less privileged in skill acquisition activities to enable them to be self employed.

3. To empower the youths to make them productive for themselves and the society.

Any objection to the CHANGE OF TRUSTEES should be forwarded to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Garki, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

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THE CHARITABLE 91 SISTERS ASSOCIATION

AIM To encourage and facilitate excellent inter-personal

THE LIGHT ETERNAL LIFE MINISTRY

BEST IN BOOKS FOUNDATION

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Notice is hereby given that the above named FOUNDATION has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act Part C 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. OMORUYI THOMAS AIBANGBE 2. OMORUYI CAROLINE NGOZI 3. OMORUYI VICTOR IDEMUDIA 4. KEHINDE OLUFEMI DAVID

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. MR KOLA OLAITAN 2. MR DAVID OLUFUNMBI ADELIYI 3. MR OLUWASEUN DAVID OLAITAN 4. MRS OLUWAKEMI VICTORIA DUROWOJU

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. TO PREACH GOSPEL WORDS. 2. TO PROVIDE WELFARE FOR THE MEMBERS. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication SIGNED BY:- TRUSTEES

JESUS MY SAVIOUR SUPPORT MINISTRY The General Public is hereby notified that the above named MINISTRY has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:(1) FIDEL CHIBUEZE ANYANNA, (2) IREMISE FIDEL-ANYANNA, (3) UKAGHA UZOMA SAMUEL.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. To organize educational projects for all levels of institutions of learning 2. To partner with private and public organizations for the execution of sustainable projects 3. To organize and promote empowerment programmes for youth and the less privilege 4. To empower youths to advocate their rights by supporting their education.

5. To initiate and encourage selfless service to communities.

Any objection to the Approval of the registration in respect of the Name, objects, persons stated as trustees etc should be forwarded to the Registrar General,Corporate Affairs Commission,Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, PMB 198 Maitama,Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

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UNIFIED ARMY CHRISTIAN MISSION The general public is hereby notified that the above named MINISTRY has applied for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

THE NAME OF TRUSTEES ARE:(1) OLAMIJU JAMES OLALEKAN -GENERAL OVERSEER (2) OLAMIJU OLAYINKA CHRISTIANA -SECRETARY (3) OTIBU MARY OLUWATOSIN -TREASURER

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE ARE:To preach the gospel of our lord jesus christ

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:(1) TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (2) TO TEACH UNDILUTED WORD OF GOD (3) TO WIN SOULS FOR CHRIST

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THE OASIS PLACE FOUNDATION

CLAIRE FOUNDATION FOR THE AGED

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

Notice is hereby given to the General Public that the above named Organisation has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja, for the registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts No. 1 of 1990.

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

The Trustees Are: 1, Ojulari Eruore - President 2, Adekoya Oluremi Ade - Vice President 3, Elenitoba - Johnson Ifeoma Maureen - Secretary 4, Adeosun Folashade 5, Onubogu Onyinyechukwu Hope 6, Oladapo Enakeno Angela 7, Danboyi Funmilayo Abolanle 8, Idi Mairo Waziri

The Trustees are: 1.Mr. Vincent Abayomi Ariwaodo 2.Barr. Aderibigbe Oluwagbenga Temitope

The Trustees Are: 1. Rowlands Claire Nkechi - President 2. Valentine Chidi Emeh - Fin Secretary 3. Barr. Asuquo Asuquo Okpo - Patron 4. Anyaegbu Austin Wilson - General Secretary 5. Mr Eyo Clement Akan - Member

Aims And Objectives: 1, To carry out voluntary and charitable programs for the benefit of the underprivileged members of the society.

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

Signed: Abdulkareem & Abdulkareem (Legal Practitioners & Notaries Public) Tel: 08023431484, 08059557948

ORGANIZATION OF COMPETENT DIVINE THERAPISTS

Aims & Objectives: 1. To engage in spiritual upliftment, social work, community development, youth development programs and similar activities.

2. To give vocational training to disadvantaged peoples and communities.

3. To be a catalyst for development of disadvantaged communities with the aim of improving the lives of people in such communities.

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

Signed: Ivory Solicitors Legal Practitioners & Notaries Public 374, Ikorodu Road, Maryland, Lagos 0803-712-2564.

The Aims And Objectives Are: 1. To identify and assist the aged people in the society 2. To alleviate the sufferings of the aged people in the society 3. To carry out an outreach programme that is door to door services to the aged people that cannot access the services at the center 4. To restore hope and dignity to the aged people 5. To focus on research and education and to know more about the aged and sickness associated with the aged people.

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

Signed by: Anyaegbu Austin Wilson - General Secretary.

CYRUS & KINGS FOUNDATION

LEAH FOUNDATION

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named Foundation has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

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

The Trustees Are: 1. OKOROAFOR KINGSLEY EMENIKE 2. OKOROAFOR CHARLES CHINASA 3. EZEAMI UCHE.

Trustees 1. Engr Yusuf Lanre Sagaya 2. Adesina Kikelomo Temilola 3. Mr. Moradeyo Bukoye

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PROMOTE HEALTHY SOCIETY IN THERAPEUTIC WAY.

The Aim And Objective Is: To achieve a positive change in the law and created an online transparency on government information by making information available to the masses and getting their ideas.

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

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

It is further to be noted that the following current and existing trustees are also retained: 1. Mrs Abiola Adimula 2. Dr. Abubakar Kannike 3. Mrs. Adejoke Adeyemi 4. Mrs. Yetunde Ahmed 5. Barr. John Olusola Baiyeshea

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The General Public is hereby notified that the above named Organization has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. BANIRE BUNIYAMIN ALALAYE 2. OLADELE DAUDA AKANNI 3. BUSARI OLALEKAN MUKAKA 4. DASOLA SILIFAT IBIYEMI 5. MURITALA MUHAMMED JAMIU

Any objection to this should be forwarded to the registry of the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja, within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: Dada John Mayokun Esq

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THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION AS AN INCORPORATED TRUSTEE UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, CAP. C-20, LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1). MIENYE ROSELINE JOSHUA 2). ARI HAPPINESS 3) AARON JUSTINA 4). BENSON IBI 5). SESE RHODA 6). STELLA STELLA

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THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION AS AN INCORPORATED TRUSTEE UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, CAP. C-20, LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, 2004.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1). PROPHET ISAAC DAMIE IKRIKO 2). MRS GLADYS ISAAC 3) UCHE AMOS 4). IFEANYI OKORO 5). MRS ROSE AHAMEFULE 6). NEMI TAMUNOIYALLA OKANI

TRUSTEES ARE:1. APOSTLE LEONARD UGWUNNAYA ISIUWA. 2. AROH WILSON EJIOFOR. 3. PASTOR CALISTA ISIUWA. 4. ANYANWU UGWUNNA. 5. ISUWA NKWACHUKWU PROMISE.

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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES I). TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD TO ALL NATIONS II). TO WIN SOULS TO CHRIST THROUGH EVANGELISM

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD.

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

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

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

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COMMUNITY INITIATIVE FOR ENHANCED PEACE & DEVELOPMENT (I.T NO 38638) THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 OLD TRUSTEES: 1. EGONDU ESIWONKE 2. DR. SOFIRI PETERSIDE 3. PASTOR TONYE KALIO

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HOLY LIVING STONE SALVATION MINISTRY THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES; 1. TERRY UMUKORO -FOUNDER 2. EVANS IGHOFOSE -CHAIRMAN 3. HAPPINESS JACKSON -SECRETARY 4. RITA ETINAGBEDIA -TREASURER 5. ROSE UMUKORO -MEMBER 6. JOHNSON PAUL -MEMBER

NEW TRUSTEES APPOINTED 1. JOSHUA GOGO -APPOINTED-CHAIRMAN 2. ENYIE AMBAKEDEREMO -APPOINTED-SECRETARY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST ALL OVER THE WORLD. 2. TO TAKE CARE OF THE WELFARE OF ITS MEMBERS. 3. TO ESTABLISH LOCAL BRANCHES FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL WORLDWIDE. 4. TO EMPLOY AND DEPLOY, TRAIN AND ORDAIN MINISTERS FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE WORK OF THE CHURCH

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS CHANGE OF TRUSTEES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: PAT EMEKA IKEDIGWE ESQ SOLICITOR 08065264880

DUKE FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LIFE REORIENTATION

URHOBO CHRISTIAN MINISTERS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL

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

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

TRUSTEE: 1) UHEGWU UGOCHUKWU- PRESIDENT 2) UCHENDU CHIDINMA ADANMA- SECRETARY 3) MADU NDUKWE 4) BALOGU IKENNA BENJAMIN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES MENTAL ENHANCEMENT AND REORIENTATION OF ADOLESCENTS

TRUSTEES: 1. RT REV. BLESSING AVBENAYERI ERIFETA. 2. RT REV. SOLOMON OGHENESUVWEOBA GBAKARA 3. RT REV. KINGSLEY ENAKIRERHI 4. RT REV. ISAAC AKPORHOGHENE OBIE 5. ARCHBISHOP AVWOMAKPA GOD-DOWELL OYIBO 6. RT REV. NATHAN MADEYI 7. RT REV. DIAMOND EMUOBOR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO GUIDE AND ADVISE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN URHOBO LAND

OGOAMAKA INTERACTIVE CLUB THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. POLYCARP AZUBUIKE DURUAKU -PRESIDENT 2. JOSEPH NNODUM -SECRETARY 3. SYLVESTER NDIDI OSIGWE -MEMBER 4. AUGUSTINE EMEKA EZEANI -MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROVIDE A COMMON FORUM FOR INTERACTION AND SOCIAL INTERCOURSE AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE CLUB. 2. TO SEEK AND ENSURE PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE AMONG MEMBERS OF THE CLUB. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION SIGNED: REMS EZEANI SOLICITOR 08035677459

DYNAMIC WORD MINISTRY THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. MICHAEL O. NOSAYABA. 2. ESTHER EGHOSA NOSAYABA. 3. PASTOR (MRS) CHRISTIE OWAH AJIBADE 4. PASTOR AGHIMIEN ODION. AIM AND OBJECTIVES TO HAVE ALL MEN SAVED AND FOR THE SAVED TO COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH OF GOD’S WORD.

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

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

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

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SIGNED: SECRETARY

SOSET DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. DR. ABDULLAHI ONIMISI JIMOH -CHAIRMAN 2. IMRAN ONIMISI JIMOH -SECRETARY 3. MALL. ISAH MOMOH JIMOH -MEMBER 4. OHIDA HAUWA IZE -MEMBER 5. ZAINAB ONYIOZA JIMOH -MEMBER 6. HAJIA SAADATU ORAHACHI OHIDA -MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGE IN THE SOCIETY EDUCATIONALLY ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION SIGNED: SECRETARY

EPHRAIM OKOYE FOUNDATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. OKOYE IYKE CHARLES -CHAIRMAN 2. EZEIFE ADAORA MERCY 3. OKOYE OKECHUKWU GODSON 4. OKOYE VICTOR EDOZIE 5. DOZIE-NWANNA CHIOMA BLESSING 6. OKOYE TOCHUKWU NNANNA 7. OKOYE CHIBUZO NNAEMEKA -SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. SUPPORT, ENCOURAGE, CHORISTERSHIP IN THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION. 2. SPONSOR YEARLY SINGING COMPETITION AND CANTATA IN THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION. 3. TO HELP THE NEEDY IN THE SOCIETY. 4. ENCOURAGE ACTIVITIES THAT WILL PROMOTE CHURCH MUSIC.

ASSOCIATION OF AGENTS FOR OVERSEAS STUDIES RECRUITMENT OF NIGERIA THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. ADEDAYO FELIX OLUGBENGA -PRESIDENT 2. EBOH STELLA CHIKA -SECRETARY 3. TAWOSE OLUWOLE ADEWALE 4. IKOGWE ANTHONY FRIDAY 5. OLUSANYA OLUFEMI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO ACT AS AN UMBRELLA BODY OF AGENTS WHO ASSIST STUDENTS TO SECURE ADMISSION IN OVERSEAS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. 2. TO ENSURE CREDIBLE PRACTICE IN THE RECRUITMENT OF PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS FOR STUDY ABROAD. 3. TO SERVE AS LIAISON BETWEEN OVERSEAS EDUCATION RECRUITMENT AGENCIES IN NIGERIA AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES ABROAD. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION SIGNED: SECRETARY

BEULAH ORPHANAGE HOME THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES; 1. MICHAEL LANRE FOLOYE 2. ADEBOLA LANRE FALOYE 3. MAKINDE VERONICA IBITOLA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROVIDE HOME FOR ORPHANS, LESS PRIVILEGED CHILDREN AND AGED PEOPLE IN THE SOCIETY. 2. TO SUPPORT ORPHANAGE CHILDREN’S EDUCATION. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION SIGNED: FEMI S. AKINBINU ESQ SOLICITOR

OWU ADEPITI VILLAGE DESCENDANTS UNION

BETHEL COVENANT CHURCH OF ALL NATIONS

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

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

TRUSTEES: 1. REVD. REUBEN ADISA ADEKUNLE 2. MR. ALBERT OLADIRAN ADERINOKUN 3. MR. TUNDE SOYINKA 4. MR. ADIGUN SOLOLA 5. MRS CHRISTIANAH OLUFOLAKE OLABODE 6. MRS. ADUNNI SOETAN 7. MRS AWERO SOLOLA 8. MR. KUNLE AKINWANDE 9. MR. LANRE ADERINOKUN 10. MRS FOLAKE HASSAN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE WELFARE AND GROWTH OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY

TRUSTEES: 1. PASTOR ADEWOLE SOLOMON -CHAIRMAN 2. PASTOR ADEWOLE PETER -SECRETARY 3. PASTOR MONDAY ILABESHI MICHAEL AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST

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

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

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

SIGNED: KENECHUKWU AZIE, ESQ SOLICITOR

SIGNED: REV’D SUNDAY OLUSOJI ESQ THEOLICE SOLICITORS B12 AMAC PLAZA WUSE ZONE 3, ABUJA

SIGNED: BARR. RUTH IDOWU 08033471617

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, May 11, 2016

THE POLICE IS YOUR FRIEND INITIATIVE

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION AS AN INCORPORATED TRUSTEE UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, CAP. C-20, LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1). BOSINDE ARAIKPE 2) OPURICHE AGBONLAHOR 3). OBI PERCULALIAR WINIFRED

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PRESIDENT - SECRETARY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES I). TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE PUBLIC II). TO PROPERLY ORIENTATE THE PUBLIC ON THE NEED TO EXERCISE A HIGH LEVEL OF TRUST, SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING WITH SECURITY AGENCIES

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SAINTS OF THE AGED FOUNDATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. BEATRICE EJEMEN ODIGHE 2. MRS.SALOME KONKAT KENT 3. MARY ADEOLA TAIWO 4. AMENAWON ODIGIE 5. THERESA EJIYAMEME ODIGIE 6. MAGDA OSA ODIGIE 7. DR. BEN ODIA

-CHAIRMAN -SECRETARY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROVIDE HELP AND SUPPORT WHERE AND WHEN NECESSARY TO ,OLD AND AGED 2. TO HELP COMBAT LONELINESS TO AGED

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

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

SIGNED: PRESIDENT

SIGNED: BARRISTER SYLVIA NNEKA OKONKWO 08034065177

EDO INTERNATIONAL GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB, BENIN CITY THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 Trustees 1. JOSEPH IYEN OSAGIOBARE 2. EVANS OBAYAGBONA Aims and objectives - To Foster Unity and Protect The Interest of Her Members ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION Signed... Secretary

EMMANUEL AARON SAMSON MICHEAL DESTINY CHURCH The General Public is hereby notified that the above named organisation has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Reverend Emmanuel Omotayo 2. Reverend Mrs Modupe Omotayo 3. Chief Michael Omotayo 4. Mr. Oluwaseyi Omotayo 5. Mrs Opeyemi Okunneye AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. Ministering of gospel 2. Preaching 3. Worship & praises Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: O. Onipede Esq

OWUDOTUN-ARAROMI ORIYANRIN CENTRAL MOSQUE, ABEOKUTA. OGUN STATE.

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named organisation has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE : 1.ABDUL ROFIU ADEKUNLE DOSUMU (IMAM)) 2.ALHAJA RISIKATU ABOLAJI (IYA ADEEN) 3.KAZEEM OLADELE(SECRETARY) 4.ALHAJI ODETAYO YEKINI AKANI(ASIWAJU ADEEN) 5.OGUNBAMOWO OLATUNJI (AROWOSADEEN) 6.CHIEF ISMAIL ADELEKE (BALOGUN ADEEN) 7.CHIEF MORUFUDEEN ONAWALE (AAREADEEN ) 8. CHIEF AHMED ISHOLA LAWAL(OTUN BABA ADEEN) AIM AND OBJECTIVE: To preach Islam.

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

Signed: Secretary

ISUIKWUATO COMMUNITY LEADERS UNITY FORUM This is to inform the general public that the above name Body has applied to the corporate affairs commission abuja for registration of trustees under part c of the companies and allied matters act 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ONWUCHEKWA MOSES - CHAIRMAN 2. EJIUWAKA IHEANACHO LONGLIFE -SECRETARY 3. EZUMA FIDELIA ROTECHI-MEMBER 4. EUNICE NWACHUKWU -MEMBER. 5. NWAOHA AGUGAM LINUS -MEMBER AIMS : 1 FOR THE UNITY OF ISUIKWUATO PEOPLE. 2. FOR MEANINGFUL DEVELOPMENT OF OUR LAND SIGNED: CHAIRMAN ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CAC, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: CHAIRMAN

OKUGBE URHOBO SOCIALITE ASSOCIATE This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for registration to Corporate Affairs Commission UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1) Mr. Godwin Ikutegbe - Chairman 2. Mr. Stephen Isiorho 3. Mr. Simon Amaidje - Secretary 4. Mr. Emmanuel Enaike AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To provide members with skills and tools for their personal and community development.

2. To financially empower the economically financially disadvantaged members with small funds for their business, thereby ensuring a better life and alleviating poverty in the society.

3. To promote beneficial projects in the society.

THE DREAM CENTRE OF THE LIFE OASIS INTERNATIONAL CHURCH THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES AND AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 OLD TRUSTEES: 1. REV. OLUSOLA AYODELE AREOGUN -REMOVED 2. REV. (MRS) OYENIKE OYESOLA AREOGUN- REMOVED 3.DR. ADEDAYO ADETOKUNBO OWOEYE - RETAINED -PRESIDENT NEW TRUSTEES APPOINTED 1..DR. OLOYEDE ADEKANYE FATAI – SECRETARY 2. PASTOR AWE OLALEKAN 3. ELDER KOMOLAFE JOSHUA OLUSEGUN AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION THAT ARTICLE EIGHT “A” PARAGRAPH (I) BE REMOVED AND A PARAGRAPH BE ADDED TO ARTICLE EIGHT “D” TO BE (IV).

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS CHANGE AND AMENDMENT SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION SIGNED SECRETARY.

KRONIKLES EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION The General Public is hereby notified that the above named organisation has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Akinpeloye Mayowa 2. Abimbola Oluwatoyin 3. Abike Oyewole 4. Akinyemi Ada Comfort 5. Dr (Mrs) Adegbohun Abosede Adekeji AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To empower vulnerable women and girls in the society.

2. To assist less privilege persons in the society.

Any objection to this Registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral. Corporate Affairs Commission, 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street. PMB 198, Matiama, Abuja within 28th days from the date of publication.

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

Signed: Mr. Simon Amaidje (Secretary)

Signed: Secretary

FOUNTAIN OF MERCY CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

ROCK OF GRACE GLOBAL FOUNDATION

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named organisation has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named organisation has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

TRUSTEES: 1. pastor Adeshina Adeola Yisa Emmanuel(General Overseer) 2.Adeshina Olufunke Gloria(Secretary) 3.Babafemi Emmanuel Adebayo.

4.Pastor Fabunmi Kehinde Olugbemi.

5.Mrs Sarah Etim.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OYEDOKUN GABRIEL ADEYEMO -President/founder .

2. MORAKINYO ABIGEAL A. -Secretary 3. Adewole Abiola Mutiat -Treasurer.

Aims & OBJECTIVES. 1.To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to the whole world.

2.To preach salvation, healing and deliverance.

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

Signed- Henry Aliga.

Godson c Nwosu & co.

2,Catholic mission street, Lagos.

AUCTION SALES There will be auction sales on cars, motorcycles and other household items at the Nigerian police divisional headquarters, Choba, Port Harcourt 21 days from today.

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Scrap BMW car, Reg.No. CQ968PHC Scrap Toyota corolla, Reg.No. DH285FST Three Qlink Motorcycles with Reg. Nos. QB919BNY, QL516TFM, RV2893F Six Qlink motorcycles without no.

Three daylong motorcycles with Reg.Nos. RV991ML, IM3331SM, 1555WK Two Qlink motorcycles, Reg.No. QE207NWA, BY747BY Cruiser Qlink motorcycle, Reg.No.RV164KD Kymco motorcycle without no.

Two old suntrac truck tyres with its rims

And other household items Signed: Alh. Uballo Danu

ASSOCIATION OF YOUTHS ENTREPRENEUR OF NIGERIA

Objectives of rock of Grace Global foundation[RGGF] A non -Denomination Charity organisation.

1 To bring back fatherless, lesspreviledge, widows from their affiliction and keep himself spotless from the world.

2 To Minister to them through our substances.

3 To be a missionary org in visiting through giving.

4 To create an atmosphere where people can worship God in spirit and truth.

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

Signed:Secretary

LOSS OF DOCUMENT The general public is hereby notified that I, NWACHUKWU ELVIS EMEKA, Male Christian, Nigeria citizen, plot 55, Daily Times Estate, satellite Town, Lagos State. The said documents were recently discovered missing and all efforts to trace proved abortive. Daily Times Nigeria Plc receipt in favour of Grace Ayo-Oziama. Original copy of letter of offer for sales of land and letter of Allocation from Jide Taiwo & Co. in favour of Grace AyoOziama. That the original copy of receipt from Jide Taiwo & Co in favour of Grace Ayo-Oziama, the Deed of Assignment between Daily Times Nigeria Plc And NWACHUKWU ELVIS EMEKA, Deed of Assignment between NWACHUKWU ELVIS EMEKA And Grace Ayo- Oziama, Daily Times Nigeria Plc Memo and inter-office memorandum. Original purchase receipt from Grace Ayo-Oziama to NWACHUKWU ELVIS EMEKA. That belongs to NWACHUKWU ELVIS EMEKA, That the particular document part tittle the land have the named NWACHUKWU ELVIS EMEKA. All efforts to trace proved abortive.

FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH AND NON VIOLENCE,AFRICA.

This is to inform the general public that the above name Association has applied to the corporate affairs commission abuja for registration of trustees under part c of the companies and allied matters act 1990.

This is to inform the general public that the above name foundation has applied to the corporate affairs commission abuja for registration of trustees under part c of the companies and allied matters act 1990.

Names of. Board 1. Christopher Kohol chairman 2. Ojikutu Adenyi Secretary 3. Okeke Ikechukwu Stanley 4. Ayodeji Niyi-Adesola 5. Arc. Mrs Nguvan Kyenge

Trustees 1. HON CHRIS AJA. - CHAIRMAN 2. BEST CHETACHUKWU AJA. - SECRETARY 3. UWA AMARACHI RUTH. - MEMBER

Aims and objective 1. To support and encourage the participation of young Nigerian in business 2. To develop the competence of members and encourage integrity among members who engaged in business ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CAC, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. Signed ; Barr. ADEOLA P. BABATUNDE

Aim and objectives 1. To assist the youths ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CAC, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. Signed. Barr. JAMES CHUKWU UDE OF SUITE D8 MAZADO PLAZA SHETTIMA MANGONU CRESCENT UTAKO ABUJA. Tel. 09092923394. Or 08068392857

Public Notice 24 LOSS OF DOCUMENT

The general Public is hereby notified that the document of the Right of Occupancy of Plot No (438), measuring 1200M2 of Sabon Lugbe East Layout is missing All effort made to trace this missing document have proved abortive All the general public should take note Signed. Olayinka abayomi RIVERS HOOPERS BASKETBALL CLUB OF PORTHARCOURT. This is to inform the general public that the above name club has applied to the corporate affairs commission abuja for registration of trustees under part c of the companies and allied matters act 1990.

Trustees 1. Boma iyaye. - (Chairman).

2. Tamunobere Philip-Brown.

3. Isaac Okemini 4. Tambere ibisiki.

5. Syndoph p endoni

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, May 11, 2016

MOUNTAIN OF MERCY AND TESTIMONY GOSPEL CHURCH THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. AJIBOYE SOLA OLUWASEGUN 2. BELLO TOPE SAMSON 3. AJIBOYE BOSEDE 4. OMOTOSHO TEMITOPE

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

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

Signed: Trustees

SIGNED: SECRETARY

MELCHIZEDEK ORDER OF SABBATH MINISTRY.

YINUOLA AND ABEGBE FOUNDATION

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for registration to Corporate Affairs Commission UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990

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

TRUSTEES ARE 1. DR ORIYE THOMPSON IYO. 2 ELDER EMMANUEL OKUMGBA. 3 MTHR. IYAYE JEMIMAH ENE.

Any objection to this Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General. Corporate Affairs Commission, 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street. PMB 198, Matiama, Abuja within 28th days from the date of publication.

Signed- Secretary

SIGN CHAIRMAN

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PROPHET WILLIAMS ZACHARIAH 2. EVANGELIST RITA ADUA 3. BROTHER JOHN IJIBLA 4. EVANGELIST FELICIA WILLIAMS 5. SISTER GOODNESS MATTHEW 6. BROTHER JOSIAH WILLIAMS

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PROPHET WILLIAMS ZACHARIAH 2. EVANGELIST RITA ADUA 3. BROTHER JOHN IJIBLA 4. EVANGELIST FELICIA WILLIAMS 5. SISTER GOODNESS MATTHEW 6. BROTHER JOSIAH WILLIAMS THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 2. TO CATER FOR THE ORPHANS IN THE CHURCH 3. FOR YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND EMANCIPATION

ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CAC, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJAWITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

CHRIST TRUMPET RAPTURED SAINTS TABERNACLE

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

AIMS: To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.TO PREACH THE TRUTH ABOUT GOSPEL YAHWE. 2 TO DELIVER PEOPLE FROM BONDEGE 3.TO GIVE ASSITANCE TO THE NEEDY IN THE SOCIETY.

Aim and objective.

1 to foster unity among members.

CHRIST TRUMPET RAPTURED SAINTS TABERNACLE

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OJEDOKUN MUTAIRU ADEBAYO 2. SAKA SALIU 3. AWOLESI OLAYINKA SHUAIB

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. RICHARD AYODELE AKINTUNDE 2. OLUWATOYIN ABEGBE AKINTUNDE 3. OLUWASAYEMIDERO ENITAN RUNSEWE THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE LESS PRIVILEGE IN THE SOCIETY ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BAR ANORUO NORA 08037144131

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. FIDELIS UGWUANYI 2. STEPHEN EZE 3. ERNEST UDAYA 4. CHRISTIAN OMEJE 5. TIMOTHY EYA

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 2. TO CATER FOR THE ORPHANS IN THE CHURCH 3. FOR YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND EMANCIPATION

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO EMPOWER, DEVELOP AND ASSIST CHARITY ORGANISATION TOWARDS NATION BUILDING

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

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

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

SIGNED: TAIWO OLUWASEYIFUNMI

SIGNED: NDUKA ONYEKACHI

SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1)Bello El-Rufai (2)Ramla El-Rufai (3)Azeeza EL-Rufai Aims: (1)Child Education Women Empowerment.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. Signed:Barr.Taofeeq Salman Oluwatoyin(08174701323)

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25 Opinion

The writer ÏÏÏ I got talking with a friend who said she had been thinking of putting pen to paper. I advised her to start writing for it is starting off that’s difficult. Once you begin, ‘ain’t no stopping’. She mentioned that she had a topic burning her stomach and talked about the different angles from which she would confront it. She wanted to write on ‘The Other Woman’. What a coincidence! Few days earlier I had discussed this same topic with another friend who had suggested ways to handle it. I was in a vantage position to use this subject. Often the writer is tempted to use the story of which one is a part to spice up one’s writing.

Like the clergyman the writer hears a story directly or indirectly - and stores it away. At the first opportunity, s/ he’s tempted to use it to support a point or to draw comparisons.

The least detail in a place or thing could arouse the writer’s passion. So when the conversation of two passengers caught my attention as I was sitting ‘(ly)’ on the bus, I knew that ‘one day, one day’, I would use it. These young men had attended an event some days earlier. They talked about the activities at the

event and then narrowed their conversation down to a couple there.

- I can’t understand why she’s still with him.

- She loves him and I’m sure he loves her too.

- If he loved her, he wouldn’t have suggested such a thing.

- As in...?

- He said, ‘For tonight, let’s pretend we were not married.’

- He was joking.

- No he wasn’t.

- I’m sure he was.

- I tell you he wasn’t. I was with them.

- Then why would he have said such?

- There was a young lady there who caught his fancy.

- Then he might have been drunk.

- Devil’s advocate, you are.

They got to their stop and got off. And here I am relating the conversation to you. Does that make me an olofofo? I still keep the yarn and will develop it when the occasion arises.

Each of us has a story to tell. Take your mind back to the primary school days, when you were given a topic to write about. The common topic for primary school pupils is ‘My Family’. You’ll remember how confused you were, how you beat about the bush not knowing how

to begin, what to write and what to keep out.

Little by little you started writing and voilà, you put together those lines on your family. You produced facts or fiction that made up ‘My Family’. Parents and guardians are often amused by what their children/wards come up with when writing on ‘My Family’.

In the course of writing, does the fiction writer stay on course or veer off with his/her imagination?

I’ve been advised by more than two people not to distort the truth in my writing. For, it’s believed that, the writer that distorts the truth, leads astray the reader(s) and the writer’s punishment will be measured by the number of readers led astray. Imagine how much the punishment would be if one misled 170 million people. Santa Maria!

Writing a book is tiresome and pain-staking - ask any author how s/he feels at the beginning. The writer fears being rejected by publishing houses.

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J.K. Rowling, author of Harry Potter, received many rejection letters before a publisher read through her manuscripts and gave her a publishing contract. The rest is now history. At the beginning the writer is filled with apprehension of how the opus will be accepted by the public. Questions like ‘What reception would they give to my book?’, ‘Which review would my book get?’ race through the writer’s mind. It takes guts to write a book.

That’s why one should congratulate Aisha Buhari on writing ‘The Essential of Beauty Therapy’. If the First Lady office wasn’t abolished by her husband could she have found the time to write a book? The Vice President, who stood in for the President, the special guest of honour, said that the book was, ‘... an instructional manual’.

Was he referring to beauty salons? Can any beauty salon (in the current austere weather) afford the book at N20, 000 a copy? Did her table of

contents include the use of native materials such as the black soap, coconut oil, palm kernel oil, osun (camwood)...? And did the author cover the menace of skin bleaching which Nigerian mothers are said to have started inflicting on their young children?

Looks like the book didn’t make any noise in Abuja. Some residents there, especially women, believe it was insensitive of Mrs. Buhari to have launched the book on the second anniversary of the Chibok Girls’ abduction. If she was insensitive what would we say of those in her circles who should’ve known better? For even if she was adamant on launching her book, the date should’ve been moved forward. She wrote a book.

She was proud to have written a book. She had agreed that the proceeds from the book sale would be used to assist Boko Haram victims especially the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).

Having said all that, I believe one should

welcome Aisha Buhari to the world of writers.

Copies of your first book would have been submitted to our National Library.

Thus you may have become a honorary member of the Association of Nigerian Authors. Bravo! You’re a woman of destiny. You’re the spouse of the man who championed ‘Change’ into our psyche. You were fated to be at his side when he achieved his dream. You were there during those 12 years when he was fighting opponents blocking his way into Aso Rock. Let’s hope you’ve been keeping a journal of activities of your days and activities in Aso Rock from the minute you and your family moved in. The lines may start well before the May 29, 2015 Inauguration and end at your last minute in Aso Rock. I, for one, am interested in what made him so tenacious. For all we know, you may already have that journal. So we look forward to reading your memoirs after the sojourn in Aso Rock. Give us glimpses into what goes on behind the curtains, like the little talks among the other halves of our big men. Mrs. Buhari’s memoirs will make a good read. It’ll take a pride of place in libraries in Nigeria and beyond. ‘The Road to Aso Rock’ (you see, I already have a title for the memoirs) will make up for the gaffe of launching a book on beauty therapy on the second anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok Girls.

Has anyone read a book entitled, ‘They Call Me Mama’, published in 2014?

The writer also lives in Aso Rock.

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The media, rural dwellers and the change mantra Ephraims Sheyin (NAN) About 70 per cent of Nigeria’s population of more than 170 million people live in povertystricken conditions, while many appear to have resigned to fate, a World Bank report stated recently.

The same report also noted that democracy and good governance present opportunities that could be explored by such segment of the population to improve their lot.

According to the report, democracy and good governance can boost economic activities that create employments, possible loans avenues, adequate agriculture inputs and good markets for farm produce.

Nonetheless, the rural poor are not usually benefitting from such developments because they are neither carried along in the planning nor execution of development programmes.

Although analysts consent to the World Bank’s opinion, they observe that the rural segment of the population is hardly aware of any available opportunity and does not know of any national discourse on programmes.

In the light of this, the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed, recently met with the managements of some media outfits where he spoke of the urgent need to bring the rural populace on board.

He said it was important to involve the rural population in every policy so as to ensure that enlightened opinion is brought to bear on all national discourse,

Rural dwellers cut out of government policies

programmes and all activities. ``We must take the change message to the rural man and make him a key participant in the change mantra using the feedback mechanism that will enable those in authority to gauge the impact of their policies. ``Once we can reach the rural dwellers, we would have covered much ground because his ability to understand what we want and key into it will strongly determine to what extent we would have succeeded,’’ he said.

He challenged the media, especially government-owned outfits,

There is massive hopelessness with dangerous apathy where the led, especially those in the rural areas, no longer trust in government. To help the change mantra to take root in the rural areas, government must do something quick to address the deteriorating confidence in governance —Sumbellem

to pay special attention to the rural areas in their coverage.

He also advised editors to post their best hands to the rural areas where he opined that reportage was usually more difficult, requiring the expertise of such experienced hands to pull out the rural dwellers.

In the same vein, Mr Monday Goshit, a senior lecturer in the Mass Communication Department of the University of Jos, suggested that the media should continue to reach out to the grassroots. ``The media should endeavour to educate the rural populace on key government focuses and ensure that they contribute their quota towards the success of programmes aimed at a better Nigeria. ``The only time we get a glimpse of the rural areas is when an important person is visiting or during an emergency such as epidemic or violence in the areas. ``No one reports the acute shortage of water or toilet facilities or the pangs of the helpless woman during child birth,’’ he observed.

In her view, Miss Henrietta Ibrahim, the General Manager, Highland FM radio station in Jos, also expressed concern about what she described as neglect of the rural areas by reporters and management of media houses. ``A lot is going on in the rural areas, but no one reports; teachers misuse pupils and would even prefer to drink when they should be teaching. ``The change mantra should capture such attitudes and the only way achieve this is when CONTINUED ON PAGE 27

The TBS crusade: Kumuyi promises change for all bitterness

Rural dwellers cut out of government policies

Pastor Kumuyi mounted the podium around 6 p.m., amidst expectation from the crowd. The man of God announced the topic of his sermon, which is ‘The wonder of turning bitterness to better.’

Painting a gory picture of the state of the nation, Kumuyi came up with a message of hope and betterment for all - if they would only put their trust and confidence in God. “In our city, there is lamentation everywhere and life is bitter.

In the family, community, life is

bitter and there is poverty everywhere,” Kumuyi said, drawing his analogy from the book of Lamentation in the Bible; but the man of God immediately quoted another scripture from the book of Ezekiel to proffer hope for man as God promised to pour his blessings upon man.

“God will do something in people’s lives today. He is going to turn our crying to laughter and suffering to joy. When people lament, they are sorrowful, they will see life as bitterness. They will see the community, economy as bitter.

All the bitterness everywhere will change for the better,” he said.

Kumuyi said substituting the ‘I’ in ‘bitterness’ with ‘E’ will bring about ‘better,’ saying that individuals would need to take a decision to substitute the ‘I’ with ‘E’ so that their lives could be better.

“God will turn your ‘I’ to ‘E’. The ‘E’ represents Emmanuel, which is Jesus Christ. Jesus will turn your bitterness to better. Tonight, you will need to move the ‘I’ out of the way.”

The man of God emphasised CONTINUED ON PAGE 27

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EPILEPTIC POWER SUPPLY:

Life is bitter

Jakande residents protest five yrs of paying for darkness Kumuyi CONTINUED FROM PAGE 26

The protesting youths with placards last week

Edokpolor Osayande.

To residents of Jakande Estate, Isolo in Lagos, five years of continuous epileptic power supply to their community is a mockery and an insult to their persons.

The crisis came to a head last week when youths and able bodied person in the estate headed for the offices of the Ikeja Electric Distribution Company but the move was aborted by the police for security reasons.

Addressing sympathisers and members of the press at the Jakande Estate gate, president of the estate, Alhaji Abdulganiyu Abiodun said their nightmare began when authorities of the IEDC said the only way the problem of Jakande estate can be solved is through load shedding, supposed to be three days on and one day off.

“If they had maintained that agreement we won’t be in this predicament,” Abiodun lamented, pointing out that expansion of the estate environs has resulted in the only cable feeding their community to be overloaded and unable to carry enough power to meet their needs even for the supposed three days on sharing formula.

“When we noticed the problem, we approached IEDC and said see, we are your customers: why can’t you increase the size of this cable? It is a matter of demand and supply and if your demand is high, then improve on your supply by at least changing the cable in question, but they have failed to change it.

“Now, the cable supplying elec-

tricity to the estate cannot serve any longer as a result of increase in housing development in the area.”

A thoroughly vexed business man, Dare Oshinowo could not imagine a temporary solution to a permanent problem. “So what stops the Ikeja Electric Distribution Company from changing ordinary cables? They claim they are sharing light and they cannot get a new feeder. Bad as the current one is, other areas have been joined to it which makes it to be over loaded. We have met with the station manager who could not even say when a new feeder will be available,” he said angrily.

Oshinowo also complained of favouritism in the shedding of the light. “If it is our turn to have light, it should be for all the residents and not for selected people.”

The placard carrying youths who wrote out a ‘ten-point agenda’ for the power company said among other complaints that they are forced to pay outrageous bills for power not supplied.

“We demand solutions to our 10-points demands which include abolition of estimated billing system; power theft where some people are favoured more than other yet we all pay same bill; provide meters for all the residents in the estate; provide a new transformer that can serve the entire estate and appoint a customer service officer that will identify with problems of customers among others.”

Inscriptions scribbled on their placards include #No more estimated bills, #BringBackOurLight’, #No more estimated bills,

#IKEDC is just being unfair and unjust to us, and some others.

A public and resident of the estate, Adeyemi Yusuf, told The Daily Times it has been a sad experience in the estate for many years.

“We hardly get electric power supply and it has gotten out off hand, that is why we have to stand up to say no more; our parents are strongly behind us but the police stopped the the mass protest for fear of insecurity.”

Olademeji Rashidi, another protesting youth said they had planned a peaceful protest sbut police fear that some hoodlums will hijack it so it was cancelled.’’

A frozen food seller, Mrs Chimere Okudu said her business has collapsed because of power outage. “I cannot sell again because of the low power supply in Jakande estate. I used to manage to buy fuel to power my generator, but since buying fuel is a do or die affair and at cut throat price, I had to stop selling. Before then when power failure started, I had to throw away the spoilt foods in my refrigerator because no one will buy them. .

“I appeal to government to improve on power supply and in case there is power failure, there should always be fuel to power the generator which is the only alternative in the country.”

Mr Clement Chukwu, a liquor dealer who owns other businesses in the estate told our correspondent that the epileptic power supply in Jakande estate is a different type in Lagos. “It has affected my business so much that, paying the rent of my store has become a problem.

the need for the worshipers to make up their minds to reject suffering and bitterness by returning unto the Lord as God has no pleasure in the death of the wicked. He stressed that sin, bad luck and evil were connected, challenging the congregation to cast away their transgression.

“There are people who rushed unto death. When you drink alcohol, you are killing yourself gradually; these are part of bitterness.

The ‘I’ that fights, fornicate, drink, commit adultery and violence; if you drop it, things will be better.

The ‘I’ in you will have to submit and we need to leave evil, idolatry and magic behind; that renunciation will bring restoration to our

The media should involve the rural population in every policy – Lai Muhammed CONTINUED FROM PAGE 26

they are highlighted in media reports to attract the attention of those concerned. ``News has generally been commercialised, but we shall be failing in our duties if we leave out a large segment of the people we should serve,’’ she said.

In his opinion, Alhaji Ibrahim Mammaga, Managing Editor, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said he was not satisfied with the little attention the media gives to rural areas in the country. ``We concentrate on political and sensational issues instead of development issues that will improve the lot of the rural dwellers and the poor. ``Government is looking into steps to diversify the economy; we need to focus on the rural areas where the farming population is concentrated. ``The solid minerals sector is being considered as an option, but how can government be well directed if we ignore the rural areas and the massive opportunities

without you having Jesus Christ

lives,” he pronounced. wonders.

Kumuyi emphasised that new things would surely come for members of the congregation who would surrender their lives to Jesus. “The Lord is calling you out of all the oppression of Satan, out of sins. Life is bitter without you having Jesus Christ in your life. The Lord is calling you into repentance and turn to Jesus as your Saviour.

“If you come to Jesus and make covenant with him, he said, he will in no way cast you out. He is the altar of covenant, he is the covenant of pardon, he is the covenant of peace, he is the covenant of protection, he is the covenant of purity and also the covenant of power,” the preacher said.

Lai Mohammed

locked in there,’’ he said.

He said NAN was working towards creating more offices in the rural areas with qualified hands to work in such places.

Corroborating Mammaga, Malam Sule Sumbellem, a retired editor of Plateau Radio Television Corporation, said sustaining the reportage of rural areas was imperative if government really wanted to change the general orientation of Nigerians. ``There is massive hopelessness with dangerous apathy where the led, especially those in the rural areas, no longer trust in government. ``To help the change mantra to take root in the rural areas, government must do something quick to address the deteriorating confidence in governance,’’ Sumbellem said. As government plans and executes development programmes therefore, analysts agree with Mohammed that all segments of the population, especially those in the grassroots should be involved in the scheme of things in governance.

SuperSport clinches United Nations Award ANDREW EKEJIUBA

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frica’s leading sports broadcaster, SuperSport, has been awarded the United Nations 2016 International Day of Sports for Development and Peace Award in recognition for its immense input, sacrifice and donations to the development of sports and promotion of peace in the region through its

corporate social responsibility platform, Let’s Play.

The award was presented by the United Nations through its office on Sport for Development of Peace (UNOSDP) and the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development in line with the UN’s objectives for peace, security and development in achieving its Sustainable Development Goals.

This year’s campaign themed, “Let’s Play for the Sustainable Development Goals” recognizes that sports has been increasingly recognized globally as a low-cost and high-impact tool in humanitarian, development and peace building efforts by both the UN and other nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).

“We are honored to receive this very prestigious award that recognizes our contribution to the

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physical and mental development of African children through various sporting activities”, said Felix Awogu, General Manager, SuperSport, West Africa when receiving the notification of award on behalf of the company.

“We believe that sports has the ability to bridge racial and social gaps in our society and more importantly, ensure that our children have a safe and secure tomorrow.

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Lambert ´immensely

Samuel wants permanent CSKA deal Samuel

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igeria striker Aaron Samuel has revealed that he hopes to seal a permanent contract with top Russian club CSKA Moscow just as he disclosed he hopes to return from a knee injury in September.

Twenty-one-year-old Samuel joined the Russian club on loan from Chinese outfit Guangzhou R&F in February, and scored twice in seven Russian Premier League games before he suffered a knee injury against this month.

That notwithstanding, he is hoping he has shown enough potential to earn a permanent deal with the former Russian champions.

“Yes I would like to stay,” he said about earning a permanent move to the CSKA Moscow Stadium.

“I would like to stay on but we just have to see how things turn out.”

The striker also explained why it took him some time to get going in Russia.

“I was new to the team and to the league and they had to introduce me gradually,” he explained.

He will have a corrective knee surgery and is expected back in action in September, when he must have fully recuperated.

Nestle Milo Basketball: FCT, Kwara

battle in Central Conference final

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wo determined and hard working schools, Government Secondary School Karu, Abuja and Unilorin Secondary School Ilorin, Kwara State, will meet in the Central Conference Boys final slated for today at the Unilorin Indoor Sport Hall, Kwara State.

Government Secondary School Karu, Abuja narrowly edged out Government Secondary School Minna, Niger State 23-22 to progress to the Central Conference finals in a keenly contested encounter in the ongoing Nestle Milo Secondary Basketball Championship.

In the match, captain of Government Secondary School Abuja, Augustine Richard, who had 12 points nailed the match for the FCT Boys.

In the second semi-final, Unilorin Secondary School defeated Success High Grade Model School Keffi, Nasarawa State, by 3013 points to set up Central Conference final with FCT.

In the girls category, Government Secondary School Gboko, Benue State, will confront Queen Amina College, Kaduna State in the final.

Government Secondary School Gboko, Benue

State defeated Government Secondary School Bida, Niger State with 25-18 points, while Queen Amina College, Kaduna outplayed Government Secondary School Wuse, Abuja by 30-17 points.

uro 2016 president Jacques Lambert said he is “immensely sad” for Michel Platini after the Frenchman announced he would be stepping down as UEFA president.

Platini had his ban - which was related to a $2 million (£1.3m) disloyal payment made by then FIFA chief Sepp Blatter in 2011 - reduced from six years to four by the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s three-man appeal panel on Monday.

However, Platini’s legal team announced shortly afterwards he would be stepping down from his role at UEFA, leaving Lambert disappointed for his friend.

“I supported Platini in the past, but I support him even more today, because Michel is first and foremost a friend, and when a friend is in difficulty, there’s no better time to be behind him,” Lambert said.

“My reaction is really simple, and very short, and I won’t say anything else today, I’m very disappointed and immensely sad for him.”

Platini remained optimistic about being able to present the trophy to the winner of the Euros, but Lambert confirmed it would be impossible, despite the former’s reported intentions to attend games at the tournament.

“It’s not possible for Platini to present the trophy, he’s still suspended from his official position, it’s impossible,” the 68-year-old said.

“For the rest, what he will do as an individual, it’s up to him to say it, not me.”

Nestle Milo Basketball action.

Platini

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INTERVIEW Friday Nwankwo Kujah has given his blessing to the election of Ifeanyi Ubah as Anambra State FA boss.

In this exclusive interview with Extra Time Sports Editor, ANDREW EKEJIUBA and Thompson Victor, the reknowned FIFA licensed player’s agent speaks on the state of Nigerian league, Super Eagles AFCON miss and the crisis currently going on between the NFF led Amaju Pinnick and Amb. Chris Giwa’s faction. Excerpts:

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f s n a r t l l i w l l a b t o o f Nigerian — Kujah

an you describe to our esteemed readers your impression on the state of the Nigeria Professional Football League?

I am very happy seeing what Shehu Dikko and Salisu Abubakar are doing; many people who joined football recently didn’t know the training Salisu Abubakar went through. He was the first Secretary of the Pro-League who travelled outside the shores of Nigeria to upgrade his knowledge of the game with the English Premier League and so many other European countries.

Joined with the experience of Dikko, and Nduka Irabor (seasoned journalist, former House of Assembly member), the sky is NPFL’s limit in this regard.

Today, teams can win away matches in the NPFL and one cannot predict who is going to win matches now with ease. I’m so happy with way our league is going, it’s lovely!

What aspect of the League has improved so far this season?

In terms of the referees they are trying, you can’t get there in a day. In terms of decision making by the League Management Company, they are fine and I will urge supporters to attach themselves to various clubs in the league. I am not blaming them for supporting teams in Europe, but they should as well attach themselves to clubs here in Nigeria. As for me, I am from Anambra State and I support Abia Warriors, FC IfeanyiUba , Enugu Rangers, as well as Eyinmba FC. People should attach themselves t o teams and wear their jerseys. You cannot keep on supporting clubs outside Nigeria because charity begins at home.

W h i c h player(s) have actually caught your attention so far this season?

I think

C h i s o m Chikatara has improved a lot and Chibuzor Okonkwo, because I have seen him play everywhere along the defence line to the defensive midfield role; it’s rare to see a defender like that and I think he is one of the best in the league. I am still yet to judge the best players this season.

Let’s come down to the Nigeria Football Federation; what’s your take on the crisis currently going on between the NFF led Amaju Pinnick and Amb. Chris Giwa’s faction?

It is only we Nigerians that are allowing Giwa to be tossing us around and beating about the bush, as well as mocking our football. If Giwa has anything to contribute to Nigerian football, I will stand by him an allow him run our NFF. But Giwa has nothing to contribute because NFF is not a political ground, and he is an ambassador that should be talking about contesting for governorship and other electoral positions.

Giwa has a football team, let him groom his players to become champions and make impact in the continent; he must let people know he has an ambition for his team. He cannot even upgrade his team and he wants to govern Nigerian football.

The records are there to enlighten him. Amaju Pinnick was the Deputy Chairman of Warri Wolves, if I may be right, he is the creator of Warri Wolves and you know it did not take long for Warri Wolves to get to the limelight. He was also a Commissioner of Sports who also built a good name for Delta State football. The same thing can be said concerning Ibrahim Galadima.

He is one of the best football administrators I have ever seen; check his records and it speaks for him. All these noise by Giwa are mere distractions and its high time football lovers stand up and cut him to size.

What did you think made Nigeria not to qualify for the 2017 AFCON that will be held in Gabon next year?

Over celebrating of our players when what we have are only average players was a major factor, coupled with the continuous changing of national coaches was also responsible for our failure. You can see the game against Egypt, those boys that Samson Siasiia selected, if they can blend well then the sky will be our limit. It is the first time in 2 to 4 years that we saw the Super Eagles playing like that.

Watch those games again and you will see what I am talking about. I think after Rio Olympics we are going to Kujah build a national team that

will surprise the whole world.

After the Super Eagles failed to qualify for the Nations Cup, some Nigerians have clamored for the NFF to hire a foreign coach instead of local coaches, what is the way out?

There is no problem with that. They should know that we don’t have such money to pay any foreign coach. We should avoid a situation whereby we will owe the foreign coach. If we have the money to pay a foreigner, then no problem at all! You attach people like Siasia, Amokachi and the rest of them to monitor and understudy the so-called foreign coach.

On the 4th of May, 2016, Fifa remembered Late Rashidi Yekini; what do you remember about him?

Yekini was a wonderful friend; he was one of the players I respected for what he did for Nigeria in the soccer field. I call him “bros” Yekini. I remember transacting a lot of businesses with him. He relied so much on First Bank, Dugbe, in all his businesses and I did travel from Lagos to the Bank and did some transactions, both for his bonuses and the rest of them for him. I thank Fifa for remembering him, while we at home don’t remember what the ‘Goal King’ did for this great nation with his skills.

Ifeanyi Uba was recently elected as the chairman of Anambra State F.A., what do you think about the election that brought him to power?

There is nothing wrong with the election and I think for a person like that to be coming into

“Ifeanyi Ubah that I know for over 30 years doesn’t like to lose and he has great passion for football.

He has passion for Anambra and youths empowerment. Before two years Anambra will produce some of the best footballers in the country and best FA chairman.”

Ubah

Nigerian football we should thank God, especially Anambra football. All the youths in the state stood up for him because they had nobody and they believe their future is bright with him.

Ifeanyi Ubah has a programme for youth empowerment in terms of football; we no longer produce stars again because football has died in Anambra State for many years. Give Ifeanyi Ubah a year and see how he will rebrand Anambra State football. He will transform Anambra and Nigerian football. If he can come to the petroleum sector and under seven years his company is one of the best, look at Authority Newspaper, look at when he handled TAN, he is always in the news and he is never a loser!

It was only when he finished third in the governorship election in Anambra less than 2 to 3 months of campaigning that he tested defeat because some people betrayed him. Everything about Ifeanyi Uba is wonderful, look at his club, and I believe people from Anambra will enjoy good football administration. Those that are against his election are not from Anambra State.

With his election as chairman of Anambra State FA, what do you think he will bring to Anambra football?

I have said it all, just wait and see, Anambra people will be jubilating. Ifeanyi Ubah that I know for over 30 years doesn’t like to lose and he has great passion for football. He has passion for Anambra and youths empowerment. Before two years Anambra will produce some of the best footballers in the country and best FA chairman.

As a football agent, what is your advice to upcoming stars in the NPFL? They should not be in a hurry and should always be straight forward. They should not sign any contract unless they have someone to mediate for them. They should not talk to any administrator or club’s chairman in this regard, but they should allow their agents to do the talking. As a footballer you have the right to have an agent.

Your agent may be your family member or a Fifa licensed agent. All they need do is just go out there and play their game and leave an agent to do the whole talking for them. The reason a player needs an agent is just for the protection of his image.

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Sagna rues

BRIEFS

West Ham

can challenge

EPL’s big boys – Noble M

ark Noble sees no reason why West Ham cannot match the Premier League’s biggest clubs following their move to the Olympic Stadium.

A move to their new 60,000seat stadium for next season is set to bring increased revenue and owner David Sullivan has promised to spend up to £50million in transfers in the off-season. Noble, 29, said the opportunity was there for West Ham to challenge the league’s traditional heavyweights.

‘Everton players’

motivated

ahead

Sunderland

clash’ E

verton manager Roberto Martinez says his players remain fully motivated ahead of their clash with Sunderland today. The 42-year-old accused his side of getting swept up in the occasion of Saturday’s 3-1 defeat to champions Leicester City, who were presented the Premier League trophy after the match.

That defeat extended Everton’s winless league run to five matches and piled further pressure on Martinez, who has faced growing criticism from the fans in recent weeks, but he insists his players showed their determination to finish the campaign strongly with their efforts late on against Leicester.

Sagna

wasteful Man City season B

acary Sagna

b e l i e v e s Manchester City have blown a golden opportunity to prove they are the best team in England this season.

City flew out of the blocks to win their opening five league matches without conceding a goal, threatening to turn the title race into a procession.

But, despite individual brilliance from the likes of Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne, City have rarely threatened to recapture their

early season form, falling away as Leicester City completed their memorable march to glory.

Aguero and De Bruyne scored superb goals against Arsenal on Sunday but City were pegged back twice after leading to draw 2-2 – meaning their fate in terms of Champions League qualification is no longer in their hands.

If Manchester United win their remaining matches against West Ham and AFC Bournemouth, League Cup winners City will be playing Europa League football when Pep Guardiola takes over from Manuel Pellegrini next season

Klopp:

– irrespective of their result at Swansea City on the final day.

“It’s very disappointing, especially the way we started the season,” said Sagna, who has dislodged the injury hit Pablo Zabaleta to become City’s first-choice right-back this term.

“We are to blame. We had everything in our hands to be the best and I believe if we play like we did against Arsenal we are the best team.

“We have to play like this all season. But this is the past now and we have to keep our heads up and get the three points against Swansea.

Firmino written off too soon!

L

iverpool manager Jurgen Klopp warned against making early judgments on signings for next season after Roberto Firmino’s improvement at Anfield.

Firmino was a £29million signing from Hoffenheim in the off-season and made a slow start to his time at Liverpool.

However, the Brazil international’s goal against Watford in the Premier League on Sunday took his tally to 11

in all competitions this campaign.

Klopp said the 24-year-old’s progression was another illustration of a signing being judged too quickly.

“It wasn’t a surprise to me when I heard people questioning him. That’s how it is in Germany too,” the former Borussia Dortmund coach said.

“You don’t watch too much German football. You get a player from Hoffenheim in Germany and everyone thought, ‘Oh, a nice signing Liverpool’.

“But not many people here knew him because he wasn’t from Bayern Munich, he wasn’t from Dortmund.

“I knew about Roberto.

When I heard that Liverpool had signed him I thought, ‘how have they done this?’

Firmino

Falcao eyes Monaco switch after tough EPL seasons R

Falcao

adamel Falcao says he expects to spend next season at Monaco after two difficult years in the Premier League.

The Colombia striker joined Manchester United on loan in Conte September 2014, where he managed

four goals in 29 appearances as he struggled to sustain form and fitness under Louis van Gaal.

Falcao’s career has further stalled at Chelsea this season, with the 30-year-old playing just once in the Premier League since October as a

result of persistent injury problems, and his lack of game time has resulted in him being omitted from Colombia’s Copa America squad.

The former Atletico Madrid forward says Monaco are eager for a return on the reported €60million fee they paid

to sign him in 2013 and is himself desperate for regular playing time next term.

“Monaco made a big investment in me and they want some return on that. They want me back at the club for next season,” he said.

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Bayern sign

Hummels completes Bayern switch B

ayern Munich have completed the signing of Borussia Dortmund captain Mats Hummels.

Germany defender Hummels has agreed a five-year contract with the Bundesliga champions and will re-join them on July 1 for an undisclosed fee, subject to a medical.

Dortmund announced late last month that their skipper had informed them of his desire to

follow the path of Mario Gotze and Robert Lewandowski by swapping Signal Iduna Park for the Allianz Arena.

And both sides confirmed on Tuesday that the deal has been done, with Hummels to return to his boyhood club, who he left for Dortmund in 2008.

The 27-year-old appears set to captain BVB for one last time when Thomas Tuchel’s side meet Bayern in the DFB-Pokal final on

Sanches

for initial €35m B

Hummels

May 21.

“I have not made this decision easily after eight-and-a-half successful years at BVB. “I was always proud and still am, to wear the BVB jersey and to be part of this exceptional team.

Before I return to my hometown in the summer, we have a large, common goal all: once again to bring the DFB-Pokal to Dortmund.

“For that I will give everything

just like my team-mates. I wholeheartedly thank my teammates, all the staff and fans for this long and wonderful time in Black and Yellow,” Hummels said.

Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge commented: “We are delighted that Mats Hummels has decided on joining Bayern.

“Mats is one of the best central defenders in the world. With him, we have increased the quality of our squad once again.”

ayern Munich have signed Renato Sanches from Benfica for an initial fee of €35million. The 18-year-old has agreed a fiveyear contract with the Bundesliga champions after completing a medical in Munich on Monday.

Benfica later confirmed that the initial fee of €35m could rise to €80m, with an additional €45m depending on success-related bonuses. Sanches, who only made his senior Benfica debut in October, has emerged as one of the most highly regarded young players in Europe this season.

Klose set to quit Lazio

No hard feelings against

Pique, says Arbeloa R Arbeloa

A

C Milan’s holding company Fininvest has announced that a Chinese investor group has been granted exclusivity over the potential sale of the club.

President Silvio Berlusconi has long been reported to be negotiating with a consortium from China after Thai businessman Bee Taechaubol’s proposal to buy the club failed to progress into concrete plans.

Following a meeting on Tuesday, Fininvest has confirmed that negotiations over the sale of a stake of the club to the unnamed consortium can now begin.

“Fininvest has reached an agreement

eal Madrid defender Alvaro Arbeloa says he does not hold a grudge against Gerard Pique as a result of their simmering feud in recent years.

The 33-year-old was given an emotional send-off by the Santiago Bernabeu crowd after coming on for his final home appearance for the club in the 3-2 win over Valencia on Sunday.

Barcelona defender Pique, who

reignited a social media battle with Arbeloa this season when he criticised his lack of playing time, said his compatriot fully deserved the reception and admitted his regret that their spats often got out of hand.

And Arbeloa says there should be no hard feelings between the two, telling reporters: “I don’t hold a grudge against Pique, despite what he said about me.

“I’m calm because I defended my team and I never disrespected

Barcelona or any one of their fans.

“I wasn’t wrong and if I was, I would continue to be wrong my whole life because I’d keep doing it. I tried to be respectful and I believe I was. I’ll keep defending Madrid and the way I have done it has been respectful.”

Former Madrid captain Iker Casillas also praised Arbeloa’s career in the capital and said he fully deserved a rousing farewell from the club he first joined at the age of 18.

The full-back admits

Klose

M

iroslav Klose will play his final game for Lazio against Fiorentina at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday. The Germany great has scored six Serie A goals in limited opportunities this season, starting just 13 league games. His departure from Lazio, the club he joined from Bayern Munich in 2011, was confirmed on Tuesday, with his contract up at the end of the season.

No

guarantee

Milan strike deal with for Berardi’s Juve Chinese investors return for a period of exclusivity with a group of Chinese investors in relation to the sale of a percentage of AC Milan,” an official statement released by Milan read.

“At the same time, a reminder of the understanding was signed, which will be the starting point to launch negotiations.

“The period of exclusivity is defined so as to be compatible with the complexity of the issues to be discussed, the needs of the club and the commitments

determined by the footballing calendar.”

The news comes a week after Milan ultras released a statement demanding that the club be sold, or that CEO Adriano Galliani resign, over what they considered to be gross mismanagement at San Siro.

Berlusconi had stated he would only consider selling Milan, who last month announced losses of €89.3million for the financial year, to a buyer who could “continue its glorious history” and

guarantee its fiscal security.

Financial broker Salvatore Galatioto, whose firm has helped to orchestrate the sale of sports franchises in the United States in recent years, stated in April that talks with an Berardi investment group from China were progressing rapidly.

— Carnevali

S

assuolo director general Giovanni Carnevali says it is not guaranteed forward Domenico Berardi will return to Juventus.

In June of last year, Sassuolo took sole ownership of Berardi, who had previously been the subject of a co-ownership agreement with Juve.

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Messi rues Rio

Olympics

miss A

rgentina captain Lionel Messi admitted he would have liked play at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after he was left out of the squad in favour of the Copa America Centenario.

Coach Gerardo Martino opted against making Messi who won gold at the Beijing Games in 2008 - compete at both June’s Copa America and the Olympics in August.

Martino stressed that the Barcelona star agreed with the decision, but Messi conceded he is disappointed not be involved for the campaign in Brazil.

“I would have liked to go because it was a spectacular experience for me to play in the 2008 Olympics, just as it

was for the 2005 U-20 World Cup,” Messi said.

“Not just because we won, but for the experience I gained.

“It was a great experience to stay in the Olympic Village and meet other elite athletes from other sports and to be just another athlete among them; that was very spectacular even though we didn’t spend a lot of time in the village.”

Messi, who is on the cusp of another La Liga title heading into the final round of the season, added: “World Cup is great but Olympics are something special.”

Messi

Argentina - runners-up to Chile at last year’s Copa America - will now have a fully-focused Messi at their disposal as they bid to win the competition for the first time since 1993.

The 14-time champions - drawn in Group D - will face defending champions Chile in a rematch of the 2015 final on June 6 in the United States, followed by games against Panama (June 10) and Bolivia (June 14).

“It is a new Copa, different. Very nice in the United States and very different from what I have played before because of the people, the stadiums,” Messi said.

Indonesia offer Mourinho coaching job I

Mourinho

ndonesia have set out on the ambitious task of appointing Jose Mourinho as their new national team coach, according to youth and sports minister Imam Nahrawi.

Indonesia - ranked 185th in the world - are banned by FIFA from competing in

international fixtures, including qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup and 2019 Asian Cup, due to the government’s interference in the country’s national league last year.

Nahrawi said he is keen to return enthusiasm in Indonesia’s national team, starting with appointing an experienced

foreign coach to take over the reins.

“This plan has been discussed with President Joko Widodo and the Chairman of the Indonesian Olympics Committee, Erick Thohir, even though this won’t be easy,” Nahrawi said on Tuesday.

“Our national team head coach must be a foreigner, accompanied with our local coaches as his assistant.”

Thohir, who is also the president of Serie A outfit Inter - where Mourinho coached between 2008 and 2010 - advised Nahrawi about the Portuguese’s salary expectations.

“When I asked Erick, Mourinho’s salary is about Rp250 billion (equivalent to £13million or €16.5million) per year,” Nahrawi said.

Thohir also threw another name into the mix if Indonesia fails to land the self-proclaimed ‘special one’.

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Oil price fall: African insurers urged to proffer solution to continent’s woes

Kayode Adelowokan

The President of Africa Insurance Organisation (AIO), Mrs. Lamia Ben Mahmoud, has challenged operators in the African continent to proffer solution to the disfavoured economic situation in the continent owing to the fall oil price.

Mahmoud, while presenting her welcome remark at the on-going Africa insurance Organisation Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, on Monday said that the situation has continued to affect the insurance sector tremendously.

She stressed that situation has continued to make insurance penetration a hard nut to crack

in the continent.

“Within the past decade, she said that the continent has been hit by some major challenges which have to a large extent disfavoured economic growth and affected the insurance sector tremendously.

“Here, I am referring to the recent drop in fuel prices, in fact, the price per barrel in January 2016 stood at approximately a quarter of its market value two years ago, and at the lowest point since 2003.

“On the list of challenges could be added cyber criminality, political instability, insecurity with some new waves of terrorist attacks, climate change, food security challenges for the conti-

nent’s population tomorrow etc.

“We still suffer from a shortage of skilled and experienced insurance professionals; as a result, large and complex risks are not retained within Africa, but are ceded to foreign insurance markets because specialist risk management capabilities and high quality security are not sufficiently available leading to a consequent premium flight which threatens the viability of the domestic insurance industry. There is still wide spread ignorance on the benefits of insurance.

“Added to this list is an acute insufficiency of product differentiation.”

Mrs. Lamia Ben Mahmoud, therefore called on companies to

act to promote expertise.

“We emphasise in this area on the need to strengthen the diversification of training in scientific and technical issues by leveraging new tools and instruments imposed by the development of technology to ensure greater communication of their knowledge and know-how.

“The challenges are many and daunting; especially in a context where the one size solution is outdated as customers now expect personalized insurance solutions.

“It is true that some of the solutions to these problems require a multidimensional approach with the input of other key actors required.

MTN supports 2016 Katsina Economic and Investment Summit Afolabi Adesola The management of MTN Nigeria has expressed delight in supporting the Katsina State Economic and investment Summit holding from May 9-11 2016.

Tagged the ‘Katsina State Economic and Investment Summit 2016,’ the summit is a demonstration of the State Government’s efforts to diversify the economy and to achieve the obCONTINUED ON PAGE B2

L-R: Emirates Airline Country Manager, Mr Manoj Nair; Grand Winners of the Competition, Masters Alao Olamilekan, and Alfred Chiedozie, and Emirates Sales Manager, Mrs Mary Gbobaniyi, at the presentation of tickets to the Grand winners of the Emirates FA Football Competition, recently in Lagos.

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Passage of 2016 budget, positive news for private sector - LCCI Charles Okonji The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has stated that the passage of the 2016 budget into law is a good development for the private sector.

The Director General of LCCI, Mr Muda Yusuf, who disclosed this in a chart with Daily Times, noted that the elements of uncertainty created by the non passage of the budget had been removed.

“It is good news for the private sector because it will boost investors’ confidence in the country’s economy. The country will begin to see positive developments in economic activities,” he said.

The president had withheld his assent for weeks due to the controversy surrounding the budget proposal he submitted to the joint sitting of the National Assembly on Dec. 22, 2015.

He noted that the N350 billion which the Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, promised to inject into the system immediately after the assent would stimulate the economy.

“The injected fund will improve consumer spending, cash flow, economic activities and CONTINUED ON PAGE B2

FG to unveil new policy on fuel subsidy – Kachikwu Opeoluwani Akintayo The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachickwu, has said that the Federal Government would in the next few days unveil a new policy to address the problem of fuel subsidy in the country.

Kachikwu who disclosed this during a town hall meeting in Kaduna on Tuesday said that the introduction of price modu-

lation had helped to stabilise the problem, however, he said it was necessary for the country’s oil sector to reflect global pricing of the product. ``We are coming up with a policy in the next few days that will allow us develop the price modulation that allow us swing our price along with international pricing. ``We are now transiting into fuel modulating pricing be-

cause we do not have sufficient foreign exchange to continue fuel importation like we have been doing. ``Therefore, NNPC has to produce about 100 percent of the product, that is the cause of the scarcity, `` he said.

The Minister said that the NNPC did not also have the logistics and coverage for effective distribution of the product.

He explained that there was

no money allocated for fuel subsidy in the 2016 budget. `` The Federal Government has struggled to offset about N600 billion subsidy balance when the administration came into power, `` he said.

On the uncompleted Petroleum Institute in Kaduna, the minister said that the Ministry had created a Skill Learning Department to coordinate staff training and the running of its

specialised centres in Warri, Lagos and Kaduna.

Kachukwu said that the department would provide research and training skills needed for effective refining and other services in the oil sector.

He said the Kaduna Institute was programmed to provide skills to HND graduates in refining and solar energy to prepare them for hiring in the oil industry.

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Sterling Bank’s share price rises as lender distances self from slush deals Azubike Nnadozie Sterling Bank Plc’s shares were the toast of the stock market yesterday, as investors rallied the lender’s clarification over the recent issue involving the institution and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

In a statement to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Sterling Bank affirmed that it did not hold account for “the public officer from the previous administration to which this matter (EFCC visit to the bank) has been linked either officially or otherwise”.

Some reports – most especially online, had linked last week’s investigative visit by the EFCC to the bank to the slush political dealings involving former Minister

of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke, generally known as Diezanigate. EFCC had also been investigating diversion of arms funds, otherwise known as Dasukigate, named after the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd).

Sterling Bank explained that while the reason for the visit by the EFCC last Wednesday was not immediately clear, it has now been confirmed that the investigation is related to the banking relationship of a non-bank financial institution that is a client of Sterling Bank Plc. “We affirm for the public records that the bank does not hold the account of the public officer from the previous administration to which this matter has been linked either officially or otherwise; the nonbank financial institution (Asset Management Company) in ques-

tion purchased a number of loans on a recourse basis from Sterling Bank Plc on commercially acceptable terms and this is the link of the concern raised by the EFCC to Sterling Bank Plc,” Sterling Bank stated.

The lender’s share price rose by 4.91 per cent yesterday, the eighth highest percentage gain within the five-hour trading session. Sterling Bank’s share price closed at N1.71.

The gain by Sterling Bank helped the banking sector to a positive close in a market overwhelmed by losses by several highly capitalised stocks.

Analysts at Afrinvest Securities stated that the gains by Sterling Bank and two other banks-Diamond Bank and Zenith Bank, were largely responsible for the extended bullish run of the NSE Banking Index, which rose by 0.6 per cent.

Dangote donates N6.3b to IDPs in five years Within the period of five years, the total amount donated to various camps of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), across the country by the Dangote Foundation has grown significantly to N6. 3 billion.

The business mogul, Aliko Dangote on Monday announced on behalf of the Foundation, a sum of N2 billion as a palliative to the lift of IDPs in camps in Bornu state, describing the situation in the entire North East as requiring all possible humanitarian assistance.

The sum of N364 million was donated to IDPs across Kaduna, Bauchi and Gombe states after the post-election violence in 2011

rendered many homeless while in another breath the sum of N100 million and N60 million were respectively donated to victims of flood disaster in Lagos and Oyo State in 2011.

Dangote Foundation donated N2.5 billion in 2012 to IDPs affected by teh flood disaster across 22 states of the federation and N39.34 million to those IDPs displaced by the communal clash in Benue state in 2014.

While N42.5 million was used in feeding 5000 IDP households across Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states last year, N100 million and N50 million were respectively contributed to the Appeal fund raised by Daily Trust to cater for

the IDPs in the Northeast and to support the Adamawa Peace Initiative all for the IDPs. The sum of N1 billion was also recently pledged to Victim Support Fund for IDPs across the Northeast.

Moved by the plight of the estimated 1.7 million people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency, in their camps, who were said to be consuming close to 2,000 bags of rice daily, Dangote assured the state government and the IDPs that he would do everything within his power to assist them and improve their suffering. He also made a commitment to end malnutrition and hunger in the camps and other parts of the country.

The overall market position closed negative yesterday with average decline of 0.70 per cent, equivalent to a loss of N62 billion. The All Share Index (ASI)the value-based index that tracks all quoted equities on the NSE declined from 25,828.30 points to close at 25,646.56 points. Aggregate market capitalisation of all quoted equities also dropped from N8.884 trillion to close at N8.822 trillion.

Meanwhile, Sterling Bank according to the statement to the local bourse, gave assurance to the investing public that it had commissioned a review of the compliance procedures of its non–bank financial institution clients with the aim of strengthening this area of its operations while in the interim, the bank will not accept any new non-bank financial institution relationships.

Passage of 2016 budget, positive news for private sector - LCCI CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1

also create more jobs.

“The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, said he has not been able to embark on any capital project in the area of infrastructure because the budget had not been signed.

“We hope that the infrastructure development that we have been expecting will start now.

The government is also owing some contractors and we hope that with the signing of the budget, they will be paid soon,’’ he added.

‘FG/OPS partnership needed for N’East reconstruction’

Nduka Uzuakpundu

There is a pressing need for the Federal Government and the organised private sector to pool resources to address the main issues of reconstruction and rehabilitation, in the North-East geo-political zone, in a build-up to a post-Boko Haram insurgency era.

Speaking at a quarterly induction conference of members into the Institute of Entrepreneurs, in Lagos, the Managing Director, Global Micro-Mega Consult Management Limited, Abuja, Dr. Iyk Oji, reasoned that such a development partnership, had become necessary – given the lean times that the country’s economy was in, on account of dwindling revenue from crude oil.

Whatever policy and plan that government and the OPS might arrive at, Oji offered, should be aimed, with the involvement of the Bank of Industry (BIO), at meeting the humanitarian needs of the vast number of internally displaced persons (IDPs), who are gradually returning to their roots.

He listed the needs of the IDPs as shelter, clothing, food, healthcare, regular supply of potable water, psychological counselling, skill acquisition programmes – designed to inculcate entrepreneurial spirit in them, in readiness for a new life – education and, amongst others, security.

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jectives of its policy thrust on private sector partnership, job creation, and entrepreneurial promotion through generation of viable investments in the state.

Speaking on the rationale behind the support from MTN, MTN Executive, Amina Oyagbola, said that the company remains committed to driving economic growth in Nigeria by supporting initiatives that will truly place the country on the path of an economic renaissance. She added that the Katsina State Economic and Investment summit is another opportunity for the organization to demonstrate this commitment to socio-economic development.

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Economy downturn: Mixed-reactions trail hike in bank CEOs earnings in 2015 Stories by Motolani Oseni Mixed reactions have continued to trail significant increase in Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) Managing Directors/Chief Executive’s earnings in 2015, prompting some of the shareholders to express divergent views on the latest hike in salaries of bank chiefs.

Although, some of the investors that spoke with our correspondent in Lagos called for review of high payment to bank directors, which they said was not in sync with current economic realities, others believe what they were currently earning was not too much considering their contributions to the growth of their banks.

However, in spite the general recognition of the year 2015 as a difficult year for businesses to hit their targeted profit as claimed by most of the private business owners in the country, coupled with challenging operating environment which has continue to throw up profitability challenges to most of the DMB, indications have emerged that MD/CEO of Union Bank Plc, received the highest salary of N208 million in 2015, representing 36 percent or N55 million increase from N153 million earned in 2014.

This was followed by the Guarantee Trust Bank (GTBank) MD/CEO, who earned a whopping N204.9 million, up by 12 percent or N22 million from N183 million in 2014. The CEOs of UBA and Fidelity Bank came in as third and fourth highest earners respectively with N125 million and N102 million in 2015, up from N116 million and N94 million in 2014.

Others are FirstBank-N90 million, Zenith Bank-N78 million, Wema Bank-N70 million, and Diamond Bank-N25 million.

Reacting on this development, Chairman, Progressive Shareholders Association of Nigeria (PSAN), Mr. Boniface Okezie, noted that it was necessary to pay banks chiefs and their executives well, in order to prevent them from stealing depositors money, and also in view of the amount of work they have to do to generate earnings for their banks.

According to him, “if the bank executives are well paid, the temptation of stealing depositors’ money will not arise. However, considering the economic downturn, I think the banks can equally cut the package they take home to reflect the present economic realities. If State Governors and Ministers are cutting their salaries, I think the banks

L-R; Executive Director, Commercial and Institutional Banking, Sterling Bank Plc. Mr. Lanre Adesnaya; winner of Sterling Bank Meet the executive competition/CEO, Keexs Sneakers, Mr. Jide Ipaye; Managing Director/CEO, Sterling Bank Plc. Mr. Yemi Adeola and the Bank’s Executive Director, Operations and Services, Mr. Yemi Odubiyi, at presentation of Cheques to the winners of Sterling Bank Meet the Executive competition held in Lagos…Tuesday.

should equally follow suit.”

“There are some allowances for banks’ executives that need to be cut down or completely removed. It is time for companies to tighten their belts given the global oil fall which had affected the country’s income. So, if the economy picks up, banks can re-

view the packages paid to their executive directors”, he pointed out.

He added: “Under normal circumstances, bank executives should be well remunerated given the nature of the risk they undertake. If they are under paid, then you begin to see all

kinds of stealing and rubbery in the banks through insider collaboration.”

Also, Chairman, Proactive Shareholders Association of Nigeria (PROSAN), Mr. Taiwo Oderinde, said the huge money paid to directors was unfair to shareholders.

Financial literacy: Heritage Bank targets 700 schools this month DTN Exchange Rate Monitor Currency

Official Rate

Parallel Market

USD

197

321

EUR

224

364

GBP

282

462

In an effort to focus renewed attention on the iron and steel industry and encourage fresh investments, Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has organised a

CBN Exchange Rate

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Central(NGN)

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283

284

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22312.64%

224

224

SWISS FRANC

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business session on the industry.

The bank said the business session was organized to direct attention to the opportunities and potentials inherent in the mining sector, particularly the iron and steel industry, as a way to tap into the economic diversification agenda of the current administration. It is also an avenue to help foster a public private partnership that will facilitate the unlocking of the huge prospects in the industry.

Speaking at the session in her opening address, which held recently in Lagos, the Chief Executive of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, Sola David-Borha, said that Stanbic IBTC Bank organised the session to kick-start sustained discussions between the private sector and government with a view to developing a robust mining sector through the public private partnership model. She said this has become necessary because of the prospects in the sector and its ability to contrib-

ute substantially to government revenue.

She explained that the 2016 Stanbic IBTC Iron and Steel Business conference was conceived to tap into the economic diversification drive of government by bringing together stakeholders from both the public and private sectors to share deep insights into the opportunities in the solid minerals sector, which has the potential to rival the petroleum sector in revenue generation.

“As a developmental partner,” she added, “Stanbic IBTC will continue to take the lead in identifying opportunities that could be tapped into for growth through public private partnerships.”

In his presentation, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, stated that government is determined to use Nigeria’s industrial mineral endowment to drive the country’s industrialization, adding that the private sector is expect-

ed to lead the transformation. He therefore commended Stanbic IBTC for taking the initiative in organizing the session where government and private sector players can productively engage on the way forward.

While presenting, Head of Mining, Standard Bank, Anders Alfredson, highlighted some of the reasons to invest in the iron and steel industry to include import substitution opportunity, potential to develop domestic iron ore and other steel raw material resources, and abundance of attractively-priced energy sources available locally, among others.

Alfredson said future demand growth has created opportunity to develop the domestic industry and that Standard Bank, with its strong mining franchise, is ready to, through Stanbic IBTC, partner with local players to develop the industry as well as use its global network to bring investors into the country.

Maritime B4

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, May 11, 2016

CBN Forex restriction on 41 items jeopardising Customs revenue target drive - Edike Zonal Coordinator in charge of Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service, Assistant Comptroller General, Charles Edike has lamented that restriction placed on some 41 items is jeopardising the revenue target drive of commands in the Zone.

Edike made this disclosure at a recent meeting in Lagos. According to him the zone contributes the largest part of the overall customs revenue but since the restriction of forex placed on the 41 items, it has significantly affected customs revenue.

“The Customs revenue for this year is not doing well as we would want to and that is because of certain policies that are in place like the 41 items removed from the foreign exchange transactions.

Those items would have generated revenue for customs but they have been removed from accessing forex and cannot participate in forex transactions. That is basically hampering our customs duty collection,” he said.

He said due to the negative impact the policy was having on

Customs revenue, the Service has now shifted attention to more excisable goods such as cigarette and alcohol to generate its revenue.

“We are now paying a lot more attention to other areas that before now we were not given attention like items that are excisable like cigarette and alcohol, so this one’s pay excise duties. We are also giving a lot more attention to anti-smuggling, “he said.

He said the efforts of the customs’ anti-smuggling operations in the bush and creeks had recorded successes with arrests of suspects and seizures of smuggled goods.

Giving a breakdown, the customs boss said that seizures made in the zone from January to April, comprised over 28,018 cartons of frozen poultry products, 20,778 bags of rice, and 3,686 kegs of groundnut oil.

Other seized items are 50 bales of used clothes and 68 bales of cannabis with a Duty Paid Value of N1.3 billion.

Change of guard at NAGAFF; Adeyemi in, Nweke out The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has inaugurated a new president; he is Mr Oluwole Adeyemi, Adeyemi succeeded Mr Eugene Nweke.

A statement by the association’s spokesman, Mr Stanley Ezenga, said that NAGAFF reposed much confidence in Adeyemi.

The event which took place at the association’s headquarters mark the beginning of a responsive leadership that members had been yearning for. ``The electoral victory that brought in the incoming president is a sign that the members are desirous of positive change which the person of Adeyemi can only offer. ``The association is looking forward to prompt actions, devoid of rancor to enable members stand top among other rival associations,’’ the statement said According to the statement,

NIMASA DG Dr Dakuku Peterside, (4th from left), when he paid a visit to Texas Southern University at the sideline of the 2016 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) holding in Houston, Texas..

NIMASA DG laments foreign monopoly in Nigeria’s crude freighting Stories by Babajide Okeowo

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA); Dr Dakuku Peterside has decried the monopoly of freighting of Nigeria’s oil and gas resources by foreigners.

The DG said this at a workshop on “Local Content Implementation in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry: A Cost Reduction Strategy” organised by the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) on the side lines of the 2016 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) holding in Houston, Texas.

Presenting a paper titled “Local Content and Cabotage Regime Implementation in the Nigerian Oil And Gas Industry As A Cost Reduction Strategy”, Dr Peterside noted that the oil and gas industry in Nigeria will not truly develop unless the maritime sector grows with it, while calling on investors

to commit more resources to building local content in the maritime industry. The NIMASA DG assured operators that it is in their interest to build local capacity saying an investment in this regard will certainly be mutually beneficial to all parties.

In his words, “apart from the fact that most of the oil and gas exploration, which is the major revenue earner of the country is done in the maritime environment, vessels are needed to transport these products from one point to the other making the maritime sector integral to the whole economic process”.

While decrying the situation where all of Nigeria’s oil and gas resources are freighted by foreign vessels, the DG called on International Oil Companies (IOCs) to engage eligible Nigerians in the lifting of the country’s hydrocarbons and promised to assist in building the capacity of indigenous operators to participate more actively in

ferrying Nigeria’s oil and gas resources.

He assured operators in the oil and gas sector that more than ever before, NIMASA is ready to enforce its statutory responsibilities especially in the area of preserving and protecting the marine environment from the adverse impact of oil exploration and other commercial activities warning that the Agency will no longer tolerate a situation where IOCs renege on the payment of levies due to the Agency as enshrined in its enabling instruments.

He also told participants at the conference that the maritime sector in Nigeria is the soul of the country’s economy. He observed that the oil and gas sector is often referred to as the heart of the Nigerian economy without taking cognisance of the fact that the maritime sector remains the soul of the economy without which oil and gas exploration may just be in vain.

Maersk Line expects upward price momentum Eugene

Adeyemi enjoys goodwill in the maritime industry, and would be able to bring opportunities to members. The statement conveyed the ``unalloyed’’ support of members for the new president as they look forward to membership capacity building from the leadership. It urged aggrieved members who lost in the election to close ranks with the winners for a better NAGAFF.

The CEO of Maersk Line, Soren Skou has said that despite predictions, freight rates are picking up.

Skou said while he was not satisfied with his company’s first quarter performance, he could see the market picking up in the coming months.

“We expect the market to pick up towards the third quarter of 2016. Our network is now operating with very high utilisation and our vessels are full in the AsiaEurope trade.

“In this quarter, we expect some upward price momentum

ahead of the traditional peak in the third quarter,” Skou said in a release on Friday.

Maersk Line’s first quarter 2016 result was $37m, 94.9% lower than Q1 2015 on weak demand and record low freight rates.

“The first quarter in 2016 was characterised by a continuation of the global rate war in container shipping, driven by weak demand and significant supply growth,” Maersk Line said in the release.

Maersk Line’s average rate decreased by 25.5% to a record low of $1,857 per Foot Equivalent Unit (FEU)

Soren Skou

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Hacker trades 272m passwords on social media platform Security researchers have revealed a hacker bragging online that he’d amassed a mountain of passwords, but he didn’t want much in return for them.

That’s the message coming from a hacker who traded more than 272 million account credentials to a cybersecurity company in exchange for praise on a social media platform for hackers.

The passwords and usernames belonged to accounts from Russia’s largest email provider, Mail.

Ru, as well as a smaller number of accounts each from Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Microsoft Hotmail.

Though it doesn’t mean there was a breach of the email services themselves, the cache, first reported by Reuters, contains a huge amount of data. Cybersecurity experts said trades like this are an everyday occurrence and show how exposed our passwords really are.

Alex Holden, chief information officer at Hold Security and a cybersecurity researcher who specializes in Eastern European hacking, said the hacker originally offered the cache to the company for the equivalent of just $11, but after some negotiating provided the information in exchange for plaudits on a members-only hacking forum.

“He didn’t value this data,” Holden said.

Mail.Ru said the company was examining the data to see how many passwords were presently connected to email accounts.

“As we have enough information we will warn the users who might have been affected. Mail.

Ru email service has been working hard to continuously improve its security system,” the company said in the statement.

Alex Holden, chief information officer at Hold Security and a cybersecurity researcher (desktop)

HP boss claims many Nigerians lack awareness of ICT potentials

Mrs. Ify Afe, managing director of Hewlett Packard (HP) Nigeria

Stories by Tony Nwakaegho Mrs. Ify Afe, managing director of Hewlett Packard (HP) Nigeria, has said the economic potentials of ICT are hugely untapped because many Nigerians still lack the basic education and awareness of what the information and communications technology (ICT) can do

them.

Afe asserted that education and awareness creation will expose Nigerians to tap from such potential, stressing that for it to succeed government, who she described as the biggest consumer of any product or service need to partner with the private sector, so that those citizens can be exposed to the opportuni-

ties that exist in the Information Technology (IT) in order to make a difference.

According to her, Nigeria has a huge population, as well as huge challenges which can be partly addressed using ICT tools.

“Nigerians are aware that they have challenges, but are not aware of the technology solutions that are already on the ground that they can use to address their challenges. The Nigerian government needs to work on creating the right opportunities for people to understand how to use technology to address their challenges in their daily lives,” she said.

She revealed that HP is very much aware that there are lots of untapped opportunities in the technology space and that it’s particularly concerned about developing the right education and creating the right technology awareness among the Nigerian people.

She highlighted that for this reason, HP has partnered with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) on a program called the HP Life + UNNIDO partnership, designed to capture Nigerian youths that do not know how to use the right technology solutions to address their challenges.

MTN Nigeria to begin rolling out 4G LTE services in July MTN Nigeria is set to launch its 4G LTE Network in selected Nigerian cities in July using the 800MHz frequency it secured from Visafone and to have 1,500 LTE sites transmitted with fibre optics by the end of this year.

According to MTN CEO, Mr. Ferdinand Moolman, Visafone subscribers will be migrated onto the MTN network so they can clean up their frequency and launch the LTE services.

The selected cities for this

MTN CEO, Mr. Ferdinand Moolman

launch which has not been made public stem from the result of MTN’s analysis of data usage across the country.

Industry watchers are wondering why MTN didn’t release this in Nigeria earlier since MTN had already launched LTE services in other countries like Rwanda and Uganda before it planned to launch here.

However, Ntel launched their LTE service in April in Nigeria.

B5 ICT

ITU declares 18 winners of WSIS prizes 2016 at Geneva CICG ITU has declared 18 winners of WSIS Prizes 2016 at Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG).

Houlin Zhao, ITU SecretaryGeneral announced the 18 winners of the WSIS Prizes 2016 at the WSIS High-Level Opening Segment, which was held at CICG. However, no Nigerian project was among the 18 projects that won in this year’s contest as against last year where a Nigeria project was among the winners.

The WSIS Prizes 2016 contest provides a platform to identify and showcase success stories across the 11 WSIS Action Lines defined in the Geneva Plan of Action.

The awards are conferred via an open online voting process, which this year engaged over 245,000 stakeholders from around the world.

A total of 311 projects were nominated for the 2016 contest, which marked a significant increase on the number of nominated submissions in 2015, thereby reflecting both the prestigious nature of the award and the growing importance of ICTs in national development strategies.

Going by the inclusive multistakeholder character of the WSIS Process, the prizes recognize the outstanding achievements of a wide range of organizations in strengthening implementation of the vision and targets set by the World Summit on the Information Society in 2003 (Phase 1) and 2005 (Phase 2).

“ITU and its WSIS partners strongly believe in the critical importance of ICTs in achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs.

Houlin Zhao, ITU Secretary-General

Capital Market B6

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Nigerian Equities slide 0.70 percent after three consecutive gains Stories by Afolabi Adesola Equities trading at the Nigerian Stock Exchange has rescinded a three day gain as the All Share Index declined 0.7% to close at 25,646.56 points at the end of Tuesday’s trading session. In like manner, Investors lost N62.5 billion as market capitalization settled at N8.8 trillion.

Market activity for the day also fell in line with ASI move-

ment as volume and value traded declined 24.7 percent and 19.7 percent to close at 237.8 million shares and N1.4 billion against 559.95 million shares and N6.4 billion recorded for Monday.

In spite of a positive market breadth of 32 gainers to 17 losers, the day’s decline were sustained as a result of losses incurred by Forte Oil Plc which lost N9.26 to close at N210 per share, and Dangote Cement

which dropped N4.17 to close at N163.83 per share. WAPCO Plc also lost N2 to close at N69.5 per share.

Unilever was seen at the top of the gainers chart for the second consecutive day adding N1.77 to close at N37.31 per share, Flour Mills Nigeria Plc gained N1.59 to close at N24.99 per share; while Nigerian Breweries followed with an appreciation of 81 kobo to close at N117.51 per share.

Banking stocks still dominated the top traders chart, as FBN Holdings Plc. traded the most in terms of volume accounting for N29.3 million shares worth N100.7 million; Zenith Bank, exchanged 27.7 million shares valued at N380.8 million and Transcorp sold 26.9 million shares amounting to N29.9 million.

Wema Bank and UBA moved 26.3 and 22.4 million shares each worth N19.7 million and

N76.1 million respectively.

Afrinvest Securities analysts are of the opinion that despite the negative return of the ASI, the sustained positive market breadth indicates investors are still spotting opportunities in equities, especially in the small/mid cap segments. “We expect market performance to remain soft in the session ahead as the market still remains close to overbought from a relative strength standpoint.”

Summary of activities on NSE ASI DEALS VOLUME VALUE CAP

25,646.56 3,885.00 237,837,280.00 1,360,815,148.10 8,821,941,167,825.31

Elumelu, Adesina, Graca Machel to Co-Chair World Economic Forum in Kigali

Elumelu

Leading African businessman and philanthropist Tony O. Elumelu; Akin Adesina, President of the African Development Bank; Graca Machel, former first lady of Mozambique and widow of Nelson Mandela; Phillipe le Houerou, CEO of the International Finance Corporation and Tarek Sultan Al Esso, CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board Agility have been slated to co-chair the 26th World Economic Forum on Africa that will be held from 11th-13th May, 2016 for the first time ever in Kigali, Rwanda.

This year’s event themed “Connecting Africa’s Resources through Digital Transformation” will witness regional and global leaders in business, government

and civil society convene in the East African country to discuss digital economy, key global and regional challenges, and agree on strategic actions to deliver shared prosperity across the continent.

The president of the African Development bank Akin Adesina is an Agricultural economist and immediate past president of the African Association of Agricultural Economists. He will be on the chair alongside a fellow Nigerian, Tony Elumelu, founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and the Chairman of pan-African investment conglomerates, Heirs Holdings, Transcorp Nigeria and the multinational United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc. Elumelu is a longstanding stakeholder in WEF, having participated at a high level for several years at the fora in Davos, Switzerland and within Africa.

At an interview on CNBC aired last Friday, Mr. Elumelu unveiled his plans for his role as chairman of WEF Africa In Kigali stating that he will draw from his wealth of experience as a serial investor and renowned businessman with stakes in major sectors of Africa’s economic landscape to speak on harnessing the continent’s poten-

L-R: Head, Lagos Zonal Office, Consumer Protection Council, Joshua Nggada; Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mohammed Balarabe; Executive Director, Shared Services & Products, Mrs. Chijioke Ugochukwu and Manager, Regulation & Monitoring, National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Nwabuchi Durugo-Nwaohiri at the 6th and final draw of the Fidelity Save4Shelter Savings Promo in Lagos….on Tuesday.

DMO: Borrowed funds to be used for capital projects The Director General of Debt Management Office (DMO) Dr. Abraham Nwankwo has restated the Federal Government’s commitment that all money to be borrowed to finance the 2016 budget will be dedicated to fund capital projects.

Nwankwo stated this on Tuesday at a one-day workshop by DMO on “Public Debt and the challenge of financing Nigeria’s economic recovery” organised for Capital Market Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CAMCAN) in Lagos.

“The DMO is committed to making sure that we raise money to fund the 2016 budget defi-

cit from appropriate sources and through appropriate mix during the fiscal year to make sure that capital projects are funded,” he said.

The DMO boss stressed that the Nigerian debt level is highly sustainable, noting that the nation still had a lot of idle potential, which the administration is currently working to harness for effective growth of our national economy.

According to him, while comparative tax revenue to GDP ratio for Nigeria is less than 7.0 per cent, the country’s peer group has a ratio of 18 per cent.

He therefore, stressed the need to widen the tax net to generate

more revenue for the government.

“The debt to GDP ratio is 13 per cent, compared to the 56 per cent of peer group. So in that essence, our debt is still very sustainable. In this respect, I am encouraging all Nigerians to continue to make sure that they pay their taxes fully as at when due because our tax revenue GDP ratio is relatively lower to countries in our peer group. As our economy grows, our GDP grows, and if we are collecting enough in taxes from individuals and corporates bodies to be able to fund capital projects, our economy will continue to grow” he said.

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, May 11, 2016

B7 Travel Times

Wale Aregbesola is the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Reliable Tours and Travels, based in Washington DC in the United States of America and Lagos, Nigeria. The University of Ife (Now Obafemi Awolowo University) graduate of Economics, in this interview with GBOYEGA ADEOYE, explained the harrowing operational atmosphere in the tour and travels industry as engendered by the lingering economic lull in the country and other related issues. Excerpts: For a man doing business in America and in Nigeria, how would you describe the business operational environment of recent times?

To be honest with you, things have not been easy with the dwindling value of Nigerian currency. Businesses are going down and travelling volume has nose-dived tremendously. The only hope is that we are seeing a government that seems to be

yond the reach of many. And as a result, a lot of Nigerians have shunned the habit of travelling.

Many Nigerians students studying abroad are being withdrawn home by their parents as a result of the existing policies and this is a serious minus.

When you talk about your sector being negatively affected by the policy, what happens to the foreign airlines coming into Nigeria under this current economy?

Aregbesola

European airlines are stifling Nigeria’s travel sector - Aregbesola determined to right the many wrongs of the past. And if this is the prize we all have to pay to put the country back on track, I think it is worth it. I was told that George Washington, at a time, was caning people in his quest to get things right for the Americans. The Chinese also built their economy and that is why they are where they are today. Things are indeed difficult but I believe we have to build this country. It is unfortunate what is happening here in Nigeria. In America, both the Republican and Democrats are united in building the country. It is a different ball game here where people play politics with human lives.

You talked about the fall in passengers travelling out of the country, what is responsible for the shortfall?

With the new forex regime of the incumbent government, we are seeing a situation where remitting fund by businesses doing international trade becoming so difficult. The government policy in this regard is not also friendly to people in this sector. The government made us to understand that this is a stop gap measure to curb the excesses of some government officials from laundering money as was the case in the past. But the toll of the policy is much on our business.

Air fare has taken flight. It is be-

Some foreign airlines are indeed cooperating with Nigeria despite the harrowing trade conditions. And if not for these few international airlines, the industry would have been on its knees by now. The Asian airlines like Emirates and Qatar and the American airlines, Delta and United, are consistent as they have not raised their fare. They are the ones there for the travelers as alternatives to the European airlines which are not in any way lenient with the Nigerian passengers.

In what way are the European airlines unfriendly as you claim?

Since the introduction of the policy, which is clearly to check fraud and instill some level of economic sanity, the British Airways and other European airlines, like Virgin Atlantic have introduced a fare regime that has been very unfriendly to the international travelers. As we speak, the British Airways has withdrew its large aircraft on the Nigerian route in exchange for a smaller aircraft where the classes like the first, business and the economy do not go with the earlier sweetners.To worsen the case is that the airfares of these European airlines are so outrageous to the extent that it is almost unaffordable. You can’t believe that a round ticket of British Airways from Lagos

to London that used to be in the region of N252, 283 now goes for N835,033.

What could have been responsible for this?

The claim by the airlines is that they are finding it difficult to remit their fund. What they are saying is that since they could not remit through the Central Bank, they would not submit to transactions in the black market.

But with the difference we are seeing, what they are charging is even above the price fixing at the black market?

That is where the problem lies. To me, what we are seeing is a deliberate attempt to frustrate the present government by the airlines. It is so sad in the sense that this is coming from a region that actually colonised us. In my own little thinking, I expect Britain to be in the vanguard of mounting support for a government that came into the saddle with the aim of righting the wrong of the past, with the aim of putting the country back on track. It is an irony that the Arab airlines are even the one tolerating the situation while the European airlines are bent on sabotaging the government.

Emirates fly twice in and out of Nigeria daily while Qatar is once. The good story is that after the Western airlines, these two

airlines are the mostly flown.

How bad is the travelling sector for now; does it means people doesn’t fly as much again?

Not at all. It is only that the shortfall, at the moment is very significant. Nigerians love travelling and that is why you see the foreign airlines trooping into the country, more so, when Nigeria is not having a very virile airline that can compete favourably with these foreign ones. We have a complex culture. When the European airlines are making travelling difficult, our people have devised to opt for alternatives.

As I speak, someone is wedding in Canada next Saturday (last Saturday) and we already have 15 people who have bought their tickets to attend that wedding. In other clime, you will say why not support the guy with their fare and stay back. But that is not the culture. They want to be there and witness the ceremony even if they will get there and won’t be able to afford a gift for the celebrant.

How have all of these impacted on your operations?

A situation where there is shortfall in power, there is acute fuel scarcity, is unpalatable. Life has been very difficult and operations have been witnessing serious lull. As a result salaries cannot be paid as and when due.

Even as the CEO, if you place

yourself on salaries that mean you have to stop it for now because you are supposed to earn your salary last. It is when there are remains that you can be thinking of paying yourself.

And remember we have families too. Workers come late to work as a result of the fuel situation and also get home late on closing. It is so pathetic that even to get fuel into the generators when there is no power is almost impossible now. So the offices these days are like grave yards. Nothing is working.

What do you think is the way forward to all of these?

The solution has to be multi faceted. Some people have proposed that we should be selling tickets in dollars. To me, this is not the solution. I think the solution is in the airlines streamlining their fare in tandem with the black market rate. If this can be done, it will be okay, rather than just making the whole situation unaffordable.

What is your take on the present government?

I support this government.

I know the government meant well. Things are difficult all right but the government meant well and is walking its talk. We have to be praying for the government and support it. Once the government succeeds, the country will succeed and we shall all be better for it.

Aviation B8

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong (left), signing the 2016 appropriation bill into law in Jos on Tuesday. With him is Plateau Finance Commissioner, Tamwakat Wali (right).

Need to call Customs men at MMIA to order The attack last week by an officer with the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC), attached to the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) identified as H. Daboh, on a staff of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Taiwo Adeyanju at the Palace Gate of the Cargo Terminal raises some pertinent questions.

According to reports, the victim was said to have been brutally mauled by the Customs officer who was not in uniform, for daring to challenge his wrong driving Mr. Adeyanju who was in the company of some of his colleagues was actually on his way out of the Palace Gate at around 9:40am was blocked by the assaulter who wanted to have right of way before one argument led to an attack with teargas severally in the eyes of the victim, for daring to challenge his wrong driving.

According to reports, it took the intervention of some workers at the complex and the personnel of the Nigeria Police attached to the airport before Adeyanju could be successfully rescued from Daboh who had rained several punches

on the victim’s face and other parts of his body, beating him into a pulp.

It was also reported that when Daboh realised the magnitude of his offence, he attempted to run away and drove directly to the office of the Customs at the airport, but he was given a hot chase by some workers at the airport.

Adeyanju, was gathered, was immediately rushed to the FAAN’s clinic at the airport where he was referred to the Air Force Hospital for better treatment as a result of the massive beating he received and teargas he received from Daboh.

In a reaction to the situation the following day, spokesperson of the Nigeria Customs Service attached to the MMIA, Thelma Williams said that the NSC has commenced investigation into the matter and said that the preliminary findings (This in less than a day) indicated that the Customs officer was not trying to gain access through the palace gate.

According to the NSC spokesperson who gave an account the incident was actually a misunderstanding of right of use of way on

the Airport Boulevard.

It is time for the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC), Colonel Hameed Ali (Rtd) and other commanding officers at the airports of all uniformed apparatus and security agencies to call their subordinates to order and try as much as possible to open up objective investigations into these matter not send press releases that will make any discerning person ask further questions.

One major question with the NSC’s statement of the incident was that it was a mere ‘misunderstanding’ , one wonders what would have happened if the victim had raised his hands to defend himself whether he would still be alive if a mere misunderstanding could take him to the hospital all battered and bruised.

The NSC statement also indicated that it had just commenced investigation however, the same press release has already concluded the investigation by telling us it was a misunderstanding while their preliminary findings revealed that the Officer (Daboh) was not trying to gain access into

the Palace Gate as alleged by the FAAN staff.

The question now should be since this is a civil offence, should the customs be investigating this matter or is it under the jurisdiction of the Nigeria Police? And who were the investigating team or chief investigator? Who were questioned by these investigators to enable customs conclude that their officer was not violating any rule?

The Customs PR was quoted as she gave an account of the incident, now one would wonder, whose account of the incident did she give as all investigation as at the time of the release of that press statement showed that no one from NSC had gone to the Air Force base clinic to meet or question the FAAN official and the PRO was not present during the hullaballoo.

One can only assume under these easily dismissed explanations that no investigation has been carried out because in truth the victim could not have inflicted such beating on himself to land himself in a hospital and then accuse the NSC.

Aeronautical Info Officers call for retraining of personnel The Aeronautical Information Services Association of Nigeria (AISAN) has reiterated the need for constant training and retraining of AIS personnel for a successful transition from Aeronautical Information System to Aeronautical Information Management (AIM).

Engr. Babatunde Shittu national president of AISAN who highlighted this while heralding the celebration of 2016 AIS Day said, there was a growing need for the proper integration of man and machine including training for effective operation in a seamless environment of zero tolerance or delays in safety critical aeronautical information dissemination as a mandatory requirement.

According to Engr. Shittu, the first stage of AIS automation project was at its completing stage hence the this year celebration will be used to sensitize its members on May 17, 2016 “Annex 15 to the ICAO Convention on International Civil Aviation. The service was created on 15th May, 1953 as an array of services rendered to Pilots and other relevant ATM communities, such as Air Traffic Control, Air Traffic Engineers, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, Military, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Meteorology etc. To enable the safety of Air Navigation, AIS entails collecting, collation, editing and dissemination of aeronautical Information. Without this service, a Pilot would be flying into the unknown” He said with AIS automation, all AIS/MAP products will be in one single database and capability to exchange any data with the global aviation community as may be desired.

Dunoma charges airport workers on safety Stories by Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo

Workers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) have been asked to adhere strictly to safety standards and procedure in line with Standard and Recommended

Practices, recommended by the international Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

The Managing Director of FAAN, Saleh Dunoma gave the charge while addressing staff of the department of Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting Services at the

Kaduna Airport recently.

He encouraged them to put into practice, knowledge acquired at the recent training conducted by the authority in order to justify the huge investments by the Authority to enhance service delivery at airport.

The Managing Director who

was received by the acting Airport Manager, Amina Salami further charged staff to imbibe the habit of maintenance culture so as to derive maximum benefits from heavy duty vehicles and equipment.

While conducting the MD and his team around, Mr Nuru

Jatau of the department of Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting Services (ARFFS) enumerated some of their challenges and assured the MD of their commitment and dedication to duty.

The MD also inspected the ongoing construction work at the new airport terminal.

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Chigul From teaching French to comedy L2

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Comedy was never in my plan

was a kid. I wanted to be in front of the camera because I loved entertaining people.

How come you are not popular with acting and singing, your childhood dreams?

These will be well known very soon, but like I said comedy was the door that opened and I am walking through that door right now. This is what people want to see and hear, and I just give it to them as much as I can. Some people are aware of my other talents and in a matter of time the world will get to see other parts of me.

How humble was your growing up?

I was born and raised in Lagos. I am the second child of four children and I had my secondary school both in Jos and Lagos.

I lived in United States of America for 12 years before I came back home in 2006.

At the time I ventured into comedy in 2010 my father was already dead, but my mother has been very supportive all through.

-Chigul

What is your highest academic qualification?

I have a bachelor’s degree in French education at Delaware State University in Dover, Delaware, US; that is my highest qualification and I don’t plan to go back to school.

Chioma Omeruah popularly known as Chigul is one Nigeria’s finest comedienne who became popular after releasing a vote note that went viral in 2010 and ever since, she has remained consistent in the industry. Having featured in musical videos and few cameos in movies, Chigul is still ready to break more ground; not relenting on the fact that there are several other female comediennes in the industry, Chigul still wax stronger at every point in time with her originality of materials. It will interest her teeming fans that Chigul is a certified French teacher and speaks five languages. In this chat with MUTIAT ALLI, Chigul lead us into her world, her dissatisfaction with the position of women in the Nigerian comedy industry among other issues. Enjoy…

You are now regarded as the leading female comedian in Nigeria; don’t you think that it is too heavy for you at the moment when we have the likes of Princess, Lepacious Bose and Lolo?

All the women, from Princess, myself, Lepacious Bose, Helen Paul and others, have their own brands. I think my brand might just be a bit different because it is not the type you see every day. But I would never come out and say I am the greatest. It even puts pressure on one when you go about saying you are the greatest or one of the greatest. I think we are all trying to give our best and we would get there soon. I am very grateful for my journey thus far and for everyone, all my sisters in the industry.

MI featured you in a song and you did quite well. How did he get in touch with you?

MI has always been a friend of mine and a fan. He asked if I would like to feature in the song and I accepted. He is a businessman and easy to work with. I wasn’t under any pressure at all because he is my friend. I have featured in many songs, not just MI’s. I have also appeared in many musical videos, but I am yet to drop my own song. We are working on that; people should expect a song that has a feel of comedy and dance.

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You sing and act, how did you develop all these qualities?

I sing, I act movies and I do standup

Do you agree that education plays a huge role even in the life of a comedian?

Everyone should have a foundation; you should have one or two degrees. I am an artiste, though I taught French language for four years and I can still teach it if I desire.

But life takes turns and changes happen. I have decided to be a comedian, actor and an entertainer. This is what I am now and I am much fulfilled in it, but I still agree that education is a necessary thing to have because if things fall apart you can always fall back to it.

Are you satisfied with the position of women in comedy?

I am very dissatisfied with the way women are treated in the industry. It is a struggle because it is a male dominated industry, but some of our male colleagues have been helpful.

Generally, we are not where we should be in the industry. For shows you would only see one or two women on the bill and we hardly get endorsement too. I see it sad when you have a brand that has no female ambassador and I have said this to a couple of people. I think it would be nice if more women venture into comedy because we can be entertaining as the men too. But I wish to stress that the men have been helpful and I look up to many of them.

comedy. I started with comedy and at the moment I have two movies. Music is still on a small scale; I am not planning to launch out an album. I just do music because I like to sing, it is not something I take seriously.

There are no plans to make music big?

You can never tell, but right now I just like it as a hobby.

What were the factors that influenced your decision to do comedy?

Comedy was never in my plans; I just went through the door that was opened to me. I guess I have always been funny all my life and I saw an opportunity to venture into the comedy industry after releasing a vote note that went viral. I create characters all the time and Chigul is one of my characters.

I do voices, among others too. Since people seem to love the character over the years I am working with it at the moment.

What makes you unique?

I am very versatile. Chigul is a character that was created by Chioma. Chioma does not sound like Chigul all the time, Chigul is the funny part of me.

How did you come about the name

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Society Correspondent Abimbola Obatayo

Are you getting married anytime soon?

I am just taking my time right now, may be soon. When it comes it comes; I am not pursuing it but I pray it comes my way.

When it comes knocking I would open the door.

Chigul?

It was given to me by an admirer who was trying to get to know me. He started calling me Chigul and the name stalked. This was as far back as 2010.

What are the qualities you look for in a man?

I just want someone who will love me, understand me and support my career. He must have love for God, trust worthy, caring, among others.

What were your desires while growing up?

I wanted to be an actress and a singer while I

What legacy do you wish to leave behind?

When I am gone I want people to remember I made people smile and happy.

Photography Quadri Olowolagba

Graphics Daniel Ekiye

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

L3 Event

Mutiat Alli

Style, glamour and fun from

BAFTA TV awards Here are the red carpet looks from 2016 British Academy Television Awards (BAFTA TV) which held Tuesday night at Royal Festival Hall in London.

Check out what Justin Timberlake, Idris Elba, Olivia Grant and more wore on the red carpet for the biggest night in the British television calendar, from the good to the bad and everything in between.

Credit: Julian Parker/UK Press via Getty Images

Georgia May Foote

Helen George

Josh Hartnett

Sheridan Smith

Justin Timeberlake and Anna Kendrick

Iwan Rheon

Idris Elba

Lucy Mecklenburgh

Amanda Holden

Liz Bonin

Naiyana Garth and Idris Elba

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Go trendy

Soremekun Gbemisola

with Hermes Scarves Accessories often make the outfit, and Hermes scarves are some of the most luxurious fashion accessories available. While these scarves can be used functionally like any other scarf, the high fashion look can be an addition that does not have to be used for warmth. Hermes scarves offer plenty of different style options, and the wearer just needs to find some ideas to get inspired.

Hermes scarves were first introduced in the late 1930s. Fine Chinese silk was used to produce these scarves, and the process of transforming the silk into yarn and weaving each scarf was a meticulous one. Even today, designers working for Hermes carefully choose the patterns and colors that are featured in these scarves. Hermes still used silk to produce the accessories, and it is estimated that the silk in one Hermes scarf is sourced from 250 different mulberry moths. Modern Hermes scarves feature a blend of silk and cashmere. The hems on these accessories are carefully stitched by hand.

There are different ways of

How to style your

using your Hermes scarf that you may never think of; here are some ways you can use your scarves: 1.

You can use your hermes scarf as belt: Not only the neck, but another way on How to tie an Hermes scarf would be to wrap it around the waist when wearing an all-white long or oversized cardigan jacket! Two Hermes scarves that are folded in half and tied at the ends can serve as an alternative to the typical belt. Simply pull one end of the scarf through the belt loops and tie at the waist. If there are no belt loops, the scarves can be tied at the waist to complement the natural curves of the wearer.

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Wear your Hermes scarf as a bikini top: This style is sometimes also referred to as a bandeau. Bunch the scarf up into a long piece. Tie a knot right at the center of the scarf.

Pull it tight because this will be placed at the center of your bust. Wrap the scarf over your chest and tie a bow at the end to complete the look. . You could wear the Hermes

high-low hem

Ayomide Omoniyi

Asymmetric hemline styles, otherwise known as high-low hem or mullet are usually low at the back and high at the front. Sometimes, in order to give it a unique feeling and style, it could be high at a side and low at the other, making a slop at the side.

High-low hem comes in different styles; tanks, tops, skirts and dresses that are loved and accepted by ladies. This trend has shifted to find a balance between miniskirts and dresses, and long skirt and dresses.

High-low trend is loved because: •It is an easy shape for any body type. Although, highhem length should be watched out for considering your height.

•Feminism and drama is displayed in high-low hem; whether top, dress or skirt.

•High-low trends are classy and sophisticated. It also says ‘I look good and like to have fun’.

•A high-low hem in a dress or skirt gives great transition from colder to warmer weather and provides a day-to-night transition with lovely shoes or jewelry to complement.

•High-low skirts are quite easy to style and adapt for many type of weather and multiple occasions.

scarf as a beach top, pairing the look with hot pants or bikini shorts! Isn’t that a great new way on how to wear a Hermes scarf?

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Head Cover: Whether a Hermes scarf is folded and used as a head band or left open and tied around the head like a bandanna, wearing a scarf on the head is a fashionable way to keep hair under control while spending time outdoors or driving with the top down. A scarf can even be wrapped around a ponytail to create a unique hair accessory.

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Wear around your neck: Our personal favourite way to wear our Hermes silk scarf is around the neck.

This great Spring/Fall transitional piece will add a twist or upscale vibe to your basic everyday looks. With endless possibilities of ways to tie it around the neck, it will always add a playful, chic appeal to your look. Pair it with a basic T, a classic buttondown, a tailored blazer or a basic desk-to-dinner dress.

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Wear as handbag accessory: Polish your look by tying your Hermes on your bag. This option looks best on simple, solid colored bags that let the scarves do the talking. Ways to wear it as a handbag accessory: Let it drape over your bag, wrap it entirely around one of your handles, or create your own cross body strap completely.

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Use it as a Bow: Making a bow with a Hermes scarf requires two scarves to fold in half and tied together at the ends. The scarf is now long enough to be draped across the back of the neck and tied in the front to produce a large bow. Make sure that the bow is off center to avoid making it look like a bow tie.

How to wear High-low Hem - Tops, skirts and dresses For high-low top: Pair over a slim fit pant to give a nice contrast. If the top is short enough, feel free to pair with a nice walking short. You could compliment with a staple jacket to give layers and accessories to match.

For high-low skirt: Break the rules. Normally, when wearing a high-waisted, flowy skirt, “the rules” say you should wear a balanced silhouette. You could try a casual, loose T-shirt tucked in the skirt to look different. You can try pattern combination by adding a pattern top on your pattern skirt but be mindful of the colour. A wedge or heel would look nice when added.

For high-low dresses: It could be worn with sandals (if it is not dragging on the floor), heels or wedges. To create a casual look, pair with fitted blazer, jacket or cardigan. Also add an eyecatching jewelry or a trendy scarf to make it attractive. It could be worn at night or for a dinner to give a sexy and sophisticated look.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

L7 Fashion

Anthony onjeh

Go trendy in Brogues foot wear Brogues are most commonly found in one of four toe-cap styles (full or wingtip brogues, semi-brogues, quarter brogues and Longwing brogues) and four closure styles (Oxford, Derby, ghillie and monk strap). Most commonly offered as a leather dress shoe, brogues may also come in the form of boots, canvas or leather sneakers or any other shoe type that includes or evokes the multi-piece construction and perforated, serrated edges characteristic of brogues.

Toe caps

Brogue styles are determined by the shape of the toe cap and include the commonly available full brogue (or “wingtip” in the United States), semi-brogue and quarter brogue styles, and may also be found in the less common Longwing brogue style.

Closures Closure style is not a defining characteristic of the brogue and therefore brogues can be found in a variety of closure styles. Brogues are commonly available in laced Oxford, Derby or ghillie styles, but can also be found as buckle and strap monk shoes and slip-on shoes with or without elastic

Spectator s hoes These are full brogue Oxfords constructed from two contrasting colours, typically having the toe and heel cap and sometimes the lace panels in a darker color than the main body of the shoe. Common colour combinations include a white shoe body with either black or tan caps, but other colors can be used.

Semi-brogues Semi-brogues are characterised by a toe cap with decorative perforations and serration along the cap’s edge and includes additional decorative perforations in the center of the toe cap. The half brogue was first designed and produced by John Lobb Ltd. as an Oxford in 1937 in an effort to offer his customers a shoe more stylish than a plain oxford, yet not as bold as a full brogue.

Semi-brogues are more formal than full brogues.

Full brogues (also known as wingtips) are characterised by a pointed toe cap with extensions (wings) that run along both sides of the toe, terminating near the ball of the foot.

Viewed from the top, this toe cap style is “W” shaped and looks similar to a bird with extended wings, explaining the style name “wingtips” that is commonly used in the US. The toe cap of a full brogue is both perforated and serrated along its edges and includes additional decorative perforations in the center of the toe cap.

Full brogues

s Ghillie brogue

Quarter brogues are characterized by a cap toe with decorative perforations and serrations along the cap’s edge, however, unlike semibrogues, quarter brogues have no decorative perforations in the center of the toe cap.

Quarter brogues are more formal than semi brogues and full brogues; they are the most formal of dress shoes with brogueing, making them the ideal fit to pair with business attire (suits).

The ghillie style of full brogue has no tongue, to facilitate drying, and long laces that wrap around the leg above the ankle and tie below the calf to facilitate keeping the tie clear of mud. Despite the functional aspects of their design, ghillies brogues are most commonly seen as a component of traditional, formal Scottish dress and are worn primarily for social occasions.

Quarter brogues

L8 TV guide

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Movies Romance Channel 107

Movies Stars Channel 111

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I n this heart-warming sequel to hit musical comedy, the sisters call on singer Deloris (Whoopi Goldberg) to help teach music to a group of students whose school is doomed to close.

101 M-Net West

23:30 Agent X 00:36 Zoo 01:30 Whiplash 03:13 Behind The Scenes: Mandela: Long...

05:30 Hollywood's 10 Best 06:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 07:00 MasterChef Australia 08:00 The Goldbergs 08:30 Chicago PD 09:16 Behind The Scenes: Lw Week-End

09:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:30 McFarland, USA 12:35 Kevin From Work 13:00 MasterChef Australia 14:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:47 Behind The Scenes: Walking On Sunshine 15:00 Astronaut Wives Club 16:00 Caught On Camera 17:00 Shades Of Blue 18:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 19:00 The Middle 19:30 MasterChef Australia

152 Africa Magic Epic 00:25 Healthy Snacking 00:35 Rings Of Fire 01:59 The Burning Ring 03:45 Okoro The Prince 05:33 Behind The Scenes: Secret Room 06:01 Market Sellers 08:30 Mama Bomboi: Holy Watch 08:38 Princess Throne 10:06 End Of The Princess Throne 11:15 Seed Of Wealth 13:02 Seed Of Wealth 14:25 Africa Rising: Behind The Scenes 15:17 Behind The Scenes: Broken 15:35 The Mastermind 17:25 Africa Rising: Behind The Scenes 18:20 Mama Bomboi: Serious Matter

120 BBC Brit Entertainment

118 Telemundo

23:40 The Face Of Destiny 00:30 Elena's Ghost 01:20 Cruel Love 02:10 For Love And Justice 03:00 The Face Of Destiny 03:50 Fearless Heart 05:20 Elena's Ghost 06:10 Husband For Hire 07:00 The Face Of Destiny 07:50 Fearless Heart 08:40 For Love And Justice 09:30 Cruel Love 10:20 Husband For Hire 11:10 The Face Of Destiny 12:00 Fearless Heart 12:50 For Love And Justice 13:40 Cruel Love 14:30 Husband For Hire 15:20 The Face Of Destiny 16:10 Fearless Heart 17:00 For Love And Justice 17:50 Cruel Love 18:40 Husband For Hire 19:30 The Face Of Destiny 20:20 Fearless Heart 21:10 For Love And Justice 22:00 Cruel Love 22:50 Husband For Hire

18:30 Days Of Sorrow 20:23 My Brother's Wealth 22:20 The Great Servant

L A high- school student takes dance classes to improve his timing when playing soccer. When he starts classes, he falls in love with a girl despite their different backgrounds. Keri Russell, William Ash.(2000)John Forte.

128 SONY MAX

23:00 Most Shocking 23:45 World's Wildest Police Videos 00:35 World's Wildest Police Videos 01:25 Freakshow 23:19 Travel Man

10:15 Ducks Quacks Don't Echo

23:48 The Gadget Man

11:05 Would I Lie To You?

00:15 An Idiot Abroad

11:35 QI

01:02 The Cube

12:10 The Cube

01:49 Police Interceptors

13:00 Top Gear

02:36 The Notorious

14:10 Police Interceptors

03:01 The Notorious

15:00 Undercover Boss USA

03:29 Undercover Boss USA

15:50 Would I Lie To You?

04:12 Pointless

16:25 QI

05:00 The Cube

17:00 Pointless

06:35 Top 20 Countdown: Most Shocking

05:45 Would I Lie To You?

17:50 TOP Gear

07:25 Video Zonkers

06:15 QI

19:00 Top Gear: The Races

07:50 South Beach Tow

06:50 Police Interceptors

08:15 South Beach Tow

07:40 Top Gear

20:00 Top Gear's Ambitious But Rubbish

08:45 Pointless

21:00 Top Gear

09:35 Undercover Boss USA

22:20 Youngers

155 AfricaMagic World 23:17 Behind The Scenes: Enitan 23:30 Music On Africa Magic 00:35 Star Gist 01:02 Good Morning Africa 02:05 53 Extra 02:45 Star Gist 03:15 Star Gist 03:45 Jara 04:25 Jara 05:00 Goodmorning Africa 06:00 Deal Or No Deal SA 07:00 53 Extra 07:30 Star Gist 08:00 Jara 09:00 Good Morning Africa 10:05 Doctors' Quarters 11:00 Doctors' Quarters 12:00 Deal Or No Deal SA

01:55 Extreme Reality Clips 02:20 Rude Tube 02:45 Sexy Car Wash 03:15 Sexy Car Wash 03:45 Video Zonkers 04:10 South Beach Tow 04:35 South Beach Tow 05:00 World's Wildest Police Videos 05:45 World's Wildest Police Videos

08:40 Most Shocking 09:35 World's Wildest Police Videos 10:30 World's Wildest Police Videos 11:30 Baywatch 12:30 Top 20 Countdown: Most Shocking 13:30 South Beach Tow 14:00 World's Wildest Police Videos 15:00 World's Wildest Police Videos 16:00 Most Shocking

13:00 Music On Africa Magic 13:59 Music On Africa Magic16:00 Star Gist 16:35 Deal Or No Deal Sa 17:25 53 Extra 18:00 Jara 18:30 Tinsel 19:00 Lies That Bind 19:30 Lies That Bind 20:00 Three Some 22:40 Music On Africa Magic

17:00 Top 20 Countdown: Most Shocking 18:00 South Beach Tow 18:30 South Beach Tow 19:00 Baywatch 20:00 Extreme Reality Clips 20:30 Rude Tube 21:00 Rude Tube 21:30 Freakshow 22:00 Sexy Car Wash 22:30 Sexy Car Wash