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My forgery suit against Saraki, others in public interest – AGF Olufemi Samuel & Chris Emetoh, Abuja

ÏÏÏThe Attorney- General of

the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami on Wednesday told the Senate that the criminal case on conspiracy and forgery of Senate Standing Orders he instituted against the Senate President , Bukola Saraki,

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his Deputy, Ike EKweremadu and two others was in public interest and the interest of justice in Nigeria. He also told the Senate that although the litigation alleging forgery of Senate documents on the part some Principal Officials had Continued on page 6

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Editorial States and Contributory Pension Scheme

nless something is urgently done, indications are that the implementation of the Pension Reform Act (PRA) 2014 may soon hit the rocks following the unwillingness of some state governments to pay up their contributions. According to sources, states such as Cross Rivers, Osun, Kebbi, Ondo, Akwa Ibom, Ekiti and Niger are no longer contributing to the scheme, even as Imo, Sokoto, Lagos, Abia, Rivers, Bauchi, Edo and Plateau states are now stalling on its implementation. The situation is threatened by the fact that deductions from workers’ salaries are no more remitted due to the financial constraints facing some states, even as many had made no contributions since the inception of the old Pension Reform Act, 2004. It would be recalled that the PRA makes it mandatory for employers to contribute 7.5 per cent of the workers monthly emolument into their Retirement Saving Accounts (RSA), while the workers will contribute the same. The history of the Nigerian Pensions administration dates back to the 1950s. The Pension Reforms Act of 2004 brought into limelight, the new scheme, defined as contributory scheme unlike the old one that is defined as benefits. For that, the new scheme is seen as better than the old one, since it is expected to help remedy the deficiencies and inadequacies prevalent in the old one. It is a fact that the contributory pension scheme is aimed at helping people save and plan for their retirement to avoid old age poverty and dependency. More so, the scheme was to address the huge unsustainable pension deficit estimated at about two trillion naira, which characterised the for-

mer Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) Pension Scheme. Moreover, the contributory pension scheme is expected to have multiplier effect on workers attitude towards retirement, commitment to duty, and labour retention as well as attitude towards corruption especially in the civil or public service. This is because the uncertainty of receiving pension and gratuity after retirement was largely responsible for high labour turnover in the civil service. Before now, the provoking thought of facing life after retirement creates psychological and emotional stress among workers, especially those approaching retirement age. While retirement remains luxury in developed countries, in Nigeria workers are always afraid of financial insecurity after retirement. Sadly, workers who are in the payroll of government cannot fend for them not to talk of when they are retired. We are therefore scandalised by the refusal of some state governments to withhold their own part of the contribution. The defaulting states should not be allowed to hold the pension agency to ransom. It is sad that while top government functionaries are enjoying munificent benefits and emoluments irrespective of the state of their states’ finances, those of the workers are being sacrificed on the altar of expediency. We are aware that the PRA makes room for sanctions by empowering the National Pension Commission to institute criminal proceedings against employers for persistent refusal to remit pension contributions subject to the fiat of the Attorney General of the Federation. We are therefore advocating that the agency explore this legal option.

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Five robbery suspects remanded in Kirikiri prison Titilope Joseph

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pects were, on Wednesday, remanded in Kirikiri prison by a Lagos state Magistrate court sitting in Ikeja for armed robbery. The suspects, Rilwan Bello (20), Seun Adenifuja (24), Abdullahi Adenuga (17), Toheeb Ogunsanya (16) and Sodiq Olaide (20), were arraigned before Magistrate. O. Olanipekun, by the Investigating Police Officer, Corporal. Ojo Adeshina for allegedly conspired to commit to commit armed Robbery, an offence punishable under section 297 of the Criminal Law of Lagos state 2011. According to the charge preferred against the five suspects, they were armed with gun and did disrupted the peaceful activities of Ijora, in Lagos state,

by causing commotion and robbing innocent pedestrian of their valuables. The Investigating Police Officer, Corporal Ojo Adeshina said the suspects were also said to have in their possession, one locally made double barrel pistol, without a license issued to them by the Inspector General of Police or any appropriate authority, an offence punishable under Section 361 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos state 2011. The suspects were said to have carried out the robbery act on the 21st day of June, 2016 at the 16hrs of the day. The Magistrate however refused to grant them bail but ordered that they be remanded in kirikiri prison until the adjourned date. The matter was however adjourned till 12 August, 2016, for DPP’s advise.

Army debunks alleged militants takeover of Bakassi

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ÏÏÏThe Nigerian Army has de-

Plateau govt condoles NUJ over colleague’s death Chijioke Kingsley, Jos

ÏÏÏPlateau

State Ministry of Information and Communication has condole with the state’s council of the Nigeria Union of Journalist NUJ over the death of Verbatim correspondent Mr. Enenche Adikwu. Adikwu died in Jos the Plateau state capital after a brief illness at the age of 49. In a condolence letter addressed to the Chairman of NUJ

Mr. Yakubu Taddy signed by Harris Dawurang on behalf of the commissioner Hon. Nazifi Mohammed recalled how the deceased covered the activities of the ministry with dedication and diligent. According to the letter the deceased Enenche Adikwu displayed a high sense of responsibility in the discharged of his reportorial duties stressing that all these contribute in no small measure to the peace and development of the state.

bunked news making the rounds that some militants took over Bakassi and Akpabuyo local government areas of Cross River State. In a press statement signed by the Army Public Relations Officer of 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, Capt. Kayode Owolabi, and made available to newsmen, the Army also described as false claims that the two local government areas were under the control of militants. The statement read: “The attention of the Headquarters 13 Brigade Nigerian Army has been drawn to some national dailies reports that militant groups have taken over Akpabuyo and Bakassi local government areas in Cross River. We want to state that this story is baseless and has

no iota of truth” “This headquarters wishes to inform the general public that our troops are on ground in Bakassi to checkmate any militant activities. Let us categorically state that apart from some few criminal activities which have been checked by our troops, Akpabuyo and Bakassi local government areas have been generally peaceful’’ The release stated. The release, however, urged members of the public to go about their lawful businesses, saying security agents are on ground to forestall any security breach. Cross River State Commissioner of Police, Also, Mr. Jimoh Ozi-Obeh, also told newsmen that the publications were untrue and should not be taken seriously. Ozi-Obeh said that with teams of policemen deployed to both local government areas, no militant group could hold any part of the state to ransom. Accord-

ing to him, the state government, in collaboration with the police, had strengthened security patrol along the creeks of Akpabuyo and Bakassi. Said he, “There is no militants group that is overrunning any part of Cross River. The joint security patrol in the state is always on alert to forestall any crisis. It is unethical for some people to go to press and say that Akpabuyo and Bakassi local government areas are under the control of militants’’, he said. Also, chairman of Akpabuyo Local Government Area, Dr. Patrick Ene-Okon, said that they have been some cases of kidnapping and militancy in the area, but no militant group was overrunning the council or running any parallel government. According to him, “We are working with fear because of the activities of these militants group and kidnappers.

NAAPE shuts Caverton Helicopters over unresolved labour issues Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo

ÏÏÏ The National Association

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of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) is to shut down the operations of Caverton Helicopters as part of strike plans to protest against the disparity in the payment of salaries between expatriate and Nigerian pilots and engineers. The strike will affect the company’s offices in Shell, NAF Base in Port Harcourt, as well as Warri and Lagos The one day warning strike which will affect the operations

of Caverton will be enforced by NAAPE members between midnight today July 12, 2016 to midnight of tomorrow July 13, 2016. The warning strike is equally to express the union’s discomfort over the refusal by the helicopter company to commit to pay remunerations being converted from Dollars to Naira at prevailing inter- bank rate as previously agreed between the management of the rotary wing and NAAPE. Speaking to Aviation journalists at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, the General Secretary of NAAPE, Ocheme

Aba, stated that it was worrisome that Caverton Helicopters is discriminating between expatriate and Nigeria pilots and engineers in the payment of salaries. He further stated that while the salaries of expatriates in the company had been paid up to date and promptly, Nigerian pilots and engineers are still been owed salaries. Aba also hinted that the oneday warning, which would see the activities of the rotary wing giant grounded is to protest the refusal of the company to pay salaries every month on or before

the 26th day of the month as contained in the Condition of Service as against the current practice, where salaries runs into months in arrears. He posited that despite several efforts made by NAAPE to address the several labour issues that have severed the relationship between the union and the management of the company, Caverton has refused to resolve these matters. Union, he stated would not allow Caverton Helicopters to get away with this hence the warning strike.

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Ï zƆôƏƆ ƋƋ ƑƈƋƐƕ – Deputy Speaker

ÏÏÏPeoples Democratic Party, PDP,

L-R: Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu; Senator from Zamfara Central, Garba Marafa; President Muhammadu Buhari; Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari; his Zamfara counterpart, Abubakar Yari; Sokoto Governor, Aminu Tambuwal and others during the commissioning of road projects in built by Zamfara Government in Wanke, Zamfara State… on Wednesday.

Court annuls electricity tariff hike, orders reversal Peter Fowoyo, Lagos & Idu Jude, Abuja

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year after the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) increased electricity tariff, a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday annulled it. Justice Mohammed Idris while relying on Sections 31, 32 and 76 of the Electricity Power Sector Reform Act(EPSRA) 2005, in deciding the substantive suit held that, “NERC acted outside the powers conferred on it by the Act and failed to follow the prescribed procedure.” The Judge while delivering his judgment, in a suit filed by a lawyer, Toluwani Adebiyi, described

NERC’s action as procedurally ultra vires, irrational, irregular and illegal. The court was also of the view that “NERC has not shown that it acted in due obedience to the prescribed procedures and that there is no evidence that NERC complied with Section 76(6)(7)and (9) of the EPSRA Act.’ “Of all the legal requirements, it appeared the only one complied with by NERC was that it announced the new tariff in the newspapers.” The court further held that, “it is clear from the affidavit evidence that the increase in tariff was done by NERC in defiance of the order of this court made on May 28, 2015

which directed parties in the case to maintain the status quo. “The law is that every person upon whom an order is made by a court of competent jurisdiction must obey it, unless and until the order is discharged and set aside at the Appeal.” Consequently, the court held that,” the tariff increase from July 1, 2015 was done in breach of the ‘status quo’ order. NERC’s action, was therefore, clearly hasty, reckless and irresponsible”. Speaking further, Justice Idris said, “This country is in a democracy where the rule of law shall prevail over impunity or whimsical desires. Anything to the contrary will be an invitation to anarchy.

“It is the law that what is done officially must be done in accordance to the law. Investors are free to do business in Nigeria but they shall abide by the law of this country. Nigeria is not a kangaroo State. Nigeria is not a banana Republic. “It is intolerance and extremely dangerous for any branch of the Executive to create a posture it may not obey certain orders of the court. That is tantamount to Executive recklessness which will lead to lawlessness”. In view of these, the court while invoking its disciplinary jurisdiction, made the following orders: “the increment in electricity tariff Continued on page 12

My forgery suit against Saraki, others in public interest – AGF Continued from page 1 been made before being appointed as the Attorney General, he took up the matter, convinced that the amendment of the Senate Rule in 2015 did not pass through normal procedure of the Senate. Malami disclosed this during his appearance before the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, stating that the amendment of Senate Standing Orders of 2015, as controversial as it was, fell under the purview of

criminality, a reason he filed a suit against those suspected as culprits. He, however, refrained from going into the nitty-gritty of the case against Saraki and others, insisting that matters on it are already pending before a court of law, whereas comment on them would amount to subjudice. He said the way and manner the alleged amendment of the 2015 Senate Standing rules was carried out, were not in compliance with provisions of section 60 of the 1999 constitution in procedures and pro-

ceedings, the basis upon which the case was filed. Section 60 of the Amended 1999 Constitution read, “Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Senate or the House of Representatives shall have power to regulate its own procedure, including the procedure for summoning and recess of the House.” Malami alluded to an amendment of the Senate Standing Order effected by Senators on May 18, Continued on page 12

Malami

lawmakers in the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, lambasted the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government of President Muhammadu Buhari, for plunging the country into economic disaster. Minority Leader, Leo Ogor, who spoke at an interactive session with members of the United Kingdom, UK Westminster Foundation for Democracy, said that this was the first time the country is running a government without clear economic policies. Continued on page 12

PENGASSAN suspends strike Idu Jude Abuja

ÏÏÏFederal

Government on Wednesday reached truce with the oil workers under the aegis of Petroleum and Natural Senior Staff Association of Nigeria with the union directing its members to resume work. Recall that PENGASSAN last Thursday called out it members on strike over sundry issues in the oil industry. Rising after a 22-hour meeting chaired by Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, who stood for the Federal Government, the union agreed to sheath its sword to give peace a chance. While reading a seven-point communique issued after the meeting early Wednesday morning, both parties agreed on all the terms and demands made by the workers, which includes asking Government to consider the state of the nation’s refineries and nonimplementation of Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA). The communique also urged the government to apply the system of Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS)/Restructuring and Resourcing in Government Agencies and the explanation and work plan by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources with a view to reactivating the refineries were satisfactorily adopted.

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Niger Assembly begins probe of Gov Bello Pita Chikwem Minna

ÏÏÏThe Niger State House of AsOkorocha

Ohanaeze holds Igbo unity forum in Owerri Val Okara Owerri

sembly has started a discrete investigation into the management of the finance of the state, since Governor Abubakar Sani Bello assumed office in May 2015. In commencing the probe, it summoned both the Commissioner for Finance and his Budget and Planning counterpart to explain at plenary how finances that accrued to the state from October last year to date were spent.

The legislators issued the summons in a resolution after passing 10 motions within 50 minutes all geared towards looking at the books of accounts of the state. The House which resumed after Sallah break debated the address by the Speaker, Alhaji Ahmed Marafa, in which he x-rayed developments in the state especially the strike by civil servants. All those that contributed to the debate on the speakers address said the Governor had been operating like a military man and was violating the provisions of the

constitution by his actions. They argued that all the motions and bills passed by the House had been ignored by the Governor an indication that “he does not want to work with us” Addressing a press conference after plenary on Wednesday the Chairman of the House Committee on Information Alhaji Shuaibu Liman said the motions passed arose from the welcome speech of the Speaker Ahmed Marafa ‘concerning issues of public interest’. He said the Governor had kept the Assembly in ‘the dark’ on how

public funds were being utilised while contracts were awarded outside budgetary provisions, adding that the Commissioner of Finance was expected to appear on the 19th of July to give detailed explanation on how much money accrued from statutory allocations and how it was spent. His counterpart in the Budget and Planning Ministry, he said would appear on July 20, 2016, to give account of capital receipts and other monies that accrued to the state outside statutory allocations.

ÏÏÏThe

pan-Igbo Socio-Cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo is organising Igbo Unity Forum in Owerri with the caption “NDIGBO AND THE STATE OF THE NATION: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES”. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, said that the event would take place on Thursday, July 14, 2016, at the International Convention Centre (IICC), Owerri, at 2 p.m. The event would be attended by other South East Governors –Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu State) Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia State), Dr. Willie Obiano (Anambra State), and Dr. Dave Umahi (Ebonyi State). The statement said that the former governor of old Anambra state Senator Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo was expected to be the chairman of the occasion, while Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe would be the Special Guest of Honour Professor Anya O. Anya would be the Guest Speaker.

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki (left), in handshake with the Speaker, ECOWAS Parliament, Hon. Mustapha Cisselo in Abuja… on Wednesday. With them is Senate’s Deputy Leader, Bala Ibn Na’allah.

Enugu Fulani community wants biometric capture of herdsmen

Hoodlums attack corps members in Delta

Moses Oyediran Enugu

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ÏÏÏThe leader of the Fulani com-

munity in Enugu, Alhaji Ardo Basso, wants the state government to set up a biometric registry for herdsmen in the state. Basso disclosed this on Wednesday in Enugu while testifying before the commission of inquiry into the killing of people and destruction of property in Nimbo community, Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of the state. He said that the state had recorded an unprecedented influx of herdsmen that were strange to the Fulani community in the state, including the entrance of the Shua

Arabs with their cattle. He said that the development had contributed greatly to the heightened security lapses in most rural communities of the state. Basso, who is also the ViceChairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in the South East, said that the Fulani herdsmen resident in the state were peace loving and friendly. “I have lived in Enugu State for 34 years while some have been here for upwards of 40 years. Those of our people that live here don’t foment trouble in our locality. “The major problems we have are the Fulani herdsmen and others that come into the state from Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina and Ni-

ÏÏÏRampaging hoodlums opera-

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ger states,” he said. He said that such herdsmen move to the state freely and without any form of identification and that no form of comradeship existed between them and those permanently resident in the state.

tion in Delta State communities, on Tuesday, night allegedly attacked corpers deployed Beach Secondary School, Koko Community, Warri North Local Government Area of the State and carted away estimated sum of N75, 000 and several handsets. Reports said the hoodlums gained entrance into the coppers’ lodge right inside the school premises after they had allegedly disarmed the security guards at the gate and compelled to frog jumps, while their operation lasted.

It was reliably gathered that the hoodlums numbering over ten, allegedly swooped on the corps members said to be fast asleep at gun point and ordered them to surrender their money and handsets. Sources said the attack on the coppers may not be unconnected with a threat allegedly handed down by a male student of the school who was punished by one of corpers during class activities for his disciplined. But the police in Koko Division, said that they were on top of the situation, adding that some of the students suspected to have ignited the act, were presently being interrogated.

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APC: Impeachment threat on Buhari, a huge joke The All Progressives Congress (APC), has described the alleged impeachment threat against President Muhammadu Buhari by the Senate as a huge joke taken too far. In a statement, Malam Mai Mala Buni, National Secretary of the party said the impeachment plot was laughable urging the affected senators to stop the huge joke and concentrate on their primary constitutional responsibilities. According to the statement: “The attention of the National

Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to media reports of a laughable impeachment plot by some Senators on President Muhammadu Buhari during Tuesday’s July 12, 2016 closed session of the Senate. “This is a huge joke taken too far”, Buni said. The ruling party urged the “Senators in question to stop this huge joke and concentrate on their primary constitutional responsibilities of lawmaking and discharging of their legislative mandates to

their constituents at the National Assembly”, reiterating that the Senators in question do not allow political shenanigans becloud overall national interest. According to Buni, the party will not join issues on the Senate forgery suit and other court cases concerning some members of the 8th Senate because it will be sub judice but advised the Senators in question to tow the same line and allow judicial processes run its normal and legitimate course. “Repeated allegations that the

court cases are politically-motivated by the President and the APC are baseless. The President Muhammadu Buhari administration strictly respects the principle of the Rule of Law and also adheres to the constitutional provisions of Separation of Power between the three arms of government. The APC urges Mr. President and the entire cabinet to remain focused in its effort to deliver on election promises and to steer the nation to its deserved heights”, Buni stressed.

Ezeife calls for scrapping of APC, PDP, APGA, others Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife certainly needs little or no introduction in the political history of Nigeria. He was a retired federal Permanent Secretary, a former Governor of the old Anambra State between 1992 and 1993 as well as a delegate to the 2014 National Conference in Abuja. In this interview with Abuja Bureau Chief, Lateef Ibrahim and Tom Okpe, the former Governor, who is popularly called Okwa Dike by his admirers, spoke on a wide range of national issues. Chief Ezeife, always identified with his white attires and unique white beard, spoke on the evil of military incursions in governance in Nigeria, the need to scrap all the existing registered political parties in the country, the over concentration of power at the centre and return of the country to regional/zonal government. Excerpts: Are you not worried that nothing has been done about the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference convened by former President Goodluck Jonathan in which you were a delegate? I want to say God so loves Nigeria as He gave us everything we need; whether it is weather, geo-

MOTHER TERESA “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”

EZEIFE ‘‘I want to say God so loves Nigeria as He gave us everything we need; whether it is weather, geophysical structure, lack of earthquakes, volcanoes; but surplus human and material resources, plants, animals and many talents from many tribes.’’

physical structure, lack of earthquakes, volcanoes; but surplus human and material resources, plants, animals and many talents from many tribes. God designed us to be great, unmasked greatness is what God designed for us. But man, Nigeria man, is trying to mess up God’s design. But God’s design must override CONTINUED ON PAGE 8

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“There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.”

“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

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whatever man does. That’s why I believe Nigeria must survive, but we need prayers. We need prayers for our President to change to the path of success. May God help Buhari to move to the path of success, the path of people’s welfare, the path of calmness and progress. At the 2014 National Conference, we made some decisions. The last decision we made included 18 new states. I see it as an escape route for Nigeria. Add 18 to 36 mostly unviable states; you will get 54 unviable states. What does that mean? It means that we have to satisfy those who need those states, but we have to do it in a way that the country is economically feasible. The only way you can accommodate them, in an economically feasible state, is true federalism, fiscal federalism. Reducing the federating units from 36 or 54 to 6 or 12, then you will have only 12 other governments, apart from the Federal government. This is the way out of many of our problems. If we have six zones as federating units, each of the six will be strong. They can do what they need to do for themselves. Going to Abuja to beg for money will be out of the question. Also, our cultural diversity will be taken care of more, whether it is ethnicity or religion, religion or some superiority complex, those can be can be managed and we will make progress. Each unit can supply electricity to itself, build communication system and ecology, like erosion, is better

There is confusion in Edo State as Pastor Osagie IzeIyamu, who emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), governorship candidate in Edo State on June 20, may have been accepted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) for the September election. The primary that produced Pastor Nze-Iyamu was conducted by the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee of the PDP and was monitored by the INEC. With this development, the Prof. Mahmood Yakubu-led INEC has thus rejected the counter primary held by the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction of the PDP which produced Mr. Matthew Iduoriyekemwen. The Sheriff ’s primary, which was not monitored by INEC officials, was held on June 29. The Commission had refused to monitor the primary because of the fact that the constitutionally required 21-day notice was not given to it before the conduct of the said primary. A member of Sheriff ’s faction

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Ezeife: Return to regional/zonal government

Ezeife

treated at the regional level. So, am not saying Buhari, go and implement everything, if he implements everything, it is not bad. That conference called for devolution of powers meaning reducing power from the centre to the federating units. Now, when the federating units are few, it makes, by far, more sense. Therefore, there are things we discussed and some we had difficulties in agree-

ing. If we managed to work hard on our agreement, I believe God wants us to survive. The only way we will survive is by having six or 12 zones as federating units and down playing what we call states now to provincial government. Since the centre is too powerful and attractive, thus leading to big battle among the contenders always, would you suggest that it should be

scrapped? There must be a centre. We are Nigerians and we want to remain Nigerians. The centre must be fairly strong also and speak for the rest of us. But if today, it is 10 units of power to the centre, in the optimal situation, it should be about two units to be given to it (centre). Resource control and all those other things will disappear if the central government keeps some taxes paid to it and uses it to run its administration. Of course, Foreign Affairs must still be central. Defence, Weight and Measures, Mining, there are many things left for the centre to do and the way to do it is for us to do it in an efficient way. The centre we are running today, as you know, arose from military government. The military ruled Nigeria and ruined Nigeria and it has been very difficult to rescue Nigeria from what the military did to her. The worst they did was to make us not to be patriotic. The military made Nigerians feel that Nigeria is not worth dying for. Reason? They want us to be looking away, while they stole our money. That’s what happened. People go to office. What did they do in this office? They look for the treasury and cart away the resources of the country and dump it in foreign banks. Let me go back. God created Nigeria with a purpose. As the greatest concentration of blacks on the face of the world, with all

the advantages and endowments God gave us, it doesn’t look wrong to say that God wanted Nigeria to become the big brother and rallying point for all blacks and ultimately, by growing into a super power, wanted Nigeria to wipe off the shame of slavery from all blacks. How far have we gone? Let me quote Donald Trump (United States’ Republican Party’s presidential candidate). Donald Trump is just a person who says the truth without diplomacy. He says, “Nigeria and Kenya should be recolonised for 100 years because their leaders don’t know what to do except chop the money of the people. Service to the people has no meaning to them, it is service to self”. So many people have now joined him. If you begin to quote, you can’t end. There is one Jewish person who said black people don’t even know how to develop anything, how to care for anything. They just know how to consume. Now, the American black leader said something to the same effect. Recently, the outgoing Prime Minister of Britain (David Cameron) talked about ‘fantastically corrupt country’. So my brothers, what are we getting? That country which God wanted to use to raise the dignity and the respect of black and African people-Nigeria-has become a generator of shame to all blacks, a failed country. We Nigerians have achieved CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

Edo guber: Confusion over INEC’s acceptance of Ize-Iyamu as PDP candidate confirmed that Makarfi’s nominee was accepted by INEC as PDP candidate for the election. INEC monitored the primary, which produced Pastor IzeIyamu but said it would not accept the one that produced Iduoriyekemwen, which was held on June 29 because the constitutionally required 21-day notice was not given to it before the conduct of the primary. A prominent member of Sheriff ’s faction confirmed that Makarfi’s nominee was accepted by INEC as PDP candidate for the election. Already, there is confusion within the PDP as the Sheriff ’s camp is vowing to fight the recent development to a logical conclusion. Meanwhile, the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said that

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the party cannot afford to lose the Edo gubernatorial election holding on September 10. Odigie-Oyegun made the statement in Abuja after presenting the certificate of return to Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the party’s flag-bearer in the poll. Odigie-Oyegun said: “there is nothing to capture in Edo, we are just going to go ahead and win. We cannot afford to lose Edo State, that thought must never arise because it is significant ... it is no longer local politics. By God’s grace we will win the election,’’ he said. Commending the Gov. Aminu Masari-led election committee, Obaseki said: ‘’the team was truly professional.’’ The chairman pledged to unite the party, saying ‘’of the 11 opponents at the primary, only one has not agreed to work with us”.

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Group lauds Buhari on appointments, urges Balang’s confirmation

Osinbajo

Tom Okpe, Abuja The Association for the Comprehensive Empowerment of Nigerians with Disability (ACEND) has commended the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for the ap-

pointment of Dr. Richard Balang as the Postmaster General of the Federation and Dr. Samuel Inalegwu Ankeli Odeh as Senior Special Assistant. President of ACEND, Mr. Cosmos Okoli who spoke to newsmen at the party secretariat in Abuja

said the development was first of its kind by the government at the center and would go a long way in solving many problems affecting its members nationwide just as it will give persons with disability a sense of belonging. The association further urged the administration to go a step further by confirming the appointment of Dr Richard Balang as the substantive Postmaster General not because he is a person with disability but because of his suitability and sterling qualities, urging various state governments to borrow a leaf from the president and replicate same in their respective states. Okoli said: “For the first time, we have a person with disability, actually someone on wheel chair, rise through the ranks in the federal civil service and become the acting Postmaster General of the federation. It is on record that this government has done well for the disabled people, more than any other government before it. “Our association is going a step further to appeal that Dr Richard Balang be appointed the substantive Postmaster General of the federation. We are making this appeal because there is a lot of pressure on the president and APC to appoint some politicians that worked for the party, for a baby could be thrown away with the bath water in a bid to satisfy politicians”, he added.

I ‘ll initiate fresh ideas for growth of Ondo- APC governorship aspirant ‘Tosin Ajuwon, Akure Boye Oyewunmi, a leading gubernatorial aspirant in the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has promised to initiate ‘fresh ideas’ that would help unseat the failures of the current government in the state if given the chance to fly the party’s flag in the November 16 governorship election. Oyewunmi made the promise during his tour tagged ‘Agbajoowo’ to some grassroots and local government areas of the state to solicit support from party’s delegates ahead of the party’s primary election penned between August and September

2016. He disclosed that his intention to run for the governorship poll was based on the need to change Ondo State and free the people from the hands political sycophants through a renewed agenda that would help steer the state’s abandoned natural resources to profit. “What we have in Ondo is not lack of ideas; In-fact, there has been whole lots of ideas in the past, but what we have had is not commensurate, unworkable ideas that is ineffective of societal needs and requirements. “Our party must get it right this time while presenting our CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

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Ezeife

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one degree; they call it B.A, Begin Again. Because, how we are going is taking one giant step backward. For me, we would go back to our manifest destiny of raising the respect and dignity of all black people. How do we do it? We sack APC (All Progressives Congress), we sack PDP (Peoples Democratic Party), we sack APGA (All Progressives Grand Alliance) and we clean up all these one thousand and one parties that have nothing to offer Nigeria and begin again. Anybody who wants to run for political office in this country must take an oath, special oath, not the one they take now whereby everybody talks in unison with nobody really understanding what they are saying. This time around, you must take oath that your coming for politics is for service to the people, not service to self. In 2012, I launched what I called Ezeife Leadership Foundation, then, of course, I had no money and since then we stopped. But when I read Trump, read the Jewish leader, read the Black American Pastor and other things, you know, what you call corruption and many of you are talking, is carrying the money from Nigeria to foreign land. Corruption is multi-faceted and has saturated every segment of Nigerian society. A girl will be told to go and book a hotel in the University, a lecturer goes and sees her there and her grade improves. The boy who doesn’t have score will bring money. Some lecturers have representatives in the classes, so much is my hand out or you can go to hell and report. The police is corrupt. Let me tell you one shocking story. In Anambra State, there was one constituency, where somebody contested for the primaries, and the general election and won. But that person is not in the House because some

people took money to our Lords Injustices. Those people who are supposed to be our Lord Justices have become our Lords Injustices. Some people took money to him and he recommended that the person standing for PDP is XYZ as they compiled the election in the name of the real winner, they later came and they had to cancel it and put the name of the person who did not go for primaries and who did not contest election. So, am not talking about politicians only as the corrupt people. Even in the church, there is corruption, school, trade union, every facet of Nigeria, there is corruption and we must change. This is my own plea. We must change and we can change. And with God on our side, we would make it. There is no reason why we should be generating shame to all blacks when God intended us to raise their dignity and respect. From your response to the last question, if the APC, PDP, APGA and all the currently registered parties are scrapped, what then should be the next step to be taken? We will work out procedures. There are things that go with progressivism and things that go with conservatism. In the meantime, our politicians don’t have ideological addresses. Where can I make faster money? That’s where he goes. But now, we will propose two political parties. One, a little to the left as Babangida (former Military President Ibrahim Babangida) did and the other, a little to the right and we will bring out a list of conditions which anybody who wants to be member must satisfy. But those conditions add up only to swearing an oath in whatever way we think is effective. If it is bringing up all the Bishops in Nigeria to administer the oath, yes. But we cannot go back to juju.

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Edo 2016: Sheriff calls on INEC to obey court orders

NASS urged to make tax system transparent Joel Oluwagbemiro & Bolutife Tolonisede

Makarfi

Sheriff

ed at the visit by ousted National Vice Chairman (South-South) of the party, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, said that Iduoriyekwemwen remained PDP authentic candidate for the Edo election. “We had a rumour that INEC has accepted a person other than our own candidate for PDP for Edo governorship election. “I hereby dispel this rumour and categorically say that INEC has not yet communicated to us on this matter; INEC is still considering all the judgments and orders. “As we speak today, the order of the Federal High Court in Abuja specifically ordered INEC to accept Iduoreyekemwen’s candidature. “The Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, is not superior to that of Abuja. “As such, the Port Harcourt court cannot reverse the specific orders that INEC can only accept candidate for the Edo and Ondo governorship elections from the Sheriff-led authentic PDP”, he said. Sheriff added that the Port Harcourt judgment was not specific about the party’s candidature for Edo and Ondo states governorship elections.

“We call on INEC to obey the specific orders of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which stated that the commission should accept only the candidate submitted by Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, and on that I stand. “PDP is one and not two. There are no factions in PDP and I remain the chairman of the party”, he stressed. Sheriff also called on the party supporters and loyalists to remain calm as efforts were ongoing to address the issue. “We also encourage our candidate, Iduoriyekwemwen, to continue with his campaign vigorously to ensure that he wins the election.’’ Earlier, President of the youth group, Mr. Rexben Ebede, had said that the visit was to pledge their loyalty and support to Sheriff “who we believe has contributed immensely to the development of PDP”. Ebede said that given Sheriff ’s achievements and records, the youths believed that he was the only one capable to lead PDP to victory in the 2019 elections. He also called on other youths in the country to give Sheriff necessary support that would enable him pilot the party to victory.

Mrs Adebimpe Balogun, past President of Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) has urged the National Assembly to review taxation laws saying: “there must be clear cut and constant review of tax law; the law must be reviewed constantly to avoid ambiguity in the process of payment of taxes.” Balogun, first female President of CITN, who was speaking at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) Seminar called for transparency in the process of taxation and the government accountability to the people giving various reasons why people are not willing to pay tax. She said the National Assembly must as well have the same mindset with the people while reviewing the taxation law, claiming that the law must be specific. Besides, she charged tax payers to develop attitude of responsibility in paying their taxes; saying, “it is only when you pay your tax that you will be able to stand up to challenge and ask the government what they are doing with the money. But she quickly added that the process of tax payment is quite ambiguous and “that is why people are not interested in taxation because there are many things that ought to be done that are left undone which is why people are asking: “what is the government doing with our money?” One of the guest speakers, Simon Kolawole said: “people have been saying that we the media should use the Freedom of Information Bill, but I am telling you that the freedom is for everyone of us. In advanced country, what they pursue is voluntary compliance but Nigeria operates on a cohesive compliance.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) disputed chairman, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, on Wednesday insisted that only his faction of the party could present a candidate for the upcoming governorship election in Edo. He therefore called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to obey an Abuja Federal High Court order, which reinstated him as National Chairman of the party. Speaking when members of South-South Young Professionals for Good Governance visited him

in Abuja, Sheriff said that PDP’s candidate for the election was Mr. Mathew Iduoreyekemwen. Iduoriyekwemwen emerged from a primary election conducted by the faction few weeks after the one organised by party’s National Caretaker Committee had elected Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu as its candidate for the September 10 poll. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that INEC on Tuesday announced receipt and acceptance of Ize-Iyamu’s nomination as PDP candidate. But Sheriff, who was represent-

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Ondo APC governorship aspirant pledges fresh initiatives

programmes to the people and we equally must also need vote a credible candidate that will not distance himself from the party when he gets to corridor of power”, Oyewunmi said. The aspirant who had already toured four local government areas in the state with two south senatorial districts alongside over 300 supporters and party leaders from Irele and Odigbo Local Government Areas of the state added that his intention is

to bring leadership to the party and also ensure a continuous thrust through an unbeatable performance. Mr. Oyewunmi further pledged not to renege on all his promises to the party and the state if elected candidate and governor in the coming election. He, however, pleaded with the leaders to make a difference this time by electing credible candi-

date amongst the good names on the table. “We have good men and woman with incredible personality of delivering good electoral promises but we must ensure while we look for candidate, that the aspirant must be exposed, indelible with good human relations. Earlier, the Director General of the Campaign, Mr. Dare Ojo said there was need to secure the

democratic political future of Ondo State through a true democratic political road map that will feature the state into the space of trend of National grid. Ojo called on the people of the state to change their cultural way of thinking adding that Ondo State is in abundance with a promise that Oyewunmi would tap from the state resources to fill the loopholes and other

financial challenges confronting development and capacity growth. “The state is blessed with resources yet, we are still feeding and living in scarcity. The opportunity is now as party leaders and faithful to single out a reliable and credible servant leader that would deliver and reclaim the trust of the people”, he added.

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Theresa May becomes Britain’s PM, promises ‘one nation’ govt ÏÏÏBritain’s new prime minister,

Theresa May, said she would lead a “one nation” government as she arrived in Downing Street, promising “a union between all our citizens”. May, according to a report by The Guardian of London, vowed to tackle injustice, saying: “The government I lead will be driven not by the interests of the privileged few,” and adding that “together we will build a better Britain”. She stressed her determination to preserve the union between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and said she would rise to the challenge of negotiating exit from the European Union and forge a bold new positive role for Britain in the world.

May also said she would lead a government that would act for everyone: “I know you are working around the clock, I know you are doing your best and I know that sometimes life can be a struggle. The government I lead will be driven not by the interests of the privileged few but by yours. We will do everything we can to give you more control over your lives.” She spoke outside No 10 shortly after emerging from Buckingham Palace as Britain’s second female prime minister, having paid the traditional visit to the Queen to be invited to form a government. May’s appointment at the palace, to “kiss hands” with the Queen, as the ceremony is known, came shortly after David Cameron

went to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation. Cameron, who stepped down after the electorate rejected his pleas to vote to remain in the European Union in last month’s referendum, had earlier congratulated May as he left No 10 for the last time as PM with his wife and children. May swept to her party’s leadership, when her final opponent, the pro-Brexit Andrea Leadsom, dropped out this week after making controversial comments about motherhood. May had served Cameron as home secretary throughout his six years in government. The new prime minister was expected to make the first senior appointments to her government

on Wednesday evening, including a minister for Brexit. Cameron had ranked a stronger economy, gay marriage and free schools as the heart of his legacy in a final and emotional farewell speech in Downing Street. Standing with his family, he said being prime minister had been “the greatest honour of my life”. Addressing the waiting media before heading to Buckingham Palace, Cameron sought to paint a positive picture of his time in office, despite it ending suddenly after the EU referendum result. “It’s not been easy journey, and of course we’ve not got every decision right,” he said, alongside his wife, Samantha, and children Nancy, Elwen and Florence.

My forgery suit against Saraki, others in public interest – AGF Continued from page 6 2011 in accordance to section 60 of the Nigerian constitution, stating that the proper procedure was followed before the amendment was approved. According to him, the law required that for amendment to be effected on Senate Standing Orders, the sections to be amended would have been listed and covered in the votes and proceedings after a motion had been raised and deliberations and resolutions had been made. Malami also told the Senate that his action did not constitute a threat to democracy as Senators insinuated but rather to sustain and save democracy He said: ``When the need for amendment of the Senate Rules arose in 2011, the senate conducted a proceeding and passed resolution for amendment. ``The 2015 rule as allegedly amended did not pass through the normal proceeding of doing so. That is where the inherited investigation and now criminal case comes into being.

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L-R: Member, Representing Iwo Federal Constituency, Osun State, Hon. Gafar Amere; Majority Leader, House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila; Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdul Rasheed Akanbi and his wife, Chanel during a courtesy visit by the Akanbi to Gbajabiamila in Abuja... on Tuesday. Photo: TEMITOPE BALOGUN.

Court annuls electricity tariff hike, orders reversal Continued from page 6 which took effect after the institution of this action and while a restraining order is subsisting is hereby declared illegal and same is hereby set aside. “NERC is hereby directed to reverse to the status quo and the commission is hereby restrained from further increasing electricity tariff except it complies strictly with the relevant provisions of the EPSRA. The sum of N50,000 was awarded in favour of the plaintiff. The court had earlier held that it indeed has the jurisdiction to entertain the matter.

In deciding on the issue of jurisdiction, the court made explanations on four issues: These are: whether or not the suit was properly commenced; whether or not the plaintiff has ‘locus standi’ to file the action; whether or not the suit was statute barred and whether or not the suit disclosed a reasonable cause of action. On the first issue, the court held that the suit was properly commenced by originating summons. “Having looked at the affidavit evidence, it is my view that there are no substantial disputes of facts on the materials needed for the determination of this suit. I there-

fore hold that this suit is properly commenced by an originating summons. The originating summons filed by the plaintiff contains the questions for determination and the reliefs sought from the court in compliance with the rules of the court”. On the issue of locus standi, the court held that, “the plaintiff is a Nigerian and a registered electricity consumer. There is no doubt that he pays electricity charges and is thus affected by the action of the defendants. The plaintiff, in my view, is entitled to approach the court to enforce the law in compliance with Sections 32 and 76 of the

EPSRA Act. It is therefore my view that the plaintiff possess the relevant locus standi to institute this action. On the third issue, the court held that the action is not statute barred as it was timeously commenced. On whether or not, a reasonable cause of action was disclosed by the plaintiff in the suit, the court held that, “having perused the affidavits filed by the plaintiff therein, the plaintiff has sets out the alleged wrongdoing of the defendants and the consequent damage. I therefore hold that the suit discloses a reasonable cause of action against the defendants.

Ogor told the delegation, which visited Deputy Speaker, Slaimon Lasun, in his office that apart from frustrating the nation’s economy, the governing party was also clamping down on opposition to weaken it and run the country undemocratically. “We have our own policies as opposition. For the first time, we are running a government without clear economic policies, but we are marking time with them”, Ogor stated. However, the Deputy Speaker regretted that the contents of parties’ manifestos were often not transformed into an enduring government policies, which obviously was responsible for the noticeable failures, insisting that all the political parties in the country were guilty of this. He said that the APC government was trying to do this by trying to identify and separate national programmes from party programmes to ensure continuity by any government that comes into power. “We will develop policies in a manner that whoever is in government will pursue these policies. It is not the issue of APC or PDP, everybody is guilty of this and we are working towards a change”, Lasun stated.

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The Negotiability of Nigeria

here has been a lot of talk these days amongst the low and mighty in Nigeria about the unity of Nigeria, notably the sustainability of its unity. PMB and Prof represent the left side of the divide: “To keep Nigeria one is a task that must be done!” The other side is equally strongly represented: “”This marriage is not working!” What I want to do today is to simply share some thoughts from a term paper I wrote in 2005, titled “Yoruba[1]: The Nigerian Ethnic Myth.” The paper appears to me to be relevant to the current debate. This is especially so as we must take the debate from the street and the banal to the intellectually rigorous, especially as regards the ‘prehistorical’ roots of ‘Nigeria’. It will take a few weeks to represent those thoughts. Afterwards, I will do an auto critic of my thoughts of over a decade ago in the light of subsequent research and the current debate on the unity of the Nigerian nation. Nigeria is a federation of states which are segregated by three major ethnic groups: the Ibo, the Hausa/Fulani and the Yoruba. The eastern region is dominated by the Ibo, the west by the Yoruba and the north by the Hausa/ Fulani. These three major ethnic groups were brought together via European efforts to divide Africa among themselves. Mounting ethnic tension between political leaders from these three nationalities caused Ibo elites to fight for their independence from the federation only 6 years after Nigeria gained its independence from Britain.[2] The Hausa/Fulani elites to whom Britain handed the government of Nigeria in 1960, refused to grant the Biafrans their independence, in order to maintain access to oil reserves in the southern Niger Delta which was a part of the East although in an area populated by the minority Ijaw and Ogoni. Oil was first discovered in the Niger delta in 1958 and quickly took over Nigeria’s economy. The low sulphur content of Nigerian oil stimulated great international demand; therefore the northerners (Hausa-Fulani) would not allow the Ibo to secede from the federation. The result was the Biafran war, 1967-1970, which led to 100,000 military casualties and between 500,000 to 2 million civilians who died from starvation during the war.[3] My thesis is that ethnicity

Buhari and racism is not an enterprise of the ordinary people. It is the lucrative business of elite ethno-political entrepreneurs. It is probably now trite to add that it is also a very dangerous and highly destructive game and, most importantly, playing the ethnic or racial game is, indescribably, not merely wicked but inexplicably inhuman: the perks and privileges of ethnic-mongering do not match the costs. I have always detested ethnic politics and all xenophobia. The present work has rewarded me with the beginning of some intellectual support for my natural inclinations against politics of bias and ethnicity. I must also add that this exercise has been an eye opener for me.[4] I have learnt most from the contribution of late Bala Usman[5] to this presentation. I have cited him copiously because I think his understanding of the reality of politics in Nigeria is the most researched and thorough. I have of course relied on several other, albeit less vigorous, authors because they help give a rounded picture of ethnic politics in Nigeria, a politics that led to the Nigerian civil war that killed two million people. This project has also moved me from being critical of

the Nigerian state, from seeing it as a mere British contraption, to seeing it as naturally compact, politically, economically and, most importantly, geographically. My study has made it apparent to me, most surprisingly, that I did not understand my country. And Bala Usman’s writing was particularly helpful in this regard. He debunked three basic assumptions that seem to cause so much conflict in Nigeria. These false assumptions are, firstly, the existence of a fundamental dichotomy between the North and the South of Nigeria. The second is the inevitability of competition and conflicts between supposedly ancient monolithic and distinctive ethnic groups. The third is an inherent antagonism between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria. He argued that these assumptions obscure the mosaic plurality of Nigeria and Nigerians and the processes of fusions, diffusions, intermeshing, formations and transformations, which have marked the history of the people of the Nigerian area for millennia, before, and since the country’s formation, and right up to today.[6] [1] It is worth noting that Yoruba speaking people exist

outside of the immediate political playing field of the Yoruba political entrepreneurs of South Western Nigeria. There are Yoruba in Benin Republic, another country. There are also Yoruba in the North of Nigeria near the Niger River. It is particularly interesting that Sunday Awoniyi who currently heads a crosssection of the political leadership of Northern Nigeria, Arewa, is a Yoruba of the North. I maintain ‘Yoruba’ in the title of this paper even though the paper has metamorphosed and expanded greatly from my original intention of describing ethnic politicians of South Western Nigeria prior to formal independence from Britain, i.e., the period between 1945 and 1960 when local elites were already administering various regions of the country through elections into political offices. [2] The Ibo wanted to be a new sovereign state which they named Biafra [3] http://www.american.edu/ ted/ice/biafra.htm [4] As I mentioned elsewhere, what I write now is a great shift away from what I had in mind many before starting this work which was simply to show that ethnicity was a trump card in the political power tussle leading to Nigerian independence, and that Chief Obafemi Awolowo was the chief protagonist of this ethno-political entrepreneurship. As I research I became more sympathetic to those like Awolowo whom I would have probably simply written off as ethno-political entrepreneurs: while I am not yet convinced that this Yoruba politician did not play an ethnic card, I can see at least that once in government he did well, compared to others, in the economic management of the region under his control, the Western Region of Nigeria, home to most Yoruba speaking peoples of which Awolowo is one. I am saying in effect that, while in principle I abhor all ethnic politicking, I can see the possibility of a good intention on the part of ethno-political entrepreneurs. [5] Various underlined headings of this essay where I have made reference notes indicate that large portions of the text thereunder are largely verbatim citations of the authors referred to. Bala Usman is the most cited as I have indicated above for reason of his thoroughness and depth of research. [6] http://www.waado.org/NigerDelta/Essays/BalaUsman/Usman_Misrepresentation.html.

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For a brighter economic future, empower women to trade

Olusegun Awolowo & Arancha González

hese are challenging times for the Nigerian economy. After a decade of solid growth, output shrank earlier this year, mostly on the back of a steep fall in oil prices. But Nigeria’s most important commodity has never been its oil. The country’s most important asset is its dynamic, entrepreneurial, and innovative people. And one of its most underutilised assets is the economic potential of Nigerian women. This latest bout of commodity price volatility underscores the need to boost diversification and productivity to generate lasting growth and jobs for Nigeria’s fastgrowing, young population. Beyond generating foreign exchange, trade can play an important role in shifting people and resources out of subsistence agriculture and informal selfemployment into more productive activities, in agro-industry, manufacturing, and formal services. For this reason, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) was set up to promote the development of a diversified export sector. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for the vast majority of firms and jobs just about everywhere, and Nigeria is no exception. For growth and trade to lead to poverty reduction, it’s essential for these smaller businesses to share in the gains. The International Trade Centre, a joint agency of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations, is working together with Nigerian private sector firms and public sector stakeholders including the NEPC to empower Nigerian SMEs to become more competitive and connect to international trade and investment. As it seeks to diversify its economy, Nigeria must invest in its people and the SMEs that employ most of them. But the returns on these investments would be much higher if accompanied by specific efforts to bring women more fully into the country’s economic mainstream. Nigerian women are already playing leading roles in politics and the economy. Women own an estimated 30% of the country’s registered entrepreneurial busi-

Arancha González nesses, and are behind 41% of business start-ups. Yet a mere 6% of parliamentarians are female, and women account for only 24% of non-agricultural employment. The cost of gender discrimination to world economy is staggering. McKinsey Global Institute recently estimated that raising women’s wages and labour force participation to match those of men would boost global output by more than 25 percent - like adding a new United States and China to the world economy. This is why the global economic potential of women has been likened to a ‘third billion’ poised to join India and China in transforming the global economy. For businesses, too, greater gender equality translates to better performance. The Peterson Institute for International Economics surveyed 22,000 companies around the world, and found that having more women on corporate boards and in leadership positions is associated with higher profitability. Some of the biggest consequences of women’s economic empowerment are felt far away from corporate boardrooms, in the poorest households and communities. When women are paid for their work, and have control

Olusegun Awolowo over how the money gets spent, they invest much more of their income than men do in their families’ education and health. The positive effects endure for generations. Gender-based discrimination, for countries, companies, and societies alike, it is simply unaffordable: ‘economic malpractice’ on a grand scale. This is why ITC and NEPC place special emphasis on empowering women-led businesses – such as a shea butter cooperative in Oyo state – connect to international markets. It’s also why the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, NEPC and ITC are teaming up to host the Women in Export Stakeholders Forum and Exhibition in Abuja on 13 July. Thegathering will bring together policymakers, the private sector, and representatives of women-owned businesses to catalyse ongoing efforts to empower women to drive tradeled development in Nigeria. On this occasion Nigeria will unveil national commitment under ITC’s “SheTrades” initiative seeking to connect one million women entrepreneurs to market by 2020 worldwide. Participants in Abuja will share experiences about what has worked and what hasn’t – to connect women-owned businesses

to markets. They will look at how businesses have taken concrete steps to expand sourcing from women-owned business, to improve women’s access to finance, and to help women entrepreneurs overcome supply-side constraints. And they will come up with concrete suggestions for how to do even better. Last September, the United Nations adopted the Global Goals on Sustainable Development. This ambitious agenda aims to eliminate extreme poverty and achieve gender equality in education and work by 2030. Either goal cannot be attained without the other. And neither can happen without Africa’s biggest economy. ITC and the NEPC look forward to working together to empower women to trade for a better future – for Nigeria, for Africa, and for the world. Arancha González is the Executive Director of the International Trade Centre, a joint agency of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization. Olusegun Awolowo is the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council.

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I’ll meet you in court when my tenure expires, Fayose tells Aisha Buhari

It’ll be difficult to implement 40% of 2016 budget, says Rep

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Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday, insisted that the statement he made about the involvement of wife of Mr. President, Aisha Buhari, in Halliburton scandal, is correct. Responding to a letter by the president’s wife to him, asking him to retract his statement or face legal action, Fayose said he would “join issues” with her “in a competent court of law” any moment from October 16, 2018, when his governorship tenure expires.

On June 22, Mary Ekpere & Co, counsel to the president’s wife, gave Fayose a five-day ultimatum to retract the comments made against the first lady. But Mike Ozekhome, Fayose’s lawyer, responded in another letter, insisting that Aisha was actually indicted. Ozekhome’s letter dated July 8, 2016, read: “The statement made regarding the involvement of Mrs. Aisha Buhari in the Halliburton scandal was correct and justified in law, having regards to a court judgment

convicting one Mr. William Jefferson for bribery in the Halliburton case,”. “Our client states and reaffirms categorically that the statement he made as regards the involvement of Mrs. Aisha Buhari, the wife of President Buhari, in the Halliburton scandal, is correct and justified in law; having regards to a court judgment convicting one Mr. William Jefferson for bribery in the Halliburton case. “Therein, the name of the president’s wife featured conspicuously. At page 22 of

the said judgment delivered by the United State District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division, USA, in criminal No 1: 07CR209, the said Mr. William Jefferson was sentenced at 9.00 am on November 13, 2009, by Mark D, Lytle. Your client, Mrs. Aisha Buhari was specifically mentioned in the judgment. The judge referred to Exhibits 36-87 in the following words, for clarification; “See also government exhibits 36-87 (6/26/02 $170,000 wire transfer from account

in Nigeria in the name of Aisha Buhari to an account in the name of The ANJ Group, LLC, identifying “William Jefferson” as Beneficiary)… Given the age of the defendant, the severity of the sentence calculated by the probation office, the defendant’s frequent travel overseas and unexplained wire transfers from overseas locations to financial accounts used by the defendant, the defendant cannot rebut the presumption at sentencing that he is a risk of flight.

Staff of Caverton Helicopters on industrial strike over alleged delay and discrimination in salary payment between expatriates and Nigerians at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos… on Wednesday.

Tinubu to Melaye: Something will happen if you dare beat my wife Akinjide Akintola

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All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has warned the Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye of dire consequences if he dared to beat up his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, representing Lagos Central. This is coming as Senators from Lagos State blasted Melaye for harassing a female Senator in the hallow chambers, insisting that they would defend their colleague as they are not lilylivered. There were reports on Tuesday that Melaye threatened to beat up Senator Ti-

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nubu during a closed-door session of the Senate, a fallout of debate on the forgery case instituted against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, and two others by the Federal Government. Trouble had reportedly started when Senator Tinubu strongly expressed disapproval of the tactics canvassed by Melaye, who was said to have advocated commencing impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari in order to make the Executive soft pedal on the trial.

But in his reaction, Asiwaju Tinubu threatened to deal with Dino Melaye if he took any negative attack against his wife, adding that from now on: “it is downhill for him (Malaye)”. The former Lagos governor who spoke through his media aide, Sunday Dare, who wrote on his Twitter handle @gebusites, that: “And if Dino thinks nothing will happen if he dares beats up another Senator, then he must be living in a fools paradise. “Things will happen. Dino Melaye sunk to the lowest ever today.

“From this point, it is downhill for him. A disgrace to the Senate of the Republic”, he wrote. Meanwhile, Senators representing Lagos State have decried the attack by Melaye on their colleague from the state, Oluremi, lambasting Melaye for using vulgar language against Tinubu’s wife. “We deplore in very strong terms the use of abusive, threatening, uncouth, vulgar and un-parliamentary language by any senator against any other senator, particularly our female colleagues”, they said.

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the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Hon. Tope Olayonu, has said that it would be very difficult to implement 40 percent of the 2016 budget. Olayonu made this declaration during an interview with newsmen in Ilorin, Kwara State. The law-maker represents Ifelodun/Offa Oyun Federal Constituency of Kwara State in lower chamber of the National Assembly. He insisted that “with the economic situation of the country, we know it will be very difficult for us to have 40 per cent implementation of the 2016 budget. That is the reality. We don’t need to fool Nigerians. “The reality is that we cannot implement 40 per cent of the budget. If anybody tells you anything different, it is a lie. Even Mr. President himself cannot say it”. Olayonu wondered where President Muhammadu Buhari would raise N6 trillion given the economic situation of the country.

Adamawa govt debunks alleged diversion of 70 trucks of IDPs grains Tom Garba Yola

ÏÏÏ The Governor of Adamawa State, Hon. Muhammadu Umaru Jibrilla Bindow, has distance himself from alleged diversion of 70 trucks of maize and rice sent to the state for internally displaced persons (IDPs). The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mathias Yohanna, who posted a press release in his Facebook wall confirmed to that the story was connected to a Honorable Member representing Madagali in the state House of Assembly, Hon. Emmanuel Tsandu. Statement accused Tsandu of purporting a misguided information without thorough investigation.

In the statement Matthias stressed and said: “It is pertinent therefore to draw his attention and that of general public to the basic truth. All assistance from the Federal Government to IDPs comes through NEMA and not just direct to SEMA as being alleged. “The Adamawa State Government through its SEMA did not receive a single truck of rice from the Federal Government as its agent in this case. Rather what happened was that all the states that benefited from that assistance from the Federal Government had ministers and members of the National Assembly as committee members liaising with NEMA officials for onward distribution.

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President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the security situation has improved in the country since he took over the mantle of leadership. He said that it would continue to improve under his leadership. The President stated this on Wednesday in Wanke village in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State during a oneday working visit. He expressed confidence in the ability of the Nigerian security agencies to contain any form of terrorism in any part of the country. He also said that the Federal Government, through its microeconomic and monetary policies of the Central Bank, would soon revitalise the nation’s economic sector. Buhari said that a part of his visit to the state was to encourage the military that were currently in the state for the 2016 Nigerian Army Day celebration. He said that this year’s event was aimed partly to root out cattle rustlers and armed bandits in the state, as well as in neighbouring states of Kaduna, Kebbi, Katsina and Sokoto. Earlier, Governor Abdul’Aziz Yari, said that Buhari had rekindled the hopes of Nigerians through his policies and programmes. “In order to complement the

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Security situation has improved, says Buhari

L-R: Specialist, SME Segment, Etisalat Nigeria, Olufemi Oguntimehin; Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Dr. Austin Tam George and General Manager, Enterprise Development Centre, Wale Anifowose at the Port Harcourt Market Access Forum organised by the Enterprise Development Centre, Pan Atlantic University sponsored by Etisalat Nigeria in Port Harcourt… on Wednesday.

Federal Government’s efforts to address security issues in the state, more access roads have been opened to ease the operations of security agents.

“It is only when the fight against criminals is won that the state’s economy can improve,”Yari said. He appealed to the Federal

Government to continue to come up with meaningful programmes that would be replicated by the states for the benefit of Nigerians.

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Kwara State House of Assembly has approved the state government’s request to access the Federal Government Budget Support Facility (BSF) loan. It gave the unanimous approval after the Speaker, Dr Ali Ahmad, read the Governor’s message on the request during an emergency plenary. With the approval, the state government is free to access not more N1.3 billion whenever there was a shortfall in the state monthly allocation The monthly loan is aimed at assisting the state government from performing its obligations if there is a sudden drop in monthly allocation from the

Federal Government. The governor in his message said the Federal Government had put in place a fiscal sustainability action plan to be adopted and implemented by intending states The message added that in order to access the proposed budget support facility the approval of the state Assembly was needed. He added that the Federal Ministry of Finance had identified and negotiated with potential lenders and had formally convened an offer of a total sum of N14.16 billion to support the Kwara State Government The loan, according to the Governor’s message would be made available in three tranches. “This facility when accessed will give Kwara State Govern-

Army confirms ÏÏÏThe Nigerian Army has said that 25 bodies of Boko Hacasualty of ram terrorists had been recovered after troops of 119 Task Kangarwa Force Battalion stationed in Kangarwa northern Born repelled attack an attack on Tuesday night.

ment a relief in the implementation of its policies and programmes”, the message said. The governor urged the House to provide a resolution authorising the state Executive Council to access the BSF loan. Ahmad said through the BSF, the Federal Government would make N90 billion available for all the 36 states to bridge the lack of funds to support the budget. He said that the state government would be able to access N1.3 billion wherever the state allocation dropped. He said the loan was to cushion the effect financial challenges being experienced in the state. Ahmad added that payment of workers’ salaries must be the priority of the government whenever the fund was ac-

This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by acting Army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman. According to the statement, the attack which started at about 6:30 p.m. was successfully repelled after about three hours of

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Federal Government has said that it would reimburse Zamfara State Government N57 billion, soon. President Muhammadu Buhari made the promise in Wanke, Zamfara on Wednesday when he inaugurated some roads constructed by Zamfara Government. “I have known Governor Abdulaziz Yari as one of the performing governors who has made landmark achievements and l hope he will sustain this to bring more development to the state.” He said that the state government had spent over N57 billion in the reconstruction of some federal roads in the state, assuring that modalities were being worked out to reimburse the state. He said the journey to fix Nigeria was still in earnest “which is why we will continue to execute the war against corruption and recover stolen public funds to be put to correct use”, the President said.

Amosun sacks commissioner over misconduct

Kwara Assembly grants govt’s loan request Kehinde Akinpelu Ilorin

FG to refund N57bn to Zamfara govt

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cessed. The House Leader, Hassan Oyeleke, said the request was not only meritorious but timely, because it was meant to address salary issue.

exchange of heavy gunfire that inflicted tremendous casualty on the terrorists. It stated that one gallant soldier paid the supreme price, while 11 others were wounded in action and one of the unit’s gun truck was badly damaged.

ment has announced the immediate removal of the Commissioner IV in the State Civil Service Commission, Mr. Ebenezer Oluwole Olubena. In a release signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Barrister Taiwo Adeoluwa and made available to newsmen, it directed Olubena to hand over all government property and documents in his possession to the Permanent Secretary at the Commission immediately. According to the two paragraph press release, he was relieved of his appointment for “misconduct and in accordance with the extant laws”.

“As at this morning, the troops counted 25 bodies of the Boko Haram terrorists and recovered two rocket propelled grenades 7 (RPG 7) tubes, a 60mm mortar tube, two machine guns, 12 AK47 rifles and one light machine gun.

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Government and politics have been unkind to Nigeria Police Force – ex CP Frank Odita Nduka Uzuakpundu It is an aberration to call the army – alongside other arms of the Nigerian military, to fight the terrorist activities of Boko Haram. It’s as if the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), whose primary constitutional duty is the maintenance of internal peace, amongst others, does not exist. That the army is so engaged – in an unconventional conflict – in the north-east of the country, is an indictment of the Nigerian government on how, for well over 45 years, the men and officers of the NPF have been criminally starved of funds to perform their security obligations – and the extent of unrelieved neglect of the agency. It’s as if, again, since 1966, the military had plotted a coup against the NPF. A former head of the Public Relations Department of the NPF (Force Headquarters, Abuja) and retired Commissioner of Police, Chief Frank Odita, said that the degree of neglect of the NPF was an index of large-scale corruption, unsound governance under which the country now groans. He has, therefore, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to recognise the NPF as the premier security agency of the country, as far as internal security was concerned, and should be funded properly, so that its operatives would be motivated to perform well its statutory duties. “To do otherwise would be disastrous for the country. Bear in mind that her population is well on the rise: she’s, indeed, one of the ten most populous countries in the world – and as unemployment soars, especially amongst the products of tertiary institutions, there’s a strong likelihood, that the frequency of crime might be ambitious. There’s, therefore, a binding need, to inject a generous amount of funds into the NPF. That should go into the acquisition of crime-fighting equipment, welfare, intelligence gathering, so as to ready the police for urban terrorism by mainly unemployed university graduates, capacity-building inform

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of continuous training and upgrading and equipping all the institutions of the NPF, and an aggressive – if guarded, engagement of new operatives, so as to help the current, if abysmally wide ratio of the NPF to the rest of the population.” In fine, Odita was of the view that “the answer to the problem of the NPF is that if you do not recruit the right calibre of people, equip them properly and pay them well, you would not get the right result”. He said that government and politics had been unkind to the NPF, but, even so “every politician wants an oper-

ative of the NPF as a bodyguard – either standing behind him at a public function or seated in front of his posh car, whenever he ventures out of his residence, but when it comes to helping the welfare of the agency, to which he belongs, the same politicians will say the policemen are corrupt.” And Odita asked: “Why do you neglect the policeman, who cares so much about you – the security man who can face the bullet, so that you the politician or top government official is not hurt?” He observed that the same

brave policemen are still quartered in very squalid environment, as in Obalende, in Lagos – not too far from Kam Salem House, on Moloney Street. The Obalande Barracks, Odita recalled, was built probably in the 1930s or ’40s, in which case, it ought, by now, to have been given a befitting face-lift, as a sign of care on the part of the Federal Government and motivation for the tenants there. It was because of the indefensible neglect of the men and officers of the NPF – and the attendant instances of some grievous crimes, like bank robbery and kidnapping, which is quite common, nowadays, being committed, with the hands behind them escaping unscathed – and much to the worsening of public peace and security, Odita observed, that the Lagos State Government, had made it a part of its security architecture to provide, annually, the Police Command with an impressive number of patrol vehicles and sophisticated anti-crime gadgets. Although Odita is in support of the Lagos State Government’s generous intervention – not necessarily because it’s for the good of those he’s left behind in the NPF, he said the security imperative was quite compelling. That, too, he said, was yet a demonstration of the

Federal Government’s neglect of the police force, for, as he put it: “The NPF is an agency of the Federal Government, which is why it’s known as the Nigeria Police Force; not the police force of any state; not even Lagos. It presupposes that if the Lagos State Government had not engaged the State Command of the NPF, so strategically, and in a sustainable manner, it’s likely that it would have been helpless – at the risk of a high rate of crimes that would make the state unfriendly to tax-yielding and employment-generating businesses to thrive. Where the Federal Government has failed the men and officers of the NPF, the Lagos State Government has come to their rescue”. The Buhari administration, in Odita’s estimation, should be a turning point in the affairs of the NPF; a time to stop its neglect. As the din subsides, in the war against Boko Haram, he said that it may interest Abuja to restore dignity and pride to the NPF, in that there were brains in the NPF that could be engaged in nationbuilding: the promotion of the country’s democratic institutions, crime control and steeling of public peace and safety. Odita is, perhaps, right, in that the current skipper of the Economic and Financial Crimes CONTINUED ON PAGE 20

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NPF is the premier security agency of the country Commission (EFCC) – Ibrahim Mustafa Magu – is a respected product of the NPF. He’s the man behind the tedious job of fighting corruption that is threatening the orderly progress of sustainable human development of this country. The police force, whence he was extracted to fight today’s astronomical, deep-rooted corruption, should be saluted. The Buhari administration is evidently pleased to have him as an ally in its campaign against graft. Besides, a crushing majority of the cases of gargantuan corruption – all in billions of Naira – that have been unearth by the EFCC, Odita observed, were by politicians and their accomplices either in government or the private sector; not by the officers and men of the NPF. Perhaps, it may interest the Buhari administration, as Odita rightly offered, to inject a highly visible amount of all recovered stolen public funds – at least 30 per cent, say – to meet the needs of the men and officers of the

long-neglected NPF; after all, it’s a policeman – Ibrahim Mustafa Magu – who’s behind the revealing investigations. Add the fact that the NPF has in its ranks individuals who have excelled in international assignments, like the United Nations peace-keeping missions in the Balkans, the Congo and East Africa – such that they were given awards, and, so, made the country proud. Which is why, the NPF, as poorly funded and equipped, presently, is one of the weakest links in the country’s democracy. Still, it was in his ambitious effort to correct the erroneous impression that the Nigerian public had of the police force that – in his heyday, as the head of Public Relations Department (Force Headquarters, Abuja), when a supportive Mr. Aliyu Ibrahim Attah was the Inspector-General – Odita had a slogan boldly inscribed in his office to the effect that: “If you hate the police, when next you are attacked, call a thug!” Then, Odita had a good rapport with the Nigerian media, to the extent that,

with a generous dose of well-designed public relations frills fed into the activities of the NPF, there was a new, promising perception of the force. One of the leading historians of the NPF, who has a good diction and command of the English language – he could be mistaken for an ex-broadcaster of the conservative school – Odita recalled that the NPF was the mother of all other security forces in the country: “The army was born out of the Ulster Constabulary of the Nigeria Police Force, which was an arm of the West African Frontier Force (WAFF), during World War II. Every other service was created out of the NPF. The State Security Service (SSS), now known as the Department of State Security (DSS), used to be the Special Branch of the Nigeria Police Force, before it was excised – in the ’70s – and named the National Security Organisation (NSO).

erty dealer for helping to protect his landed property in the area. He told investigators that the gun shot protective charm was specially prepared for him by an herbalist in Ijebu -Isiwo, Ogun State to save him from gunshots of land “I was initiated into Eiye Confraternity in 1996 by Banji Omisore and later in 1997 I was promoted as its topmost leader after the death of Omisore. “We are eight member cult groups. We meet very early in the morning or late at night. I was arrested sometime ago by Spe-

cial Anti–Robbery Squad when my cult group caused mayhem in Jakande Estate, inflicting injuries on passers-by in the area,” he disclosed. Arrested alongside Awalebi were Michael Thompson (24), Adegoke Adeleke (30), Kehinde Adebogun (31), Ghanaian Koffi Kwame (17), Daniel Olayiwola (36) and Tosin Issac (26); they all confessed to be members of Eiye Confraternity. While confirming the arrest, the image maker of Lagos Police Command, Superintendent of Police, SP Dolapo Badmus,

warned parents and guardians to be wary of their children and wards’ behaviors. “Charity begins at home, but this should not end there. Parents should help police to tackle cultism in their respective localities. They should endeavor to report to the nearest police station around them if they suspect movements of their children, this will help the Police to nip the cultism in the bud,” she advised. The cult suspects have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigative Department (SCID), Panti for prosecution.

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Bullets cannot penetrate my body, boasts cultist Oguntade Ismaila The leader of cult group who was arrested over the weekend by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command in Jakande Estate, Ajah, a Lagos suburb, has boasted that no amount of gun – shot can penetrate his body. The cult suspect, Andrew Awalebi, 35, who belonged to Eiye Confraternity, was arrested on Friday morning at a beer parlor in company of three other cult members around 8:00 a.m.

Please read the concluding part of this revealing interview on our website, www.dailytimes.ng

The group of suspected cultists

Two other members of the cult group, Adegoke Adeleke (30), Kehinde Adebogun (31), were also picked up early Saturday morning at an hotel in Ikorodu. Awalebi, from Ilaje Local Government, Ondo State was given out by Michael Thompson of the same Eiye Confraternity to head the cult group. Thompson was arrested a night before for robbery in National Stadium Surulere, Lagos. Awalebi, who disclosed that he worked with a popular land owner in Lekki stated that he earns N40,000 monthly from the prop-

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HALELUYAH COVENANT OF BLESSING CHERUBIM & SERAPHIM CHURCH This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for Registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matter Act 1990. Board of Trustee 1) Ajayi Ola 2) Salawu Abimbola Deborah 3) Oyenpemi Biodun 4) Odetade,Lateef T. 5) Ajayi Florence Omolayo 6) Ogunsiji Gabriel Muyide 7) Afolabi Dele Michael AIMS AND OBJECTIVE 1) To preach the word of God 2) To set therefore captives free and to help less privilege and the widow with the word of God 3) To carry out soul winning evangelism through the use of literature, tracts, magazine worldwide 4) To establish and set up resource centers which shall includes people of all races and enlighten them in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication. Signed: Akinyele Olaide (08068067603)

AUTONOMOUS ANIOMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 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 Name: 1. UBAKA BENJAMIN NWAONYE 2.CHARLES OKONJI. 3.ODILI IFEANYI KENNETH 4.SAMSON OFIEN Aims and Objectives: 1 To promote social cultural activities and good image representation 2.to create enabling environment for skills acquisition 3.To promote grassroots education, sports and eradication of all forms of social vices among the youths. 4.To promote Agricultural youth engagement ,welfare and charitable packages at the grassroot level. 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

EZINWANNE SISTERS FORUM The General Public is hereby notified that the above named has applied for registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE 1. MRS. ONYEHARA ROSE OSOCHI -CHAIRMAN 2. MRS. AZONOBI EGO FELICIA - SECRETARY 3. MRS. EGBOCHUE . O. EMALIA JOHNSON 4 MRS. OBIGWE NKIRU 5 MRS. ONLIOHA STELLA .N. 6 CHIEF (MRS.) UGBOAJA IFEYINWA CHINYERE AIM AND OBJECTIVES AR To protect the interest of members in the society Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420 Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed: TRUSTEES

ASSOCIATION OF OGUN HAULAGE AGENTS AND REVENUE COLLECTOR The general public is hereby notified that the above named ASSOCIATION has applied to the Corporate affairs commission Abuja for registration under the part C of the companies and allied matters Act 199 0.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE 1. To preach the word of God throughout the world 2. To win soul for Christ 3. To deliver people from bondage

The Trustees Are: 1. Jagun Abiodun - Chairman 2. Osoba Suliamon - Sec. 3. Prince Adebiyi O Olasupo -Member 4. Hon Ayeyemi Olaoluwa - Member. 5. Adelotan Yaya - Member 6. Ayodele Michael - Member. 7. Hon Adegoke Oke - Member. 8. Engineer Prince M. B . A. Folarin JP - Member. 9. Ayotunde Ayilara - Member. 10. Hon Shorinmade Ebenezer - Member.

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

Aim And Objective: 1. To check mate the activities of the members. Any objections to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar general corporate Affairs commission plot 420 tigris crescent off aguiyi ironsi street maitama Abuja within 28days from the date of this publication.

Signed: TRUSTEES

Signed: Trustees.

THE TRUSTEES ARE 1. DIETANURU OGHENERO OJEGBA 2. DAVID OLISURU ODJEGBA 3. ODUSANYA ADE DADA MARGARET

OGANIRU UNITED BROTHERS CLUB.

HIS MINISTRY WORLDWIDE

This is to inform the general public that the above Named CLUB has applied for Registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matter Act 1990.

This is to inform the general public that the above Named MINISTRY has applied for Registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matter Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) UZU Donatus Sunday - President. (2) MMADU Francis Obinna. (3) OGBU Joseph Friday - Secretary.

The Trustees Are: (1) CHIMDIEBERE BUDDY (2) IKECHUKWU TOCHUKWU VINCENT (3) EZEADIN CHERISH BLESSING (4) CHIMDIEBERE NDIDI FAVOUR

Aims and ObjectIves: (1) To promote and to protect the interest of members. (2) To render assistance to members. (3) To foster unity among members.

Aim/Objective: (1) To propagate the gospel of Christ (2) To promote evangelism

ANY OBJECTION TO THISSHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION,420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, P.M.B 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION.

SIGNED: President/Secretary.

Signed: Trustees.

THE MISHPAKHA FOUNDATION

AWGBU ELITES ASSOCIATION OJO-ALABA LAGOS STATE

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 ASSOCIATION 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. Mr. Olufemi George Akande 2. Mrs. Adurayemi Deborah Akande. Aims And Objectives: 1. To strengthen families through learning, education and research 2. To help families transfer their values across multiple generations ANY OBJECTION TO THISSHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION,420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, P.M.B 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. Signed: Trustees.

The Trustees Are: 1. Ewii Tochukwu - Chairman 2. Nwuche Chijioke - Vice Chairman 3. Mbala Chukwuemeka - Secretary 4. Nwuche Okwudili - Member 5. Okeke Ifeanyi Peter - Member 6. Onwukaike Uche - Member Aims And Objectives: 1. To foster unity among members and advocate brotherly love towards one another and humanity. 2. To promote the image, interest and integrity of the club and strengthen the general progress and welfare of the members and the general public. 3. To cultivate brotherly love among the members of the club. ANY OBJECTION TO THISSHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION,420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, P.M.B 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. Signed: Anthony Okechukwu, Esq. Solicitor 08038778254

ASSOCIATION OF ROAD TRANSPORTERS IN APAPA

SALVATION AND PRAISE PROPHETIC DELIVERANCE MINISTRY

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named has applied for registration with the corporate Affairs Commission Abuja under part C of the companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE 1. MR AGUNBIADE KILANI OLANTUNBOSUN - CHAIRMAN 2. MR. FASHOLA SULAIMON - VICE- CHAIRMAN 3. MR. IBRAHIM TUNDE ZUBAIR - FIN. SECRETARY 4 MR. RAUFU AZEEZ ABIODUN - TREASURER

THE TRUSTEES ARE 1. PASTOR MRS OSAGIE GLORY UYI - GENERAL OVERSEER 2. MR. ILETI FESTUS OBOSAYE - SECRETARY 3. MR. OYENIYI JOHN - TREASURER 4 MR. ADEGBILE BENJAMIN OLAOLU

AIM AND OBJECTIVE To promote unity and progress among members

AIM AND OBJECTIVE To preach the word of God

Signed: TRUSTEES

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OKA IGBO N’IGBO EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION.

WORDFOUNDATION SUPER LIFE CHURCH

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

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

TRUSTEES 1. MRS. CHIMANMA NINA RUSH WORTH -MOORE. - NGO FOUNDER 2. MRS. AMARA CHETENNE BADGUJA 3. MISS OLUBUSOLA AJAYI-BEMBE 4. MISS HAFSAT OSAMUYI OMAMOFE BELO-OSAGIE

Trustees 1. PATRICK KEN OMEJE 2. MRS UCHE IDOKO 3. IKEM PETER OMEJE

TRUSTEES 1 PASTOR MARK GREGWOOD OGU - CHAIRMAN 2 CHIOMA SUSAN EGBUCHULAM - VICE CHAIRLADY 3 ODUGA OMOLOLU VICTOR - GENERAL SECRETARY

Aim and objective 1. To help the less privilegde in society

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE 1 To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ 2 To prepare the saint for Rapture 3 To make disciples for the Kingdom.

Aim and objective 1. To ensure illitracy is combated and stamped out. Any objection to the Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar general, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed. Secretary

ASSOCIATION OF INDIAN BOREHOLE DRILLERS OF OYO STATE This is to inform the general public that the above named organization has applied for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990 The trustees are: MAHENDER REDDYBEMMADI PRABHAKAR REDDYGUNAMGARI REDDY MEKALA SHIVA RAJ AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To protect the interest of members. To promoteseamless integration of members into thesociety. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, 420, Tigris crescent, off AguiyiIronsi Street, Maitama Abuja, within 28 days of this publication. SIGNED: EYITAYO ADESUYI EYITAYO ADESUYI & CO. LEGAL PRACTITIONERS Plot 1 & 2 ALESHINLOYE LAYOUT, FRIN ROAD ALESHINLOYE, IBADAN

CALVARY OF MERCY SALVATION MINISTRY THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR CHANGE OF IT TRUSTEES UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990. TRUSTEE 1. Elder Joseph Adebayo Olatunde 2.Evangelist Adeleke Adetola 3. Mrs Abosede Esther Olawoyin 4. Olatoye Mobolaji Kemi 5. Fadairo Oluwasogo- Oluwabanjo 6. Pastor (Mrs) Busayo Rebecca Ajayi 7. Pastor Julius Kayode Ajayi

Any objection to the Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar general, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed: BARR. UZOMAH IBEGBULEM UZOMAH IBEGBULEM &CO FLAT 6, YAOUNDE STREET ,WUSE ZONE 6 ABUJA FCT.

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

UDOKANMA SOCIAL CLUB INTERNATIONAL This is to inform the general public that the above named CHURCH has applied for Registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

CALLY & PAUL FOUNDATION This is to inform the general public that the above named ORGANISATION has applied for Registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

The names of the Trustee are: Ugochukwu Abengowe...Chairman Innocent Owujie...Secretary Friday Kanu...member Chima Kanu...Member.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1) OKOLI PAUl .C= president 2) ANYIKA FIDELIS. C= SEC 3) NWOYE CALLISTUS = CHAIRMAN 4) OKOLI JOSEPHAT .U= LEGAL ADVISER.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. To bring businessmen and professionals together for the purpose of meeting humanitarian needs of the less privilege in the society. 2. To foster the spirit of oneness and unity among its members.

Aims: Cally &Paul foundation is a non profit, voluntary org. Committed to the defense of life by offering health assistance especially to the less privileged in the society who cannot afford the cost of medical treatment. Believers christian family int’l home of champions church. Names of trustees Ohanme dominic azubuike. Ohanme okwukwe prosper. Aims/obj. To preach the word of God to all nation. .

Any objection to the Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar general, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. SIGNED: PREVAILING HANDS TTORNEY 08066219842

INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

AMALGAMATED BAGS & SHOES SELLERS ASSOCIATION, LAGOS. CAC/IT/ NO.39409

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

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ASSOCIATION HAS APPLIED TO CAC FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

TRUSTEE 1. Nnimmo Bassey (Chairman) 2. Olumide Idowu(Secretary) 3.Esther Agba rakwe (Member) 4. Oluwaseun Onigbinde(Member) 5. Scholastica Ekpali (Member)

THE OLD TRUSTEES: 1. MR FEBIAN ENUIOHA-REMOVED 2. MR OBINNA OZOUWA-REMOVED 3. MR. WILFRED ORJIAKOR-RETAINED 4. MR. EPHRAIM EKEJUBA- REMOVED 5. MR. EPHRAIM MGBENWELU- REMOVED 6. MR. FELIX OKWUOSA-REMOVED 7. MR. MATTHEW NWAJIOHA- REMOVED.

Aims To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. 2. To help the needy. 3. To assist the widows and the orphans .

AIMS 1. Seeks to identify with key climate basic issues affecting development in other to build a climate that will be beneficial to Africa. 2. To conduct research & improvise solution to erosion, desertification & ozone layer for the the enhancement of productivity of mankind.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME. ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL CAC, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED Barr Uduebor O. Solomon 08036411184

SIGNED: SECRETARY.

DELFARM SONGHAI AGRICULTURE & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED INITIATIVE HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990. TRUSTEES. 1. PIUS EKWULUGO. - CHAIRMAN \ PRESIDENT 2. EMMANUEL OKOLI. - SECRETARY 3. FADEKEMI OKOLI. - TREASURER Aim and objectives 1. To help and generate training programme for self-employment of women and educated unemployed people 2. To undertake research and apply development technology increasing agricultural production,Creating employment, Eradicating poverty and bringing overall development of the economy. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. Signed ; SECRETARY

NEW GARKI PROPERTY AGENTS ASSOCIATION

LOSS OF DOCUMENT.

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.

This is to inform the general public that the offer of Right Of Occupancy in the name of KWAPCHI ESTHER STEVENSON in respect of plot NO.404, Cadastral zone BO2, Durumi District Abuja with file no. 10225 is lost. All effort to recover the original prove abortive.

The Trustees are : 1. James Etta Odu 2. Alexander Umezuruike 3. Peter Moses Ewoko Ogah 4. Peter Dauda 5. Ahamed Garba 6. Francis Chukwudi Isaac The Aim and objective: 1. To promote mutual understanding, love, brotherhood and unity among all her members. Any objection to this registration must reach the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed: Jimmy & Jimmy Associates.

WINDING UP : WINDING UP:

PEACE & DIPLOMACY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

BLUE CRESCENT SCHOOLS LIMITED (In Liquidation) COMPANIES WINDING-UP RULES, SECTION 468, 470 CAMA

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

TAKE NOTICE that in pursuance of Section 468 and 470 of CAMA, an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of Blue Crescent Schools Limited will be held at No. 6 Bakura Road, Sokoto, Sokoto State on the 8th day of August, 2016 at10:00am, transact the following business:

Trusted are 1. Fulani Dele Ola. - President 2. Fulani iyabode Deborah. - Secretary 3. opeyemi balogun

Agenda 1.To lay before the meeting the final Account of the Liquidator’s acts and dealings and the conduct of the Winding Up during the period.

Aim and objectives 1. To promote Regional and intercultural coexistence within and between segregated communitiesTo promote peaceful coexistence through peace education and to create and provide peaceful means for political & economic conflict reconciliation. 2. To Advocate for strong Diplomatic relations among countries To strengthen Nigeria Diplomatic relations among others

2.To provide explanation regarding the contents of the accounts as may be required. Dated 24th day of June, 2016 BY ORDER OF THE LIQUIDATOR MBANEFO IKWEGBUE Liquidator

THE NEWLY APPOINTED TRUSTEES ARE; 1. MR. ORJIAKOR WILFRED 2. NDUKWU AUGUNUS 3.OGBONNA CHRISTOPHER 4. KELECHI SUNDAY 5. LAZARUS EBUBE 6. PATRICK UDEANYIM 7. KENNETH UDENYI.

Signed. HON. J .A. DANGANA. AMALGAMATED BAGS & SHOES SELLERS ASSOCIATION, LAGOS. CAC/IT/ NO.39409 THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ASSOCIATION HAS APPLIED TO CAC FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE OLD TRUSTEES: 1. MR FEBIAN ENYIOHA-REMOVED 2. MR OBINNA OZOUWA-REMOVED 3. MR. WILFRED ORJIAKOR-RETAINED 4. MR. EPHRAIM EKEJUBA- REMOVED 5. MR. EPHRAIM MGBENWELU- REMOVED 6. MR. FELIX OKWUOSA-REMOVED 7. MR. MATTHEW NWAJIOHA- REMOVED. THE NEWLY APPOINTED TRUSTEES ARE; 1. MR. ORJIAKOR WILFRED 2. NDUKWU AUGUNUS 3.OGBONNA CHRISTOPHER 4. KELECHI SUNDAY 5. LAZARUS EBUBE 6. PATRICK UDEANYIM 7. KENNETH UDENYI.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME. ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPLICATION 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 Rose

SIGNED: SECRETARY.

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EXCELLENT UNITED BROTHERS AND SISTERS SOCIAL CLUB This is to inform the general public that the above named CLUB has applied for Registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990. Trustees 1 OJIAKO CHIDI ZANNETI 2. JOHN OKHUMHODE 3. ETTA JOSEPH OJONG 4. IBOGO DOMINIC 5. ITSENEGBEMHE ELIZABETH 6. WILLIAMS CHINOSO DANIEL Aim and objectives 1. To bring together and promote Love , Prosperity , cooperation and mutural understanding among friends residents in abuja 2. To promote and protect the general welfare of our member’s Any objection to the Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar general, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed; WILLIAMS CHINOSO DANIEL SECRETARY

JAMAHIYAT BARAKATUL ISTIJABAH SOCIETY OF NIGERIA. This is to inform the General Public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. Alhaji Majekodunmi Muftau Albarika. CHAIRMAN 2. Mrs Shasore Ramota Adunni SECRETARY 3. Mrs Sekoni Mutiat Abeje. 4. Mr Shasore Ibrahim 5. Mr Majekodunmi Azeez. 6. Mr Majekodunmi Mustapha Olamilekan. THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE IS:To propagate Islamic

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WARFARE PRAYER MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL The general public is hereby notified that the above named MINISTRY has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990. THE NAMES OF TRUSTEES ARE:(1) Rev Kolawole Michael Olalere President (2) Anifowose Felicia Folake Treasurer (3) Ogunleye Akintope Abayomi Secretary (4) Falayi Ruth Ajoke Ex-offico (5) Olalere Janet Mosunmola Ex-offico

THE NAMES OF TRUSTEES ARE:1. DR GODWYNS ADE’ AGBUDE 2. MRS JOY SHARON GODWYNS - AGBUDE 3. DR LANRE OLAOLU AMODU 4. MR GIFT EVUEN

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE IS:TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 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

WHITE SWORD INTERNATIONAL 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. BARRISTER TEJUMADE ABIMBOLA OKE 2. OLUFEMI OKE 3. ADENIRAN ALANI ADEDEJI 4. ADEOLA MOTUNRAYO ADEDEJI THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. RESTORING PURITY, INTEGRITY VIRTUES AND GRACE BACK TO BLACK YOUTHS AND TEENS. 2. A PLATFORM FOR RESTORING WAYWARD TEENS BACK TO GOD, BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN TEENS AND PARENTS (ADULTS) 3. CHANGING LIVES, THROUGH EDUCATIONAL AND CHRISTIAN TEACHINGS NETWORKING SYMPOSIUM Any objection to the Registration 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.

SIGNED BY: SECRETARY

Signed By: BARRISTER GRACE TINUADE OLUMOFIN

ALFALLAH ISLAMIC FOUNDATION

NAMES OF TRUSTEES 1. ABDULFATTAH ADENIYI ABDULMAJEED - Founder/Owner 2. SULAIMAN ABDULMAJEED 3. FATIMAH ADEPEJU ABDULMAJEED 4. AKEEM ABIODUN ADEBESO 5. DR. ADEOLA TAWAKALITU KOLA-MUSTAPHA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To preach and teach all aspects of Islam. 2. To organise specialised Islamic courses such as Da’wah and communication, Islamic ) nance, banking and insurance, Arabic and other international languages, hajj and travels, zakat administration, mosque administration, administration of inheritance etc. 3. To improve knowledge of Islam by carrying out research, organise Qur’an and Islamic schools, organise seminars and conferences and production of Islamic materials. Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Maitama District, Abuja, within 28 days of this publication. Signed: OLORI-AJE ADAM, ESQ. (Solicitor)

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST 2. TO RENDER VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING 3. TO RENDER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication SIGNED BY: DR GODWYNS A. AGBUDE

SIGNED BY: SECRETARY

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

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, 2004.

CHARIS FAITH MINISTRY INT’L The general public is hereby notified that the above named MINISTRY has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

ELEGANCE UNITED BROTHERS CLUB.

IGBO YOUTH RENAISSANCE EMPOWERMENT 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 ,1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE:(1) ALI - NWEKE CYPRAIN IKENNA, (3) CHRISTOPHER ISAIAH KENECHI, (5) AMADI UGOCHUKWU JOSHUA, (7) OKORO CHARLES CHINEDU,

(2) ANACHUNA IKENNA EMMANUEL, (4) UDE IMELDA OYIBO, (6) UDUJI OKECHUKWU JOHN, (8) UKAZIM REMIGUS UKAZIM,

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:(1) To promote the welfare and progress of her members. (2) Promotion of good relations among the Igbo youths and between them and youths of other tribes. (3) To foster the economic advancement of the Igbo youths and maintenance of the highest standards of conduct, etiquette and discipline. (4) Creation of schemes for the encouragement and support of the less privileged and incapacitated members and of the society at large. Any objection to the Registration 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. Signed By: SECRETARY

NEW COVENANT THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

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

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

THE NAMES OF TRUSTEES ARE:1. MR. ELIAS CHINAGOROM - Chairman 2. MR. IZUCHUKWU AGUGUA - Vice Chairman. 3. MR. NWACHUKWU PRINCEWILL - Secretary. 4. MR. NWOGARAKU UCHE - Financial Secretary 5. MR. IZUCHUKWU EZEALA. - Treasurer.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. ADEDIRAN JAMES ADEOLU PRESIDENT 2. ADEDIRAN FELICIA KEHINDEOJOAWO VICE PRESIDENT 3. ADEDIRAN MICHEAL ADELEYE 4. ADEDIRAN OLUWATOSIN JOSEPH

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. To cater for the members welfare 2. To promote and protect the interest of members

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE IS:To organise training and seminars for Christians

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: Nwaoha Ugochukwu

AUSTIN INTERCESSORS INTERNATIONAL EVANGELICAL MINISTRY

GRACE FLORENCE MUNIFIENT INITIATIVE FOR SUSTAINABILITY

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, 2004.

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, 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. REV. DR. AUGUSTINE ASIAGWU - President 2. MRS. ANTONIA ASIAGWU - Secretary

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. GRACE FLORENCE MATTHEW - Chairman 2. PASTOR AGBOGUN BAMIDELE OLORUNLOGBO - Secretary 3. MR. OSADEBE AMADI 4. PASTOR LAWRENCE OLADELE

The Trustees Are : 1. Animashaun Aderemi Paul . 2. Akinyele Adebayo. 3. Animashanu Bolanle Rebecca. 4. Odedele Ajibola. 5. Adekunle Obayomi Lumpkin .

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To give succor to the less privileged, both orphans and widows who find things difficult.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : 1. To preach the word of God to mankind.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to all nations. Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Maitama District, Abuja, within 28 days of this publication. Signed: ISAAC ENAMUDU, ESQ. (Solicitor)

DAVID PRAISE DELIVERANCE 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 N0. 1 of 1990.

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Maitama District, Abuja, within 28 days of this publication. Signed: ISAAC ENAMUDU, ESQ. (Solicitor)

DISCLAIMER

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

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

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

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

This is to inform the General Public and particularly the IfiteDunu Progressive Union, Dunukofia L.G.A of Anambra State of Nigeria that: I, Mr. Andrew Chukwurah Nworah, the father of Mr. Ogechukwu Bethel Nworah, hereby disown and disclaim the said Ogechukwu Bethel as my son and a member of Nworah family of extraction. Anybody dealing with him as my son or as a member of Nworah family does so at his or her own risk. He is not entitled to inherit my estate nor take part in my funeral rites in the event of my demise. All my children and the Nworah family as a whole, the Igwe-in council, Ifite-Dunu Progressive Union and the entire Akwa Village of Ifite-Dunu and the General Public to take note.

SIGNED: FEBO MARIE ANDREW SIKIRI (GENERAL OVERSEER)

Signed: Mr. Andrew Chukwurah Nworah

Signed: MR. BASSEY, EDET ITA CHAIRMAN.

THE TRUSTEES ; 1. FEBO MARIE ANDREW SIKIRI - GENERAL OVERSEER. 2. HANSON CHRISTY OBUBELENY - MEMBER. 3. WALCOURT TELEMA DOKIWARI - MEMBER. 4. GODPOWER CYRIL AKURO - MEMBER. AIMS/OBJECTIVES; 1. To preach the gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MR. BASSEY, EDET ITA - CHAIRMAN. 2. MR. ESHIET, UWAKIMA - VICE CHAIRMAN. 3. MR. ETUKUDO, UBONG EFFIONG - SECRETARY AIMS/OBJECTIVE: 1. To promote peace and unity among members. Any objection to the registration shouls be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affaira Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this Publication.

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OGUNSHOLA SAMSON AYOBAMI

MRS. GLORIA IFEYINWA AMACHUKWU

MRS. OGECHI MAUREEN ENEKWE

MRS. INIVE BARISI MBARAGBOR

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. GLORIA IFEYINWA EGWUONWU, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. GLORIA IFEYINWA AMACHUKWU. All former documents remains valid. NIGER INSURANCE PLC, and general public should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. OGECHI MAUREEN EJIKEME, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. OGECHI MAUREEN ENEKWE. All former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. ABEZE INIVE EKETIMO, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. INIVE BARISI MBARAGBOR. All former documents remain valid. NYSC and general public should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, OGUNSHOLA AYOBAMI OLUBAMIWA, now wish to be known and addressed as, OGUNSHOLA SAMSON AYOBAMI . All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as ALOZIE ATURUCHI CYNTHIA, now wish to be known and addressed as IZUAKOLAM TREASURE ATURUCHI . All former documents remain valid. General public should take note .

EZIUKWU NGOZI REJOICE

MRS. THERESA IHEANYICHUKWU

ENI JESSE

OSI PRECIOUS IREJU

I, formerly known and addressed as, EYAM EYUK OBASE, now wish to be known and addressed as, ENI JESSE. All former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, PRECIOUS ONYIJE, now wish to be known and addressed as, OSI PRECIOUS IREJU. All former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

JOHNSON, IDORENYIN SUNDAY

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I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. THERESA NNENNA EKUMA, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. THERESA IHEANYICHUKWU. All former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

MRS. EDITH TASIEOBI

BABANGIDA, DAUDA

MRS. TAMUNOINA RICHARDSON LILLY-WESTT

MMOM GLORIA ADANNE

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I, formerly known and addressed as, AMOS SOLOMON, now wish to be known and addressed as, BABANGIDA, DAUDA. All former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. TAMUNOINA IBAMA, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. TAMUNOINA RICHARDSON LILLY-WESTT. All former documents remains valid. Rivers state ministry of health, Asari-Toru LGA, and general public should take note.

I , formerly known and adrressed as Orlu Gloria Adanne , Now wish to be known and address as Mmom Gloria Adanne. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note

OLAYORI YETUNDE ODUNAYO

PAUL ANEKWE-OKOYE

ATTI ONDOLAYEFA ZIBIDE

ALARI JOHN JUNIOR

This is to let the general public know that I, known and addressed as OLAYORI YETUNDE ODUNAYO is the same person also known and addressed as OLAYORI YETUNDE SARAT. All documents bearing these two names are mine and remain valid. FirstBank of Nigeria, Guarantee Trust Bank, and general public please take note.

I FORMALLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS PAUL OKOYE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS PAUL ANEKWE-OKOYE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

GOLDEN IZZI CIRCLE CLUB OF NIGERIA This is to inform the general public that the above-named Club has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja for registration under part C of the companies and Allied matters Act, 1990 The Trustees Are: (1) MR. NWOFE MICHAEL (2) ANARI BERNAD (3) NWEWE NWABUEZE PHILIP (4) NWIBO PAULINUS (5) ITIGWE SOLOMON THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. To promote the welfare of members 2. To foster unity among members 3. To help the less priviledged Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication Signed by: Barr. Ibeh Ogechukwu Onyeije Nwokeji C/o James C. kwubiri Okpara & Co 42 Ishaga Road ,Atunrashe Bus Stop ,Surulere, Lagos State. 08033563059

YOUTHS IN AFRICA INITIATIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT ADVOCACY 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 OF 1990. TRUSTEES ARE, _ 1 ADEMOLA OLANREWAJU (CHAIRMAN) 2 BIOBELEMABO AYINBA INKO-TARIAH 3 OSEYILI ANENIH, 4 OBASA MOJISOLA, 5 KAYODE JASON ,(SECRETARY ) 6 ADEKOJO AYOBAMI IDRIS, 7 BOMA TENIAYO BESTMAN , AIM AND OBJECTIVES,, I PROMOTE GOOD GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA THROUGH SUPPORT FOR PATRIOTIC CANDIDATES WITH PROVEN PEDIGREE, 2 ADVOCATE RESPECT AND HONOUR FOR NATIONAL SYMBOLS,EMBLEMS AND WRITTEN VALUES,. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED CHAIRMAN,

I FORMALLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ATTI PROMISE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ATTI ONDOLAYEFA ZIBIDE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, formerly known as OKOEMUN JOHN JUNIOR wish to be known and addressed as ALARI JOHN JUNIOR. All former document remain valid, general public please take note.

OLAWALE-OLABANJI OLAIDE ADEPEJU I, formerly known and addressed as OGUNRANTI OLAIDE ADEPEJU, now wish to be known and addressed as OLAWALEOLABANJI OLAIDE ADEPEJU. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note

MRS OKONKWO AMAKA SUSAN I FORMALLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AMOBI AMAKA SUSAN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OKONKWO AMAKA SUSAN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OMENUKO PRINCE EKE I, formerly known and addressed as PRINCE JAMES, now wish to be known and addressed as OMENUKO PRINCE EKE . All former documents remain valid. General public should take note .

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS. FLORENCE UCHEGBULEM, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. FLORENCE HENRY WOKEA . All former documents remain valid. General public should take note

OGOHI ULINANE EDWARD

NWAGWU UCHENNA LIGHT

I, formerly known as DONGARA EDWARD .wish to be known and addressed as OGOHI ULINANE EDWARD. All former document remain valid, general public please take note

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OGUNDELE KEHINDE BOLATITO

IHENETU HENRY EMMANUEL

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I, formerly known and addressed as, IHENETU HENRY ANYIEHIECHUKWU CHIBUEZE, now wish to be known and addressed as, IHENETU HENRY EMMANUEL. All former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

ABDULKAREEM IYABO

AMEH DAVID IBRAHIM

MRS. DAVID AGNES ILEADA

I, formerly known and addressed as IYABO KAREEM, now wish to be known and addressed as ABDULKAREEM IYABO. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note

I, formerly known and addressed as AMEH DAVID ABRAHAM, now wish to be known and addressed as AMEH DAVID IBRAHIM. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note

I, formerly known and addressed as Miss. ABAH AGNES ILEADA, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs. DAVID AGNES ILEADA. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note

AMFORD THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 2004 COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES AMFORD INTERNATIONAL LIMITED RC:603101 NOTICE OF FINAL GENERAL MEETING (PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 468 (1) & (2) OF CAMA 2004) NOTICE OF FINAL GENERAL MEETING

J & E INTEGRATED MACHINERY LIMITEDRC: 129418 THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 2004 COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES J & E INTEGRATED MACHINERY LIMITED NOTICE OF FINAL GENERAL MEETING (PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 468 (1) & (2) OF CAMA 2004)

Notice is hereby given in pursuance to section 468 (1) & (2) of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2004 that a general meeting of the members of the above named Company will be held at the registered address of the Company at 9 Dan Agundi Street, Sharada Phase1,Kano ,Kano State at 8 am on 17th day ofAUGUST 2016 for the purpose of having an account laid before them showing the manner in which the winding up has been conducted and the property of the Company disposed off and hearing any explanation that may be given by the liquidator. Thank you.

NOTICE OF FINAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given in pursuance to section 468 (1) & (2) of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2004 that a general meeting of the members of the above named Company will be held at the registered address of the Company at 9 Dan Agundi Street, Sharada Phase 1, Kano Kano State at 10 am on17th day of AUGUST 2016 for the purpose of having an account laid before them showing the manner in which the winding up has been conducted and the property of the Company disposed off and hearing any explanation that may be given by the liquidator. Thank you.

Yours Faithfully, For: Amford International ILimited

Yours Faithfully, For: J & E Integrated Machinery Limited

SIGNED: Uhabia Ojike (Liquidator) AMFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD 9 Dan AgundiStreet,Sharada Phase 1, Kano State (RC: 603101)

The general public is hereby notified that the above named CLUB has applied to the Corporate affairs commission Abuja for registration under the part C of the companies and allied matters act 199 0.

The general public is hereby notified that the above named CHURCH has applied to the Corporate affairs commission Abuja for registration under the part C of the companies and allied matters act 199 0.

TRUSTEES: 1. ANAYO JUDE ESOME- CHAIRMAN 2. NSOFOR CHRISTAIAN OYEKA- VICE CHAIRMAN 3. AKUBUO DAVID UCHE- ASSISTANT SECRETARY 4. OBINNA OGBONNA- PROVOST 5. ANACHUNA CHIGBO JOEL- TREASURER 6. OKECHUKWU OKORONKWO- FINICIAL SECRETARY 7. MBAMAH EKEH ALEX- SECRETARY.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.Nsikak Samuel Moses -President. 2.Udoh Robert Umoh - Vice President. 3.Sunday Okon Amande - Secretary. 4.Elizabeth Daniel Etukidem- Treasurer.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

MRS. FLORENCE HENRY WOKEA

GBAKAAN LUNEN JOSHUA I, formerly known and addressed as GBAKAAN JOSHUA now wish to be known and addressed as GBAKAAN LUNEN JOSHUA . All former documents remain valid. General public should take note .

ABIOLA OLUBUKOLA RASAQ

THE HEIRS OF GOD CHURCH.

Any objections to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar general corporate Affairs commission plot 420 tigris crescent off aguiyi ironsi street maitama Abuja within 28days from the date of this publication.

I, formerly known and addressed as JOHNSON, HOPE SUNDAY now wish to be known and addressed as JOHNSON, IDORENYIN SUNDAY . All former documents remain valid. General public should take note

XX I, formerly known and addressed as NWAGWU UCHENNA BOBIANO now wish to be known and addressed as NWAGWU UCHENNA LIGHT . All former documents remain valid. General public should take note .

I, formerly known and addressed as ABIOLA OLUBUKOLA VINCENT, now wish to be known and addressed as ABIOLA OLUBUKOLA RASAQ. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note

TRINITY SOCIAL CLUB OF NIGERIA.

AIMS & OBJECTIVES : 1. TO BRING SUCCOR TO HUMANITY 2. TO HELP IN THE SOCIOECONOMIC WELLBEING OF ITS MEMBERS. 3. TO PROMOTE FAIRNESS PEACE & EQUITY IN THE CLUB.

IZUAKOLAM TREASURE ATURUCHI

Aims And Objectives: 1.To Preach The Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ. 2.To Ensure That The Light Of God Shines In The Lives Of Men. Any objections to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar general corporate Affairs commission plot 420 tigris crescent off aguiyi ironsi street maitama Abuja within 28days from the date of this publication. Signed: Secretary.

Uhabia Ojike (Liquidator) Lagos: No 18 Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja Lagos. reg add: No 9 Dan Agundi Street, Sharada Phase 1, Kano, Kano State, (Tel: 08104733984)

GREATER STRIDES ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT 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 TRUSTEES ARE: 1.MR. EZEKIEL MUNACHI ANUMADU 2.MR. ADETAYO ADEREMI DADA 3.MR. IGNATIUS CHUKWUNWEIKE EBIGWAI THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE : 1. TO ENHANCE POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND BOOST CAPACITY BUILDING AMONG WOMEN AND YOUTHS. 2.TO PROVIDE TRAINING FINANCIAL AIDS TO WOMEN AND YOUTHS FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. 3.TO FACILITATE ECONOMIC RESEARCH, HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND SKILL ACQUISITION AMONG YOUTHS AND INDIGENT PERSONS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED : SECRETARY

Daily Times Nigeria Thursday, July 14, 2016

FG’s financial status does not encourage implementation of Constituency projects –SGF Olufemi Samuel Abuja

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to the Government of the Federation ( SGF), David Babachir Lawal, has affirmed to Senators that the implementation of constituency projects they built into the 2016 Budget would have to wait until the finances of the Federal Government improves. The SGF made this known while appearing before the joint committees on Ethics and Privileges, Appropriation and Finance which had summoned him on the issue. He told the Committees that the N6.06 trillion 2016 budget cannot be fully implemented due to drastic shortages in projected revenue earnings. The Senate had summoned the SGF based on an interview he had earlier granted to a national daily (not the Daily Times) in which he said implementation of the Constituency projects in the 2016 Budget may not be possible in the fiscal year due to the pauGIWA KUDIRAT BOLAJI

That I am the same person bearing GIWA BOLAJI ABENI and GIWA KUDIRAT BOLAJI . All former document remain valid. General public should take note ONU JAMES FRANCIS

I was formerly know and addressed as JAMES AJU ONU Now wish to be know and addressed as ONU JAMES FRANCIS .All former document remain valid .General public to take note.

city of funds at the disposal of the Federal Government. He said the newspaper that published his remarks on the issue did not misquote him, adding that the nature of the national economy at the moment arising from consistent shortfall in revenue from oil has necessitated the prioritisation of implementation of projects which had been approved in the 2016 Budget. According to him, projected revenues of government as captured in the 2016 budget have dropped by 50-60 %. He said: “I spoke with the Minister of Budget and Planing this morning and I asked him about the revenue base of the government. We are now receiving about 50 to 60 earnings from what we projected”. He said although the revenue projection by the government in the fiscal year based on oil production stood at 2.2 billion per barrel, whereas oil production has dwindled drastically to less than 800, 000 per barrel. NWANERI BROWN NNEKA RUTH That I am the same person bearing NWANERI NNEKA RUTH and NWANERI BROWN NNEKA RUTH. All former document remain valid .General public should take note

ADAM ZAKAR NASIRU That I am the same person bearing ADAM ZAKAR NASIRU and ADAM ZAKAR NASIRU .All former document remain valid. General public should take note

ALH. ABDULLAH WHITE

DAVID TEMITOPE MARIAM

I was formerly know and addressed as ABDULLAHI SALAWUDEEN OLORI now wish to be know and addressed as ALH. ABDULLAH WHITE .All former document remain valid .General public to take note.

. I was formerly know and addressed as AMINU MARIAM TEMITOPE Now wish to be know and addressed as DAVID TEMITOPE MARIAM .All former document remain valid .General public to take note.

ABIOSE AMINAT OMOWUMI

IDEH DONATUS CHUKWUYEM

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I was formerly know and addressed as GABRIEL CHUKWUYEM GODGIFT Now wish to be know and addressed as IDEH DONATUS CHUKWUYEM .All former document remain valid .General public to take note.

OMOLARA SERAH AKPAN

STEPHEN EJIKE VINCENT

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I was formerly know and addressed as EJIKE NNADIETO Now wish to be know and addressed as STEPHEN EJIKE VINCENT .All former document remain valid .General public to take note.

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AKPATA IBRAHIM COLLINS I formerly and call AKPATA IBRAHIM . That I want to add COLLINS To my NAME .To be know and Addressed as AKPATA IBRAHIM COLLINS. All former document remain valid. General public should take note.

BEKESI OLUTAYO TOKUNBO

IBRAHIM AZEEZAT ADEDOYIN I was formerly know and addressed as AZEEZ AZEEZAT ADEDOYIN Now wish to be know and addressed as IBRAHIM AZEEZAT ADEDOYIN .All former document remain valid .General public to take note.

PUBLIC NOTICE That I am the same person bearing AYODELE BUKOLA TEMITOPE and KILANI BUKOLA TEMITOPE and ADEBAYO BUKOLA TEMITOPE .All former document remain valid. General public should take note.

LAWAL FUNMILAYO

I was formerly know and addressed as AYOADE OLUTAYO TOKUNBO Now wish to be know and addressed as. BEKESI OLUTAYO TOKUNBO .All former document remain valid .General public to take note.

I was formerly know and addressed as .ABEGUNDE FUNMILAYO Now wish to be know and addressed as LAWAL FUNMILAYO .All former document remain valid .General public to take note.

MRS. IBRAHIM DABIRI NIMOTA ABOSEDE

IGBINERE MARY OMOWUMI

I, formerly known and addressed as ‘NIKE EMMANUELLA ALEMERU, now wish to be known and addressed as MORENIKE EMMANUELLA MESEKO. All former documents and certificates bearing my former names remain valid. General public and relevant authorities please take note.

I was formerly known and addressed as MISS OFEIMUN REGINA Now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OKOEBOR REGINA AICHE. All former documents remain valid. General public to take note.

I, formally known and addressed as Itua Juliet Precious now wishes to be known as Osemeikhian Juliet Precious. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I formerly known, called and addressed as JOSEPH OLUWATOYOSI BAKARE. Now wish to be known, called and addressed as ADAMS OLUWATOYOSI BAKARE. All documents bearing my former name remain valid, General public should please take note.

MARIAM ADABA TANKO

MRS. AGBONMERELE JOAN BASSEY IKPEME

AGBE OLUMIDE DAVID

ADEWALE CHRISTIANA ISI

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I was formerly know and addressed as ABOIRALOR CHRISTIANA ISI .Now wish to be know and addressed as ADEWALE CHRISTIANA ISI .All former document remain valid .General public to take note.

CHIOMA CHIZOBAM DIKE

I, formerly known and addressed as, MUDASHIRU BALURE, now wish to be known and addressed as, MUDASHIRU BALURE ISHOLA. All former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

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ADEYEMO IWALADE

I was formerly known as LEKE ADENIYI ELIJAH and PRINCE ADENIYI ELIJAH now wish to be know as LEKE ADENIYI ELIJAH. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note

I was formerly know and addressed as OTOLORIN OKOLAWON Now wish to be know and addressed as ADEYEMO IWALADE .All former document remain valid .General public to take note.

JAMES ALBERIONE CENTRE FOR COMMUNICATION EDUCATION This is to inform the general public that the above named Centre has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under PART ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act Cap 1 of 1990. The Trustees are: i. Rev. Fr. Vattakunnel Chako Johnson SSP ii. Rev. Fr. Thomas Sebastian SSP iii. Rev. Fr. Perunnilathil Kora Baby SSP iv. Rev. Fr. Correa Robert Leo SSP v. Rev. Tanko Gerard Ndakaat SSP Aims and Objectives: (i) To impart the desired knowledge through the means of social Communication (ii) To educate the poor and less privileged in the society. (iii) To help in the eradication of all forms of illiteracy and promote enlightenment. (iv) To instill the need of using the press, cinema and other social media as means to accelerate the spread of the word of God to all the corners of the world. (v) To own, hold in trust, utilize, mortgage and lease such property real or chattel as the case may be for the achievement of the above mentioned goals and objectives. (vi) To have branches of the centre in any part of the country for effective operations. Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed: N.S Ochi Esq., Ksji Tel: 08098101958, 08033186629

ADEGBOYEGA FELIX AJAYI

ONDA JOHN UKPO

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I was formerly know and addressed as MICHAEL JOHN UKPO Now wish to be know and addressed as.ONDA JOHN UKPO .All former document remain valid .General public to take note.

UMUKORO MACAULEY ARHIRERE I was formerly know and addressed as UMUKORO MACAULEY ODAFE Now wish to be know and addressed as UMUKORO MACAULEY ARHIRERE .All former document remain valid .General public to take note.

MRS.DURU VICTORIA NKECHI

AYODELE ALICE ADENIKE SHIYANBOLA

ADAMS OLUWATOYOSI BAKARE

MR. CHUKWUKA ISAAC CHUKWUEMEKA I, formerly known and addressed as, OHAKA ISAAC CHUKWUEMEKA, now wish to be known and addressed as, MR. CHUKWUKA ISAAC CHUKWUEMEKA. All former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

ADEMOLA .B. RANSOM I, formerly known and addressed as, DICKSON BIE BARIBEAMENE .R. A., now wish to be known and addressed as, ADEMOLA .B. RANSOM. All former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

LEKE ADENIYI ELIJAH I, formerly known and addressed as, ILEKE ADENIYI ELIJAH,AND PRINCE ADENIYI ELIJAH, now wish to be known and addressed as, LEKE ADENIYI ELIJAH. All former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

LEKE ADENIYI ELIJAH

I was formerly know and addressed as OGUNO ESTHER NGOZI Now wish to be know and addressed as MRS.DURU VICTORIA NKECHI.All former document remain valid .General public to take note.

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ISIS bombs Baghdad suburb again

The site of a suicide bomb attack at a checkpoint in Rashidiya, a district north of Baghdad, Iraq

Zimbabwe pastor charged with subversion A pastor in Zimbabwe has been charged with attempting to overthrow the government, after calling for a two-day stay away from work to protest at the economic crisis. Pastor Evan Mawarire, who started the #ThisFlag movement, was draped in Zimbabwe’s national flag in court. The stay away went largely unheeded, with most businesses

open as normal. However, a similar protest last week left the country’s cities deserted after civil servants had gone unpaid. Salaries were finally paid last week and so most schools, hospitals and offices were open as usual on Wednesday despite the strike call. However, the country still faces a severe shortage of cash, as well as a severe drought.

Pastor Evan Mawarire

China, Philippines may dialogue on maritime claims An outraged China and jubilant Philippines are eyeing formal talks after a United Nations arbitration court on Tuesday rejected the legal basis for Beijing’s claim to the disputed South China Sea. Beijing’s foreign minister Wang Yi scoffed at the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling against the legal validity of the Chinese “nine-dash-line” claim to about 95 percent of the South China Sea, a 3.5 million-squarekilometer body of water that’s rich in fisheries, oil, natural gas and is important for shipping lanes. But he also hinted at wanting dialogue.

“Now, this farce is over, and it’s time to get back on the right track,” he said late Tuesday. “The Chinese side has noticed that the new government of the Philippines has recently made a series of statements including showing willingness to resume negotiation and dialogue with China over the South China Sea issue.” Beijing has long said it prefers bilateral talks for the maritime dispute over the use of multinational agencies. In Manila Tuesday, Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay called the ruling “a milestone decision” saying the ruling makes “an important

contribution” to resolving the ongoing maritime disputes, and urged all parties “to exercise restraint and sobriety.” Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who took office June 30, has said he wants to negotiate one-on-one with China – despite a tougher approach during an election campaign marked by profanity and promises. Dialogue could head off any threats of war and make waters between the two countries safer for commercial use on both sides, particularly Philippine fishermen. It could also help China repair its image from Asia to the United States as a bully in the more than 40-yearold maritime dispute.

At least eight people were killed and 11 more wounded on Wednesday after a suicide bomber exploded his car at a police checkpoint north of Baghdad, Iraqi officials said, just a day after a similar deadly attack took place in the same district. The bomber reportedly slammed his car, which was loaded with explosives, into the checkpoint in northeastern al-Rashidiya district, a predominantly Shiite neighborhood. The Islamic State group released a statement shortly after the attack claiming responsibility. On Tuesday, at least 12 people were killed after a suicide car bomber blew himself up near a crowded fruit and vegetable market. Police were forced to shut down several major roads around Baghdad as a result of the attack. In two separate attacks last week, IS killed more than 300

people with suicide car bombs. In the first attack, a truck blew up in a crowded commercial area in another Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad called Karada. With 292 people killed, it was recorded as one of the deadliest attacks in Iraq since the U.S. invasion in 2003. In another attack last Thursday, 37 people were killed during an attack on a Shiite shrine north of Baghdad. IS attacks have occurred with more frequency as of late, which prompted U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter earlier this week to commit 560 more U.S. troops to Iraq to help fight the terrorist group. Carter said the new American forces will arrive within the next few weeks, and will be primarily tasked with transforming an air base that was recaptured from IS earlier this month into a staging area for the battle to retake Mosul.

Germany evacuates foreigners in South Sudan

Germany has begun evacuating foreigners in South Sudan after deadly clashes between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and former rebels of Vice President Riek Machar last week. The evacuation is being done by the German Airforce plane carrying German and European Union nationals including citizens of other countries, the German foreign ministry announced on Wednesday. “The crisis has called for the evacuation of German nationals, the European Union

and other nationals in the world. This evacuation is underway and run by the Luftwaffe airforce planes,” a spokesperson of the German foreign ministry, Sawsan Chebli said. He however declined to give details of the current operation for security reasons, noting that the evacuation is for a hundred German nationals working for the embassy and NGOs. Also, other foreigners will benefit from the evacuation through consular agreements between Germany and their country.

Ugandan opposition leader restarts defiance campaign Serial Ugandan opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, has restarted his defiance campaign against President Yoweri Museveni, barely 24 hours after he was granted $30,000 bail by a Nakawa High Court in the capital Kampala. “I do not intend to compromise with my rights as a full citizen of my country,” Besigye told a crowd on Wednesday morning. “You must understand that our struggle is not simply to replace the NRM (ruling party) by the FDC (Besigye’s party). We want to change this country

where people are treated as subjects,” he added. Besigye, who addressed pressmen in Kampala said the police were ‘utterly incompetent’ because despite all the uniformed and ununiformed police deployed to watch him, he was ‘in the center of Kampala seated.’ “They cannot detain, even me, as they vow. So I was able to beat their security and come to town, first; as a show of defiance, that what they were doing was illegal, was unconstitutional,” he added.

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FG to enforce tobacco law, inaugurates advisory committee

DR. ISAAC ADEWOLE Minister of Health

The Federal government will adopt all legal and administrative measures to ensure effective implementation of the National Tobacco Control Act, the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, has said. The Minister who spoke in Abuja on Tuesday at the inauguration of the National Tobacco Control Committee (NATOC) affirmed Federal Government’s

commitment towards “safeguarding and protecting the health of Nigerians from the risks posed by the use of tobacco and tobacco products” He said: “There is no permissible limit for tobacco use in whichever method, form or disguise because it is harmful to health. “Tobacco, when used exactly as intended by the tobacco in-

dustry will maim and kill more than half of its users. Globally, tobacco use is responsible for 6 million deaths through many medical conditions notably cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, and cancers.” While charging committee members on their roles and responsibilities, the minister pointed out that tobacco has

been red-flagged by both local and international health communities as a poisonous and highly addictive substance that requires urgent intervention. “It is therefore imperative to double our efforts in a sustainable and well-coordinated approach to enable us protect the health and wel-lbeing of Nigerians.

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Experts urge Nigerians on clean hands to guard against life-threatening infections Stories by Lara Adejoro Health experts have urged healthcare professionals and the general public to prevent infections, diseases by keeping their hands clean. Although hand contact is known to be a major way germs spread, experts say most people don’t follow the recommended ways of hand hygiene. Averagely, people clean their hands less than half of the times they should. “Cleaning our hands helps to prevent anything that can cause contraction of illness from the environment or human being because the hands touch a lot of things. Regular hand washing helps fight bacteria,” said a public health physician and health policy advocate with the Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH), Dr Laz Ude. “When people eat Eba, they wash their hands but rarely wash their hands when they want to eat snacks, and it’s very important they wash their hands because they can transfer germs into their mouths. “For the healthcare professionals, they should know that they treat and

Child marriage: Policy-makers tasked to uphold teenage girls’ rights

examine people, so they must adhere to proper hand hygiene. They must not transfer germs, infections or disease from one patient to another and it is for their own safety too,” Ude said. Adding, he said, it’s not just to wash, they must scrub with soap and running water, then allow the hand to dry or use sterile. And for people taking care of children, it is very important they wash their hands because children are prone to all kinds of infections and they need more care. Hand hygiene is recommended for everyone.” Also speaking with Daily Times, a public health expert at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin, Dr Nonso Kanu said, the effective steps to hand washing is to wet, lather, scrub, rinse and dry to reduce the spread of diarrheal and respiratory illness. Kanu said, it’s essential to clean the hands regularly or use alcohol-based handrub if one doesn’t have immediate access to soap and water. He said the proper ways to clean the hands is to wet the

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As the population of the world continues to grow in spite of the socioeconomic turns of poverty, unemployment, and pollution, the UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin has urged leaders and communities must focus on and stand up for the human rights of the most marginalized teenage girls,

UBTH particularly those who are poor, out of school, exploited, or subjected to harmful traditional practices, including child marriage. He stated this in commemoration of the World Population Day World celebrated on the 11th of July, to bring awareness about population growth.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, (LASUTH)

Osotimehin said, “marginalized girls are vulnerable to poor reproductive health and more likely to become mothers while still children themselves. They have a right to understand and control their own bodies and shape their own lives. “Policymakers play an important role in ensuring that

human rights are universal and thus enjoyed by all, including teenage girls, who worldwide face obstacles to their rights to education, health and freedom from violence. Communities, nongovernmental organizations, youth-led groups, activists,

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Guinness Nigeria donates N5million Eye Hospital in Onitsha Guinness Nigeria has received glowing accolades from the Anambra state government for its long standing involvement in the provision and management of quality eye care centres in the country. Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, made this known at the re-commissioning of the Guinness Eye Hospital, located in Onitsha. “This auspicious project is an important subject which ties into one of the key enablers of my government. I would like to heartily commend Guinness Nigeria for their huge investment and commitment to providing world class eye care solutions across the country. As a testament, this facility and the equipment which Guinness Nigeria Plc has bequeathed to the Eye Hospital ranks among the very best in the world. Therefore, Anambra indigenes do not need to go abroad again to get treated

for eye problems,” the governor said. In his goodwill message at the ceremony, Managing Director, Guinness Nigeria Plc, Peter Ndegwa, noted that the re-commissioning of the eye hospital is in keeping with the company’s commitment to supporting the Guinness Eye Centres in sustenance of its original vision and to ensure that the facility remains the reference point in the training of professionals and the provision of excellent eye care in Nigeria’s health sector. “As a company, our focus on eye care reflects our recognition of the far-reaching impact that good eyesight can have on the overall health and wellbeing of everyone. We are here to celebrate the notable accomplishments which the Guinness Eye Hospital, Onitsha, has delivered to many Nigerians. Our investment in the various eye hospitals is keeping in line with our commitment to

GUINNESS EYE HOSPITAL make a positive impact on the communities in which we operate. By helping Nigerians to preserve their sights, we play a strong role in enhancing their ability to learn, earn and get the

Corporate Relations Director, Guinness Nigeria, Sesan Sobowale, Chief Medical Director, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Prof. Anthony Igwegbe, Managing Director, Guinness Nigeria, Peter Ndegwa and Governor, Anambra State, Willie Obiano at the commissioning ceremony of the Guinness Eye Hospital, Onitsha, Anambra State

best out of life”, he said. The Guinness MD, who announced a donation of eye equipment worth five million naira to the hospital, thanked past and present staff of the hospital for

their unwavering sense of duty and ensuring the sustenance of the institution for over three decades, and urged them to enhance their service delivery to reach more Nigerians.

‘It’s essential to clean About 3.2m girls went your hands regularly’ through unsafe abortion Continued from page 26

Continued from page 26 hands with running water, apply soap to cover hand surfaces, rub hands palm to palm, rub the right palm over the left dorsum with interlaced fingers and vice versa; rub palm to palm with fingers interlaced, rub back of fingers to opposing palms with fingers interlocked, do rational rubbing of left thumb clasped in right palm and vice versa; do rational rubbing backward and forward with clasped fingers of right hand in left palm and vice versa. Thenn you rinse your hands with running water,

Dr. Laz Ude

faith-based institutions and girls themselves also have a vital role to play in shaping policies that affect their lives and in making sure that these policies are translated into real, positive transformation.” This year’s theme ‘Investing in Teenage Girls’ draws attention to the numerous challenges faced by teenage girls around the world who are forced by their families and communities into marriage, with resultant early pregnancy and debilitating condition from childbirth. Many are forced to leave school, damaging their future prospects

and denying them of their human rights. These challenges are worse among marginalized girls such as those from ethnic minorities or those from poor households. Studies have found that around the world, 10 percent of girls have initiated sex before the age of 15, about 3.2 million girls have gone through unsafe abortion, and the second leading cause of death among girls between the ages of 15 and 19 is complication from pregnancy and child birth. Despite prohibitions, child marriage remains widespread around the world. About 37,000 child marriages take place each day.

Osotimehin

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“However, if we fail in our moral duty, we will be seen to be promoting and expanding tobacco business with dire consequences on Nigerians.” Adewole stressed: “I assure you that we will sharpen our strategies and make best use of our legal instrument to operationalize the National Tobacco Control Act to its maximum potential and ensure a drastic reduction in the burden of tobac-

co use and its related diseases in Nigeria.” The Committee headed by Professor Ukoli Onawefe of the University of Jos, will advise and make recommendations to the minister on the development and implementation of tobacco control policies, strategies, plans, programmes and projects, in accordance with World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), its implementing guidelines and

protocols. The West Africa Sub-Regional Coordinator for the Campaign for Tobacco Control Free Kids, a United States based organisation, Hilda Ochefu said the inauguration of the committee represent a bold step towards ensuring effective implementation of tobacco control measures in Nigeria. “We are encouraged by this development as it will aid effective implementation of the tobacco control law and lead to

reduction in disease burdens associated with smoking,” she said. The Deputy Executive Director of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), Akinbode Oluwafemi expressed delight at the inauguration of the committee saying “with this move, the Federal Government is sending strong signals that it wants to take public health issues much more serious than we have ever seen”.

Isaac Adewole

Eaglets wallop Santos

Barca capture

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Golden Eaglets Coach Manu Garba

igeria’s Golden Eaglets got off to a flying start when they trounced Santos FC of Suleija 6-0 in their first test game on Wednesday morning in Abuja.

The Eaglets showed a lot of promise, but also got a good contest from Santos. There were six different scorers on the day – David Emmanuel, Victor Boniface, Nasifi Yahaya,

Digne

Bolaji Oyeti, Musa Muktar and Usman Balolo. The Eaglets under Coach Manu Garba are preparing for the U-17 AFCON qualifier against Niger next month.

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ANDREW EKEJIUBA

he Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has refuted a story in some sections of the media that the Federation has secured the sum of $1.5 million from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation as sponsorship for salaries of the incoming Super Eagles’ Head Coach. Chairman of the NFF Media and Publicity Committee, Hon. Suleiman Yahaya-Kwande, said: “The story is the figment of the imagination of the writers. Nobody in the NFF or NNPC discussed the matter of salary of Eagles’ Coach and there is no iota of truth in it. “Of course, we would be happy if the NNPC can come into Nigeria football, as we are trying to attract more corporate bodies into the Nigeria game. But there has been no discussion between NFF and the NNPC over payment of the new Super Eagles’ Head Coach or technical crew.” The process for the appointment of a new Super Eagles’ Head Coach is on with the NFF Technical and Development Committee having shortlisted Nigerian Salisu Yusuf, Belgian Tom Saintfiet and Frenchman Paul Le Guen for a final interview. The committee will meet on Monday, July 18 to interview the three persons and announce the successful candidate, after a presentation to the NFF Executive Committee.

NFF boss, Amaju Pinnick.

NFF: No agreement with NNPC on Eagles’ coach payment SWAN elects new Excos

Fed Cup:Enyimba knock out El Kanemi E

nyimba are through to the Round of 16 of the Federation Cup after they eliminated El Kanemi 3-1 on penalties after fulltime scores stood at 1-1. They will now clash with J. Atete for a place in the quarterfinals of the cup competition. Striker Peter Onyekachi shot Enyimba in front after nine minutes through a sublime header off a Chima Akas cross, before El Kanemi drew level 22 minutes later courtesy of Chinedu Ohanachom after a blunder by skipper Chinedu Udoji. Enyimba goalkeeper Theophilus Afelokhai was the hero during the penalty shootout as he saved two of he kicks. “Enyimba were lucky to win on penalties as penalty is anybody’s game,” said El Kanemi coach Ladan Bosso.

Enyimba striker, Peter Onyekachi (left) in action.

embers of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) on Wednesday in Ilorin elected a new executive to steer the ship of the association in the next three years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Honour Sirawo, a former Vice-President (South-South) of the association, emerged the new President while Mr Olawale Alabi, a Senior Editor with NAN, emerged Secretary-General. All the positions in the association were unopposed except that of Vice-President, North Central, which was won by Mohammed Danmusa who defeated Thaddeus Yilmen with six votes against two. The newly elected officers included Mr Adeboye Ajayi, an Editor with NAN, who

emerged as Vice-President, South-West, and Mr Wale Joseph who emerged as Deputy Secretary-General. Others are Ado Salisu, Vice President, North-West; Edwin Bekom, Vice President, South-South; Cajetan Nkwopara, Vice President, South East; Chigozie Chukwuleta , Financial Secretary and Faruk Bello, Treasurer. In his acceptance speech, Sirawo challenged the Federal Government to evolve a strategic blueprint for the development of sports in the country. Sirawo also announced the creation of advisory committees at the zonal level and consisting of former chairmen. He said that the present state of the association called for concerted action, adding that the new team was poised to transform the body.

Thursday, July 14, 2016

EXTRATIME

TRANSFERS…TRANSFERS…TRANSFERS… TRANSFERS…TRANSFERS…TRANSFERS…

Griezmann camp reveals PSG talks

Barca capture Digne B

arcelona have announced the signing of full-back Lucas Digne from Paris Saint-Germain for a fee which could rise to €20.5million. The 22-year-old, who spent last season on loan with Roma, has agreed a five-year contract with the Liga champions, who

have shelled out an initial €16.5m to secure his signature. “Barcelona have reached an agreement with Paris SaintGermain to sign French player Lucas Digne for the next five seasons,” a Barca statement confirmed. “Barca have paid an initial 16.5

million euros with another four possible according to individual and team results. Digne’s buy-out clause is 60 million euros. “Lucas Digne will arrive in Barcelona today early in the morning local time to undergo a medical and sign his contract.” Digne becomes the second

Antoine Griezmann held talks with Paris Saint-Germain before eventually signing a new deal with Atletico Madrid until June 2021, the attacker’s sporting advisor Eric Olhats has claimed. The prolific attacker was heavily linked with a transfer away from Atletico ahead of Euro 2016, with Chelsea, Manchester United and PSG believed to be among his admirers.

Digne

Quit Reds now,Klopp tells Balotelli defender to complete a move to Barca this week, following the confirmation of Samuel Umtiti’s €25m switch from Lyon. He is expected to compete with Jordi Alba for the left-back spot, meaning Adriano is likely to depart Camp Nou, with Lazio having been linked with a bid.

Ibe passes Bournemouth medical J

ordon Ibe has agreed personal terms and passed a medical as his £15m move from Liverpool to Bournemouth edges closer, sources confirmed. It is understood the deal will be formally announced

today and Bournemouth will immediately fly Ibe out to Chicago to join up with their pre-season training camp in Illinois, USA. Reports revealed last week that the Reds had accepted a bid from

the Cherries after Eddie Howe had made the England U-21 winger a priority target. Ibe only signed a new fiveyear deal at Anfield last May but having struggled to secure a regular starting berth under Jurgen Klopp, he looks to be on

his way to the south coast. The 20-year-old - who has played four times for England U-21s - featured just 12 times in the top-flight for Liverpool last season and has been loaned out in the past to Birmingham and Derby.

Arsenal target

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Higuain

rsenal are interested in signing Gonzalo Higuain from Napoli, according to reliable sources. Reports from Italy revealed that no offer has been forthcoming from the Gunners, but say “intermediaries” have been in contact with the Argentina striker’s brother who acts as his agent. Higuain - top scorer in Serie A last season with 36 goals - would cost

Arsenal a club record fee. That has led to speculation in Italy that Giroud may be used as part of a player-pluscash deal. Giroud’s agent - asked about the possibility of moving to Napoli - told reporters that the France international would enjoy playing for the Serie A club. The agent, Mickael Manuello, said: “There is no fear in Olivier going to

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has told striker Mario Balotelli he should look for another club after failing to secure a regular place at Anfield. Balotelli has returned for pre-season training following an unsuccessful loan spell at Milan but appears to be behind Daniel Sturridge, Divock Origi, Christian Benteke and Danny Ings in Klopp’s pecking order.

Traore completes

CSKA Moscow loan switch

Ibe

Napoli, it is a magnificent city. “In Campania, my client would lead a wonderful life, not to mention that the type of game orchestrated by Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri could enhance the quality of a centreforward like him.” He added: “At the moment, Giroud is an Arsenal player. If he was asked to leave, then we would evaluate our options.”

CSKA Moscow have completed the signing of Lacina Traore from Monaco on a one-year loan deal. The Ligue 1 side announced last weekend the towering striker was on his way to Russia and he has now inked his contract after ironing out the final details. Traore, 25, previously played in Russia with Kuban Krasnodar and Anzhi Makhachkala, before joining Monaco in January 2014.

Coman relishing Ancelotti reunion Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman is looking forward to teaming up with Coach Carlo Ancelotti again and is confident the Italian is the right man to lead them to further success. Coman previously worked with Ancelotti at Paris Saint-Germain, with the 57-year-old handing the France international his professional debut at the tender age of 16.

Thursday, July 14, 2016

EXTRATIME

INTERVIEW

, y t i r g e t Itrn o t y e k y c n anspare

Rev (Dr.) Moses Iloh, General Overseer of Soul Winning Chapel, Lagos, is one of the few Nigerians who contributed a lot to the development of cycling in the country. He is also a firm advocate of responsible sports administration. The highly travelled sports administrator was the former President of Cycling Federation of Nigeria, ex-Vice President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee and former member of Africa Cycling Confederation to mention but a few. In this exclusive interview with Extra Time Sports Editor, ANDREW EKEJIUBA, he speaks on issues relating to sports administration in Nigeria, Rio 2016 Olympics and Nigeria’s chances of qualifying for Russia 2018. Excerpts:

s t r o p s l u f success tration adminis — Iloh

hat is your impression about the preparation of Team Nigeria ahead of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, and the chances of Team Nigeria winning medals at the Games? When a country is preparing for the Olympics, you don’t just hope for chance and luck. From what I read, heard and the enquiries I made, I do not think we are properly set for this year’s Olympics. It will be a miracle for us to come back with anything unless individual athletes go out of their way to get themselves more than ready; but from what it is officially done, I do not think Nigeria is ready. The question we should ask ourselves is that, must we go to the Olympics when we know we are not ready? After several years, the issue of using fire-brigade approach to prepare our athletes for major championships like the Olympics have continued unabated, what is your reaction in this regard? My impression is that there is too much government interference in sports. If you leave sports to businessmen you will be surprised at the level of competitions. A company that has an athlete will want to see that athlete come back with a gold medal because it is their business. You will have a coordinating body if the sports sector is left for business people, but as it is now we have too much government interference in sports and we can never grow this way! Look at a sport like swimming that have a lot of medals attached to it; in the Niger Delta region of the country, we have talented swimmers, why is it that we are still unable to train these athletes to become world beaters in swimming from this region? It is because of government interference. If you allow corporate bodies to administer sports through the National Sports Commission, like the police, army, UAC, even MTN, and their interest is certain; give them a year and see what they will produce. Also, allow industries to give our athletes the needed incentives, and to take care of our youths and you will be surprised with what we will get, but when everything is run by the government then you will start hearing stories like, government has not given us money for preparation and the rest of it.

T h e Federal Government of Nigeria at the moment has too much to deal with. Do you hear of government helping to prepare sportsmen in USA, Germany or in France for Olympics? No, it is a private sector affair, but government knows when to come in. That is what we should try to do in Nigeria. I want you to look back as the former President of Cycling Federation of Nigeria; you have been up there, even at the continental level, what achievements can you boast of? When I was the president then, we had a very close relationship with the Nigeria Breweries such that every year we had a Maltina cycling event. It was a super event! The Nigeria Breweries saw that we had integrity and they brought their money and we handled everything with great amount of transparency and honesty, and they were all very keen and cycling was growing. We went for World Championship twice and we produced President for Zone 3 of Africa Cycling Confederation. We also produced a Vice President for Africa Cycling Confederation. It was during my tenure that I was appointed as a member for the world ruling body UCI and wherever you mention cycling in the world, Nigeria was respected because we had a good reputation and also a hope for tomorrow. Integrity, transparency are key to successful sports administration. Presently, can you imagine that since the velodrome that was put up in Abuja, no cycling event has taken place there? I heard politicians pack their cars and did their campaigns there, it is ridiculous and a shame! Let us come to football where Nigeria was recently drawn in Group B of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers alongside Cameroun, Zambia and Algeria; do you think Nigeria can pick the sole ticket from the group for Russia 2018? Talking about football, I played more football than anything else. Football is one of the most popular sports and organising it is not difficult. If you go there to give what you have the game will grow, but if go there to take what football has you run into trouble. Like I noted earlier, let us allow corporate bodies to administer football. In football now, government is doing everything; the Sports Minister have to make budget and to go to Aso Rock to approve the budget. He also have to get government delegation to watch any match involving the country. Nigerian youths love football! In Nigeria,

the youths have immeasurable talents and all you have to do is to organise them together and teach them how to use their talents and time properly. In every Local Government Area in Nigeria, there should be sporting facilities and football should be one. In my days, we had primary schools that have football grounds, but unfortunately today if you have not played at the National Stadium then nothing will happen. I don’t see the chances of football growing if we don’t handle it properly. Take a look at the Super Eagles squads of 1994 and 1996 and our present squad, what has really gone wrong with these players after missing out on two consecutive Africa Cup of Nations? The problem is, Nigeria have not been able to build a competitive team. These players

“When I was the President of CFN, we had a very close relationship with the Nigeria Breweries such that every year we had a Maltina cycling event. It was a super event! The Nigeria Breweries saw that we had integrity and they brought their money and we handled everything with great amount of transparency and honesty, and they were all very keen and cycling was growing...Presently, can you imagine that since the velodrome that was put up in Abuja, no cycling event has taken place there? I heard politicians pack their cars and did their campaigns there, it is ridiculous and a shame!”

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i n d i v i d u a l l y. What they need is to be camped properly and also psychologists should be planted into the team. These players are not very friendly among themselves. A team is not just about you putting up eleven players for a tourney, you need to blend them, watch them, sort things out including their personal problems; by so doing you are building a team. Not that six months to a tournament, you will bring different players from different locations and put them together. Selecting eleven players to play a match and maybe twelve reserves, that is not how to raise a team. We need to produce a team properly; each zone should also be involved in team building because we have millions of talented footballers in the six geopolitical zones of the country. I want you at this point to stick out your neck on the earlier question on Super Eagles quest for qualification for Russia 2018; do you think Eagles will land in Russia come 2018? Frankly, our chances are very slim. For participation sake, it is by luck and we need God’s intervention to qualify. Finally, what’s your advice to sport administrators in the country towards moving sports forward? My advice to them is that they should realise that sport is a unifying factor and should be used to unify Nigeria and not to divide Nigeria. They should be open-minded and broad-minded and they should give every Nigerian athlete equal opportunity to develop their talents and to manifest what they can do.

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lessing Okagbare, Nigeria’s Queen of Track and Africa’s fastest woman has revealed that the tremendous support she gets from First Bank inspires her to accomplish what people may see as an impossible task. Speaking exclusively to Extra Time Okagbare stated that aside being First Bank of Nigeria Limited’s Brand Ambassador, she has a personal target to accomplish at the Rio 2016 Olympics. “On the possibility of winning medals at the Olympics, I think that should not be my worry for now. My focus is to try to do my best. I don’t have to worry about the timing being posted by some of my contemporaries because if I become worried in that regard then I will lose focus. “I’m focusing on what Blessing Okagbare

is trying to achieve and not what timing someone else is posting. In terms of confidence I’m always confident and proud of my country. I usually prepare myself well ahead of major competitions like the Olympics and having FirstBank supporting my career is a huge plus,” she said. Reacting over her endorsement as FirstBank Brand Ambassador, Okagbare was quick to add: “It is an honour and a privilege. Being FirstBank Brand Ambassador has actually inspired to do more and be more focused in my career. When people or companies come together to support an athlete, they will actually expect the athlete to do well. “I have a lot of people who believe in my abilities and there are great expectations from Nigerians from me. Therefore, I try to stay focused and do what I know how to do best.” Okagbare further said that she was ready

igeria’s Sports Minister, Barr. Solomon Dalung, has dropped a bombshell after he told a press briefing he was not aware that the country’s Olympic football team are training in the United States of America ahead of next month’s Games. The Dream Team VI being tutored by Coach Samson Siasia had raised the alarm that they have been abandoned in the USA by the authorities. Dalung further laid credence to this claim when he said he did not know the team are training for the Rio Olympics in Atlanta. “The issue of our U-23 national team suffering in the United States of America is news to me. In fact I am hearing it from you (the media) for the first time,” Dalung stunned the reporters. “They (Dream Team VI) didn’t tell us what they were there for and who took them there. It doesn’t mean that if somebody goes to the market and has problem then you will come and ask the ministry (of Youths and Sports). The question is who took them there? And what are they there for? “Because they are U23 national team and they went to the US and they are having problems, does that become our business? When they were travelling to US from your information, were you told we that we were informed? Before you (the media) asked us to account for something you should know whether we were aware of it. “If they are throwing them out of the hotel (in the US), then they should know who took them there. “They supposed to be given a letter approving they are travelling from the minister’s office. Then if they ask me I will tell you that I approved it and this is the reason. ‘So, what is happening in the US (as regards the U- 23 national team) maybe it is a story you (the media) are telling me”.

to recommend Nigerian youths to the Bank. “Even before becoming an Ambassador of FirstBank I have always been a fan of First Bank. “I want to encourage the youths to embrace FirstBank because of their core values of Passion, Partnership and People, while it also underpins the Bank’s stance to collaborate with its stakeholders and provide support in all aspects of their lives. “The youths around me are among the people that inspire me too to put in more effort in my athletics career and I urge them to embrace FirstBank’s m a g n a n i m i t y ,” s h e concluded. Okagbare

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Nigeria ranks third in online mobile shopping worldwide – Report Tony Nwakaegho

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L-R: MD/CEO, Benin Electricity Distribution Plc, Mrs. Funke Osibodu, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, and Acting Director General, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Mr. Anthony Akah, at the 7th stakeholders meeting of the power sector in Benin…yesterday.

FirstBank targets 10m new customers in three years

Ïj ƉƄƐƄƍ Ƅ ƎƄƃ Ɖ Ɠ ƅ ƍ ƆƊƋƍ ƐƄƕ ƄƍƐƆƃƄ ƕƄƉƆƐƄƍƓ Nigeria’s premier and arguably biggest bank, FirstBank, is targeting over 10 million new customers in the next three years. Managing Director and CEO of the bank, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, who disclosed this in Lagos on Tuesday, said FirstBank currently has over 10 million customers, adding its new management was working towards growing this to over 20 million by 2019. Adedutan unfolded the key strategic focus of the bank to Editors

and online publishers at a parley which had other members of the new management, including the Deputy MD, Mr. Gbenga Shobo, in attendance. He said the bank will also have an immediate focus on migrating a chunk of its customers from the Brick and Mortar (physical) platforms to digital ones, adding that it is working towards moving two million of its customers in the next two years. Describing the FirstBank as the ‘strategically important

Bank’ to the Nigerian economy, Adeduntan said the objectives of the new management which assumed office in January 2016, include to retain the spot as the number one bank in the country and sub-region; and to continue to be fully embedded in the nation’s economy whilst delivering to all its stakeholders He said FirstBank, going by its recent financial results, ranks above its peers in terms of earnings generation remains the biggest and the largest bank in

Nigeria, with very strong fundamentals, adding that its liquidity ratio and capital adequacy ratio are well above required benchmarks. Admitting that the Bank has some challenged loans in its portfolios, Adeduntan assured that they a number of them are being remediated, while the management is pro-actively taking steps to recover others. While assuring that the Bank is in a stable position Adeduntan however said the bank’s entire credit management process in CONTINUED ON PAGE B2

Nigerian is ranked third in mobile online shopping worldwide, a report by Paypal has said. PayPal is the most popular way Nigerians pay for cross-border online purchases and 55 percent of Nigerian cross-border shoppers have used the platform for purchases in the past 12 months. According to PayPal, the country’s consumers spent N128.1 billion in 2015 via online shopping, targeting N172 billion by the end of this year. Commenting on the shopping trend, Efi Dahan, Mobile Money Mobile Money PayPal’s General Manager Africa and Israel, said: “Nigerians are doing so wherever and whenever they want to, using their mobile devices as an essential shopping tool. “Nigerian online shoppers have realised that the world is their shopping mall when it comes to buying what they need and want. ‘’They are no longer limited to what they can buy domestically, and are confidently scouring the globe for great deals, more choice, high quality and premier brands,” According to the report, Nigeria is home to some of the keenest mobile shoppers on the African continent, and is also the third largest mobile commerce market in terms of incidence of mobile shoppers among the countries that participated in a recent research.

Nigeria’s recovering flow boosts OPEC market share

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The International Energy Agency, IEA, has said recovering oil flow in Nigeria has consolidated OPEC’s market share. The Agency made the statement in its oil market report for July released on Wednesday. OPEC’s market share not only received a boost because of the recent ceasefire in the Niger Delta, also, record pumping rates in

the Middle East, helped the cartel clinch more market value. Global oil supplies rose by 0.6 mb/d in June, to 96 mb/d, after outages curbed OPEC and nonOPEC supplies in May, while production was 750 kb/d below as higher OPEC output only partially offset non-OPEC declines, according to the report. Non-OPEC supplies are set to decline by 0.9 mb/d in 2016, to 56.5 mb/d, before rising 0.2 mb/d in 2017.

Robust European demand supported second quarter 2016 global demand growth at around 1.4 mb/d year-on-year, momentum that will be roughly matched through the year as a whole. A modest deceleration is foreseen in 2017, as growth eases to 1.3 mb/d taking average deliveries up to 97.4 mb/d. Crude oil prices eased from an early June peak above $52/ bbl, but traded within a $45-$50/ bbl range. Growing uncertainty

over the global economy and the related dollar strength weighed, but the downside was limited by further declines in US production and inventories. OPEC crude output rose by 400 kb/d in June to an eight-year high of 33.21 mb/d, including newly re-joined Gabon. Saudi Arabia ramped up to a nearrecord rate of 10.45 mb/d and Nigerian flows partially recovered. Middle East producers sustained record pumping rates,

consolidating market share and pushing OPEC’s total output 510 kb/d above one year ago. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD commercial inventories built by 13.5 mb in May to end the month at a record 3 074 mb. Preliminary information for June suggest that OECD stocks added a further 0.9 mb while floating storage has continued to build, reaching its highest level since 2009.

AfDB & ASEA L – R: Oscar Onyema, President, African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) and CEO, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank (AfDB) at the signing of MoU between AfDB and ASEA in Abidjan… on Tuesday.

Hoteliers send SOS to Ambode over multiple taxation Hoteliers in Lagos State have appealed to Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwumi Ambode to scrap Consumption Tax and some other levies imposed on hoteliers operating in the state. Making the appeal to the governor on behalf of other members, President, Hoteliers Association of Nigeria (HAN) Lagos State chapter Aare Tola Odunuga noted that Consumption Tax and other levies are having crippling effects on the businesses of hoteliers operating in the state. Odunuga who noted that hoteliers operating in the state were already paying 5 per cent VAT in addition to annual registration fees to Lagos State Ministry of

Tourism added: “Since his assumption of office, Governor Ambode has been doing a yeoman’s job, and not only that he is a listening governor, and he has already promised to look into this issue of multiple taxation which we have raised. We will like him to act on it very fast. We want Consumption Tax to be abolished, and after that we want other taxes we are asked to pay to be harmonized into one. “We’ve already registered as hotel operators with Ministry of Tourism but unfortunately local government officials are fond of harassing us threatening to deal with us if we don’t register with them again and pay other taxes which state government

is already collecting from us. This is multiple taxation and is killing our business, and this is why we want Governor Ambode to intervene.” While recalling that members of the association have sent a delegation to the Lagos State House of Assembly and the state Ministry of Tourism over the issue, Odunuga said that step was taken to demonstrate the level of seriousness hoteliers attached to the issue. “Our delegation met the state commissioner for tourism, and the chairman, House Committee on Tourism, Hon. Desmond Elliot and both of them promised us that the state government will take action on the issues we have raised.

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US CIO headlines Techplus conference in Lagos United States Chief Information Officer (CIO), Mr. Tony Scott will join other notable technology thought leaders and government officials to share his wealth of experience at the 2016 edition of the Techplus conference billed to hold in Lagos. According to a statement issued by the organizers of the conference, Tony Scott had over thirty years’ experience in the corporate technology circle before joining the United States government to drive value in IT investments, delivering world-class digital services and protecting IT assets and information with rapid technological change. Tunji Adeyinka, Managing Director of Connect Marketing Limited stated that, ‘It is an honour to have The Man With The $84 Billion IT Budget: Federal CIO Tony Scott exchange ideas and share expert insights on key technology issues shaping and defining the way we live, work and play’. Adeyinka further revealed that, this year’s edition of the tech show will significantly improve on the successful pioneering edition held last year in Lagos. “Drawn from diverse sectors and unique backgrounds, the speakers’ trail reflects the dynamics of technological evolution in the 21st century with a fine blend of both local and international experiences”. w

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Clearing agents shut down PTML Terminal over hike in tariff Babajide Okeowo

Joy Ekeke The development of youths in the country to enable them identify and maximise their assets base has received a boost from the African Resources Development Initiative (AFREDI) a non-governmental organisation through its maiden edition of “Sweat Your Asset Programme” (SYAP). The intervention programme is aimed at improving the well-being of youths in Nigeria, in order for them to attain their full potential in productive engagements. AFREDI founder and coordinator of SYAP, Mr. Henry Akwuebu explained that SYAP is a 5-year intervention programme that seeks to address the under-employed, unemployed and unemployable young Nigerians in the dilemma of ‘waithood’.

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FirstBank targets 10m new customers in three years

Akwuebu who is an Ashoka Changemakers Scholar, an alumnus of the Young African Leaders Initiative-YALI (an initiative of US President Obama), and also an alumnus of the Global Alliance for Youth Leaders (GAYL), noted that for young people to maintain a sense of dignity, they needed to have work and provide for themselves and others, as this will define their self-worth and position in their families and communities. “The youths in the ‘waithood’ period will be equipped enough to attain economic autonomy which will allow them take part actively in responsibilities that define adulthood,” he said. According to Akwuebu, the six-

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week long paradigm shift initiative will have participants undergoing various trainings in family formation and participation as well as serve as a platform for lifelong access to learning. Other speakers at this edition of SYAP include Dr. Olayiwola Oladapo – CEO, Sweat Your Assets Derivatives Limited, a Nigerian Organizational Development, Human Resources and International Development Professional; Oludare Akinlaja – Founder of Yada, an educational holding, learning management and research company with series of learning programs, colleges and schools that are redefining education as a tool for sustainable development.

being overhauled, and that lending authority of some management levels has been reviewed in deference to a new wave of risk management overhaul and credit discipline regime, as well as deploying a risk management framework as part of the new risk management initiative. On the Fitch rating released late on Monday which downgraded FirstBank’s rating and that of another systematically important bank, UBA from B+ to B, the Managing Director said this is linked to the nation’s economy which has also witnessed a downgrade and affirmed that an institution can only be as good as the economy in which it operates.

Following increase in the tariffs and duty by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), clearing agents have shut down all activities at the PTML Terminal at Tin Can Port in Lagos. Recall that due to the floatation of naira, NCS has increased tariff and duty from N197 to N282 representing 42% increase. In an interview with Daily Times, Customs spokesperson Wale Adeniyi had explained that duty and tariffs will be calculated by the exchange rate of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The protest which started on Monday afternoon, continued today as all efforts by PTML Customs Command to placate the agents at an earlier meeting failed.

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Briefs Exposed: How sacked Skye Bank directors contributed 40.3% to N700b NPL GTBank now best Bank in Nigeria, Stories by Motolani Oseni

Indications are rife that the sacked board and management of Skye Bank Plc, contributed a whopping total amount of N282 billion or 40.3 percent of the total N700 billion huge Non Performing Loans of the lender. Following the recent dissolution of the Bank’s board and management by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), The Daily Times of Nigeria gathered that the owners of the bank have been consistently collected loans without collateral, and thereafter used them to fund their lavish lifestyles and the acquisition of an assortment of private companies.

The former Chairman of the bank, Mr. Tunde Ayeni, was said to owe the bank about N102 billion that had remained unpaid for several years, but was forced to resign recently when the apex dissolved the bank’s management. For instance, reports have it that Ayeni used Skye Bank funds to bought parts of an unbundled Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN. Also, owned Ibadan and Yola Discos, and has an ice on the cake, Nigeria Telecommunication Limited, NITEL, the behemoth but troublesome national asset, sold to Ayeni and some powerful figures. The company has mutated to nTel now.

Asides Ayeni, other non-executive directors of the bank who owed the bank include Jason Fadeyi, the chairman of Pan Ocean Oil company, who owes N90 billion. Furthermore, businesses with links to the bank and owing it large sums but refused to service their loans include Atlantic Energy, owned by troubled Jide Omokore and his ally and fugitive Kola Aluko, which is owing N70b. Oando is another company whose indebtness to the bank is around N20b, while ; and then Captain Osa Okunboh. Kola Aluko’s brother, Kunle, is among the non-executive directors who resigned from the bank’s board.

finest digital Bank in Africa In recognition of its efforts in delivering quality banking services, Guaranty Trust Bank plc has been recognized as the ‘Best Bank in Nigeria and Best Digital Bank in Africa’ during the 2016 Euromoney Awards which was held in London recently. The Euromoney Awards for Excellence, which in its 25 years of its existent covers more than 20 global product categories, best-in-class awards and the best Banks in over 100 countries around the world by recognizing institutions that have demonstrated leadership, innovation, and momentum in the markets they operate. According to Mr. Clive Hor-

wood, Euromoney Magazine’s Editor, “Competition for the awards this year was tough, arguably the toughest it has been since the start of the global financial crisis. In winning these awards, GTBank stands out not only because of its stellar performance but by its ability to define what its core strengths are, abide by these strengths and build its business around them. According to him, banking in the future will be about what you do, as well as what you don’t do. GTBank stands out as Euromoneys’ best bank in Nigeria & Africa’s Best Digital Bank for its ability to adapt to local situations while maintaining international standards of best practice.”

Stanbic IBTC Bank, Google to boost digital inclusion in Nigeria

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Skye Bank Plc, contributed a whopping total amount of N282 billion or 40.3 percent of the total N700 billion huge Non Performing Loans of the lender.

Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, and technology company, Google, have sealed a collaboration that will enable the youth and operators in the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) sector in Nigeria acquire digital skills for economic advancement. The thrust of the collaboration, according to the parties, is to facilitate capacity building for SMEs in Nigeria, help entrepreneurs accelerate their businesses, support digital education initiatives geared towards job creation as well as address the key challenges that SMEs face in growing their businesses. Specifically, participants will be trained on the benefits, skills and value of Digital Marketing. By organizing the capacity building sessions in different

parts of the country, the partners hope to build a critical mass of businesses through increased adoption of digital technology and enhance their contribution to economic development. The training session is scheduled to kick-off in Lagos and Kaduna on July 19, 2016 and will subsequently hold in seven other states across the country. The initiative aims to digitally empower about one thousand SMEs in one year. Head, SME Banking, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Obinnia Ukachukwu, stated that as diversification of Nigeria’s economy returns to the front burner, it has become imperative to highlight the role of digital technology on empowering the youth and stimulating growth of SMEs.

CIBN boss seeks council support to achieve 7C’s mandate The President and Chairman, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Professor Segun Ajibola, has called on the newly appointed council committee of the institution for their support in accomplishing its 7C’s Agenda mandate. Highlighting what he meant by 7C’s Agenda, Ajibola said that its include capacity building; certification; codification; constructive engagements; creativity; communication and consolidation are novel, saying that they are tailored to give

direction to the Vision and Responsibilities of the Institute over the next two years of its tenure. Speaking at the council governing Council’s Committee Inauguration Meeting/Ceremony in Lagos, Ajibola, noted that in fulfilling the vision and responsibilities of the institute, the governing council which is also charged with the responsibilities of administration and general management of the Institute. He charged the approved new Committees and its members

to give it full support during the two year tenure of the new administration of the council. He added that the committees will report directly to the Governing Council, and in case, the management and some office holders may have some facts/information not immediately available to the committees, on such occasions Office Holder’s position could direct it to the new appointed committee. The CIBN boss, therefore, tasked the newly appointed committee members on the

importance of personal attendance at meetings, which he said is key if the deliberations at the Committee Meetings are to be fruitful. According to him, the need to satisfy the statutory and moral duty of paying subscriptions is sine qua non. “The Committee Members must set the pace for others to follow. Membership Development Committee to please seize the initiative and guide us on how to encourage our members to pay up as and when due as the Institute strives to make

the necessary impact on their lives”, he added. It will be recall that the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) had recently inaugurated new committees of council, in a bid to see to the administration of the general affairs of the Institute. The new committees is said to be reporting directly to the Governing Council of the institute with the immediate tasks of re positioning of CIBN chapters and branches in order to serve as a rally points for new members.

Maritime B4 Following the ninety days 90 ultimatum given by the International Maritime Organisations, IMO to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to formulatealongtermstrategyforthe implementation of instruments and convention in Nigeria, Chairman of Nigerian Ports Consultative Council (NPCC); Otunba Kunle Folarin has warned that Nigeria may lose its ship and cargo traffic if the flag administration; fails to take immediate steps While acknowledging NIMASA’s competence, Otunba Folarin advised it to employ more experienced hands among the industry’s master mariners, marine engineers, surveyors and hydrographers to help. “If you are given 90 days ultimatum, you better comply fast

FG Auto policy leads to mass sack at PTML The negative effects of the automotive policy of the Federal Government as well as renewed pressure from the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has forced port concessionaire; Ports & Terminal Multiservices Ltd, PTML Terminal to lay-off a sizeable number of its employees. Even though he could not confirm the number of the affected workers, General Manager of Grimaldi Shipping, owners of PTML Terminal, Mr. Tunde Keshinro has confirmed that the company last week sacked all its drivers. Keshinro reveal that the development was a backlash of the auto policy, but that essentially, the sack of the drivers was also forced by the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) who had confronted the terminal operator and insisted that the

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Nigeria risks IMO sanction if... - NPCC Chair because the sanctions are there and they will not hesitate to apply it. If they apply it, it will affect the cargo traffic in your country and the traffic to your country” “The worst is to get people from IMO to come and get it done for you since they know what they want” Otunba Folarin stated. Recall that the IMO while submitting an interim report after its week long audit of the Nigerian maritime sector had flayed the agency for failing to implement certain instruments and

conventions in Nigeria. Leader of the visiting IMO’s audit team, Captain Yalscin Cahit called on Maritime stakeholders especially NIMASA to develop and formalise a long term strategy for the implementation of IMO instruments in the country. He noted that the interim report has eleven findings, one observation and emphasised the need for NIMASA to respond within 90 days to the findings and highlight the strategies being developed to remedy the gaps identified.

He also highlighted positive strides Nigerian maritime sector is making while drawing attention to the need to fast track the enactment of regulations pursuant to IMO instruments for which Nigeria is party. Cahit said issuance of regulations is critical to the enforcement of IMO instruments. It subsequently gave the agency 90 days ultimatum to formulate a long term strategy for the implementation of the instruments and convention in Nigeria.

drivers’ job belonged to dockworkers. The Grimaldi top man confirmed that, “apart from the business angle, the drivers were sacked because the dockworkers were insisting that it is their job rather than that of direct staff of the company” “At the onset, the company employed drivers in other to have better control and a better service delivery to customers” “But the maritime workers union insisted it was the job meant for them, and in order to avoid disharmony in the industry, we decided to embrace the use of stevedore based drivers rather than direct employees of the company” he said. When he was asked to confirm how many of the workers were laidoff, he said “I don’t have the figure off-hand”. A very reliable source in the terminal also confirmed that due to the auto policy of the Federal Government which has cut down importation of vehicles by more than 70%, PTML Terminal has reduced its staff to the minimum level.

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L-R: Nigeria’s Alternate Permanent Representative (APR) to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Mr. Diko Bala, IMO Secretary General Mr. Kitack Lim, Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi and The Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside during a visit to the IMO head Quarters in London recently.

Nigerian seafarers most disrespected, battered globally – stakeholders Experts in the maritime sector have raised concerns over the poor living condition of Nigerian seafarers, even as they described them as the most disrespected, beaten and battered professionals globally. They also submitted that the nautical profession is the most dangerous occupation in the world. Speaking at a recent forum to commemorate the United Nation’s day of the seafarers

in Nigeria, a maritime expert; Captain Fola Ojutalayo disclosed that in 2014 a total of 2773 casualties on seafarers were recorded. Ojutalayo who is also a member of the Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association said that the rate of suicide for seafarers may triple and they may be 26 times likely to be killed at sea. “In Nigeria, despite the unequivocal significance of Nige-

rian seafarers to our corporate socioeconomic survival, the seafarers, especially Nigerian seafarers are the most disrespectfully beaten and battered professionals in our society” “In consideration of the 3rd objective in the IMO’s list of objectives for this day, which is to redouble our effort at the regulatory level to create a better, safer and more secure world in which seafarers can operate this day will not be concluded

without highlighting some of challenges militating against the maximum productivity and self-esteem of the Nigerian seafarers” The maritime expert further reiterated that discrimination within nations and races is a major deterrent to Nigerian seamen, urging the government to put in place measures to curb the uncontrollable security threat on the maritime domain. Also speaking, former Presi-

dent of the Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association; Captain Thomas Kemewerigha called on all maritime agencies to set up a committee to assist seafarers to be productive. Kemewerigha, who is an International Labour Convention (ILO) consultant called on employers of seafarers to treat them as human beings, adding that ship owners are not being fair to their employees.

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Equities market relapses as Skye bank shares plunge for fifth consecutive session Afolabi Adesola Equities trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange relapsed after Tuesday’s improvement, as all sectors dwindled safe for the NSE Insurance Index which added

1.89 points on the gains of Axamansard Insurance Plc and Continental Reinsurance Plc that added 9 and 3 kobo each to close at N2.15 and N1.14 respectively. The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All Share Index (ASI)

dropped 0.44 percent to close at 28,730.42 points against the gain of 0.15 percent to close at 28,857.34 points recorded in previous session. Market capitalisation thus dropped by N43.6 billion to close at N9.867 trillion against N15.1

billion gained previosuly to close at N9.911 trillion. The daily market statistics from the NSE further showed that Skye Bank Plc led the day’s 25 losers as its share price plunged for the 5th day in a row by 8.22 percent or 6 kobo to close at 67 kobo per share. Forte Oil Plc dipped by 4.63 percent or N7.56 to close at N155.75 per share, while Glaxosmithkline Plc shed 4.10 percent or 77 kobo to close at N18 per share. John Holt Plc dropped 3.85 percent or 3 kobo to close at 75 kobo per share, while Eterna Oil Plc dropped 3.85 percent or 10 kobo to close at N2.50 per share. On the other hand, Transcorp topped the day’s 15 gainers as it added 9.52 percent or 14 kobo to close at N1.61 per share. Honeywell Flour Plc gained 8.89 percent or 12 kobo to close at N1.47 per share, while Axamansard Insurance Plc garnered 4.37 percent or 9 kobo

to close at N2.15 per share. FCMB Plc improved by 4.32 percent or 6 kobo, to close at N1.45, while Nascon Allied Industries Plc gained 4.30 percent or 33 kobo to close at N8 per share. Further breakdown of the activity chart on the Exchange showed that investors sold a total of 190.3 million shares valued at N2.3 billion in 4,578 deals compared to a total of 207.6 million shares valued at N3.6 billion exchanged previously by investors in 4,542 deals. The banking sector led the day’s activities in terms of volume as Access Bank recorded the highest volume of stocks moved, exchanging 33.3 million shares worth N185.96 million, Zenith Bank followed with an exchange of 22.5 million shares worth N369.2 million while Guaranty Trust Bank sold 19.34 million shares valued at N462.3 million.

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Nigerian Breweries half year profit declines by 11 percent Nigerian Breweries Plc has declared 11 per cent decline in profit after tax to N19 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2016 from N21.5 billion posted in prior six months. The unaudited condensed interim financial statements posted on The Nigerian Stock Exchange official website, showed that the group profit before tax also dropped by 18 per cent to N25.5 billion from N30.99 billion recorded in six months ended June 30, 2015. Major contributors to the company plunge in profitability include eight per cent increase in cost of sales from N77 billion

to N83.39 billion while finance cost significantly rose by 151.5 per cent to N8.6 billion as against N3.4 billion recorded in six months ended June 30,2015. The company noted that interest expenses for the six months period of 2016 amounted to N1.6 billion as against N2.5 billion in six months ended June 30, 2015. Other net finance expenses for the six months period June 30, 2016 amounted to N7 billion as against N0.9 billion expenses in six months of 2015. The breweries manufacturing company revenue for the period increased marginal by four per

cent from N151.67 billion in six months of 2015 to N157.37 billion in the current six months period. In the first quarter results, the company in a statement signed by the company’s Secretary/Legal Adviser, Mr. Uaboi Agbebaku, said, “although the board expected the operating environment in 2016 to continue to be very challenging, it remained confident that the company was in a good position to take advantage of any upswing in the market especially with its twin agenda of cost leadership and market leadership supported by innovation.

Transnationwide Express Plc post N29 billion as profit for H1 2016 Half Year results for the period ended June 30th 2016, for Transnationwide Express Plc, filed with the Nigerian Stock Exchange reveals that the courier/ freight/delivery company has made a profit after tax of N29.0 million. This is two percent higher than N28.5 million realised by the company in the same period of 2015. The company’s profit before tax also increased to N38.7 million from N37.9 million in 2015, while administrative expenses increased to a negative position of N194.4 million from N187.8 million recorded in the same period of the previous year. According to the results, the company recorded a revenue growth of 10 percent to N421.9 million from N383.6 million in 2015. The company’s share price last traded at N1.01 per share.

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BEDC to install additional 100,000 meters in 2016 Conscious of the metering gaps existing across various customer classes, Benin Electricity Distribution Plc. (BEDC) has announced plan to install additional 100,000 meters for domestic and commercial customers for the remainder of 2016. The company made the announcement on Monday during a Press briefing at the 7th monthly Power sector stakeholders meeting, which it hosted at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), along Sapele road, Benin. Specifically, in a statement, the company said it would strive to achieve 100 per cent metering of all industrial and Maximum Demand (MD) customers by November ending. Speaking at the press conference, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, BEDC, Mrs. Funke Osibodu added that the company will also achieve the metering of at least 2,000 Distri-

bution transformers in order to adequately account for energy billing to customers. “The company has been proactive in installation of meters having installed over 120,500 meters since takeover of the company. We have taken advantage of both the industry CAPMI Scheme and own funded meters. More than 25,000 out of these have been installed this year alone,” remarked Mrs. Osibodu who was represented by the Chief State Head, Edo, Engr. Fidelis Obishai. BEDC she noted, has also commenced some projects to ensure the health of the customer meters including 100 per cent recertification and rectification of existing Maximum Demand customers; massive meter sealing exercise for domestic and commercial customers, prepaid meters recertification and rectification exercise, and shifting meters from customer premise to external visible locations.

AfDB, ASEA partners for five years to develop Africa’s capital markets

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African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) signed a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to amplify the impact of their strategically aligned joint efforts to promote resources mobilization to fund Africa’s economic growth. This MoU will provide a collaborative framework for harmonizing and coordinating the efforts of AfDB, the premier international development financial institution for Africa, and ASEA, the premier body of African stock exchanges, towards deepening and connecting African financial markets. The partnership will facilitate

various projects of mutual interest to both the Association and the Bank targeting areas such as financial markets infrastructure development, introduction of new products in the market, improving market liquidity and market participation, information sharing and capacity building amongst other programs. The President of AfDB, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina thinks that the strengthening and deepening of Africa’s financial markets, as a powerful tool to mobilize domestic and international savings at an efficient cost, and channel them towards funding Africa’s private sector, is critical to accelerate the pace to achieve the Bank’s Ten Year Strategy 2013-2022 for green and inclusive growth in Africa.

From Left: Country Manager, HP, Chukwuma Okpaka; an official of Cloud and Enterprise, Microsoft, Blessing Nnachi, Executive Director, Market Operations and Technology, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Ade Bajomo; Chief Information Security Officer of NSE, Favour Femi-Oyewole and Business Group Director, Cloud and Enterprise, Microsoft, Ope Olaniran, at the Nigerian Capital Market Information Security Forum in Lagos on Wednesday.

Market conditions will remove excess oil in 2017 – OPEC Opeoluwani Akintayo Following excess oil in the market, the Organisation for petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has said that market conditions will help eliminate excess oil stocks in 2017. The cartel said this in its July report released on Tuesday. The rise in demand growth would come as non-OPEC supply continued to fall into 2017, OPEC said, demand for crude from its own 14 members including Gabon who rejoining the group in July, was expected to rise to average 33.0 mb/d in 2017, representing a gain of 1.1 mb/d over the current year and compared to an expected increase of 1.9 mb/d this year. “Thus, market conditions will help remove overall excess oil stocks in 2017,” OPEC said. Non-OPEC producers felt it harder by the price slump than their lower-cost OPEC producers

and in fact, OPEC’s decision in November 2014 to keep on pumping at record levels despite the glut was seen as a strategy of the group to defend its market share and put pressure on its rivals. The strategy has worked as rival nonOPEC producers shut down rigs but it has also hurt poorer members of OPEC, such as Venezuela and Angola. OPEC noted that non-OPEC supply was likely to continue to contract this year and into 2017. “Non-OPEC oil supply in 2017 is expected to contract by 0.11 mb/d. The forecast assumes that the annual decline rate in non-OPEC countries will outpace new production growth. As a result, the contraction seen this year in nonOPEC supply is expected to continue in 2017 but at a slower pace,” the report said. Non-OPEC producers with many based in the U.S. and Canada, have higher production costs

and have not been able to weather the price drop as well as OPEC producers based predominantly in the Middle East, Africa and South America. However, OPEC noted that “various assumptions have been considered in the 2017 projection, the most notable being “an improvement in global economic activities; higher road transportation fuel consumption due to the strong rebound in vehicle sales in the U.S., China and India; and demand for petrochemical feedstocks from new projects in U.S. and China.” It added despite the fact that monetary policies across the globe are expected to remain accommodative, there were a number of uncertainties facing the global economy such as the U.K.’s vote last month to leave the European Union and what impact this could have on the U.K. and EU economies.

Stakeholders decry increased smuggling of rice in Nigeria Charles Okonji Stakeholders in the rice industry have expressed concerns over the increased activities of rice smuggling at the country’s porous borders, stressing that the ugly situation poses threat to local investment in rice production in Nigeria. The stakeholders while addressing journalists in Lagos recently said smuggling threatens

millions of job opportunities that had been created by local investment in the nation’s rice industry. The stakeholders pointed out that it is no longer news that rice is being smuggled into the country through the nation’s unapproved and porous borders, maintaining that more worrisome is the high rate of smuggling activities which has resulted to loss of revenue for the

nation and local investors in the industry. They added that as a result of smuggling, lots of jobs and new businesses are springing up in neighbouring countries like Republic of Benin, Niger Republic, and Cameroon because of the increased activity in smuggling of rice at the nation’s sea ports and borders. According to the rice dealers, the concessionaires of Nige-

rian seaport are laying off staff massively while operations of shipping and clearing agents, transporters, and other service providers have grounded to a halt in the past one year. Dr. Johnson Idowu, Executive Director, Nigeria Agriculture Development Watch, lamented that shipping lines and many other businesses are pulling out of Nigeria. He said; “The ripple effect of

rice smuggling into the country would lead to a mass laying off of staff and redundancy. Interestingly, the Minister of Labour will soon come on air to issue an ultimatum to these companies not to sack”. Idowu stressed that the federal government even contemplated the idea of opening the land border initially for the importation of rice, which he said was a colossal error of reasoning.

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Govt must restructure all aviation parastatals – Saidu For effective performance, reduced corruption and proper accountability, Comrade Abdulrasaq Saidu, National secretary of Nigeria Aviation Professionals Association NAPA, calls for restructuring of various aviation agencies in the country for effective administration. He spoke with Aviation Correspondent, CHUKWUEMEKE IWELUNMO in a recent exclusive interview. Excerpts. People have criticised happenings in the aviation sector, saying the sector is at a standstill. As front line labour leader, what is your take on this? Because of the happenings in the aviation sector, I am feeling uncomfortable to keep quiet. When you say recent happening sir, could you be a little bit more elaborate. Is it at the ministerial level? At the ministerial level, prior to the appointment of the ministers by president Buhari. We agitated and advised the federal government and the president that he should scrap the ministry of aviation because the ministry from the beginning because of the previous experience has not been adding operational value structure in the aviation sector that they always compound it. For example, the parastatals have their operational structures backed by the enabling law that sets them up individually and highlighted all their functions. But the minister will just come with a fiat and deplete that law without passing through the National Assembly. There they started expanding the directorates, over bloated directorates and impose inexperienced personnel through the ministry of Aviation which is now causing confusion in the aviation sector. That is why we are saying that it does not have value. Internationally, we have ministry of transportation, aviation is part of transportation. It is supposed

to be a department, sea and road. So, creating it here does not mean anything because it has not added value otherwise, we cannot move forward. Aviation is a global village, you don’t have Nigerian aviation differently. Because it is a global village and the same law mandated NCAA as a watch dog, regulator, Police on behalf of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) any function that the ministry of aviation is rendering to the aviation sector. Otherwise, what are their functions? Are you of the view that if the aviation ministry is scrapped that NCAA will do its job more effectively? Yes, the NCAA will be more effective in regulating and policing other parastatals and stakeholders to be free from undue ministerial interference. Taking a look at the current Minister of State Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika people have observed that he seems to be revealing most of his strategies before implementing them, what is your reaction to all the things he has said about the need to restructure the agencies? The man has goofed, he goofed as a minister that comes from the APC as a party. It baffles me because when you bear a child, the name you will give the child is within you and not to give it out. But he has a lot of conspiracy with some of the chief executives of parastatals to enable them tidy

NAPA their houses. It is being rumoured that even when he was in the senate and as a member of the committee on aviation, one of his companies secured contract to build the Katsina international airport. Can you tell us more about the contract if it is not just a phantom allegation? It is not unfounded allegation because Stella Oduah is there. If its unfounded allegation, why is Sirika directing the management of FAAN to pay him. Has he done the job? So, I don’t think he is competent or he has a moral right to be the minister of Aviation. Judging by his relationship, his achievements, what he has gained in terms of contracts at the Katsina airport. So, even if it is rumoured, if it is not true, in an advanced countries, once its mentioned, the person will be reassigned or resigned but here, they will be covering up their atrocities. The current minister state Aviation is not competent to be there, he ought to be reassigned. If president Buhari wants a result in the aviation sector. Other than the issue about the minister, people have also raised observations or concerns about some things that are not well about NCAA, can you tell us more about NCAA and what is happening there? When you look at NCAA now, it’s quite different from the NCAA

Comrade Abdulrasaq Saidu, National secretary of Nigeria Aviation Professionals Association (NAPA) of before, under Dr. Demuren. I have to mention names now – The standard of NCAA has been bastardized now. There is no unity in the management operational structure. What is in that place is dictatorship, one man show and I have investigated and I have find it so. Let the current DG challenge me on one on one debate if his operational structure is in line with what is on ground as the due process of NCAA. One, there is no training, retraining of professionals that made the NCAA thick especially the inspectorate department in terms of airworthiness, insurance registration among others, have diminished. Unless they reposition NCAA by removing the DG and appoint an experienced person from within the system, we will wake up one day and hear about unusual happenings. Let’s look at the airport authority (FAAN) People have agitated for cleansing in FAAN because of the way and manner of appointment of people without the requisite knowledge, what is your take on this sir? We have been saying if the FG through the salaries and wages commission approved both the reviewed and the current terms and conditions of service and salary structure for all the parastatals particularly FAAN. We

are against allowing the people brought from outside the system not falling in line with the salary structure of FAAN. Many at times it is the ministerial imposition. Imposing of people that never know anything about job, people that first left the university placing them on level 16 with official cars without any office and their letters of employment written from the ministry without the knowledge of the agency’s heads. That has spoiled the structure of FAAN. Take a look at the people from the then NAA now FAAN that have retired and who is to replace them. Until recently, they never knew that security and fire are short of manpower but instead of facing those challenges they focused on over loading the system with supportive staff. Can you throw more light on this issue on the inadequate personnel in FAAN aerodrome and airport operations and security? There are people that have served and reached the age of retirement. Either by age of service and they must have replacement. Instead of them to work towards that and employ more hands, train and ensure they catch up with the people about to leave, they didn’t do that. Instead, they brought people from outside in the name of providing job and imposed them on a higher grade level.

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I hate being stereotyped into a particular character Charles Awurum is one of the highly rated comic-actors in the Nigerian movie industry who has been able to carve a niche for himself in the industry where comic roles seems to be the order of the day. MUTIAT ALLI caught up with the Nollywood actor in a speaks no-holdsbarred interview spoke about his fame, how he handles his female fans, marriage and other things. Enjoy… Have you always wanted to be an actor? Yes, I wanted to read Law or Theatre Art. There was a time I wrote to Village Headmaster that I wanted to be part of them. I was very small then. My happiest time in life was when they sent me a letter with NTA letter headed paper, inviting me to come. I didn’t go because I was small; there was nobody to take me there. So I kept on doing church drama. Drama and debating society in school, I was part of everything. Until I watched Langbodo in FESTAC 77, and one person that moved me then was Sam Loco Efe. From then, I made up my mind to be an actor.

How often do you get embarrassed due to the comic roles you play?

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Would you say you are stereotyped in And I did it. After that, they now started giving me comedy roles. I did ‘A Million Madness’, ‘Under Fire’, and ‘Walls movies? I have acted in so many films that were not comedy. My first film was “Obiora” which was not comedy, and I interpreted my role very well. But it’s the viewers that sometimes influence the producers to consider an actor for a particular role. If Patience Ozokwor (a.k.a Mama G) is not playing a wicked woman in a movie, the viewers would say, ‘this is not Mama G’. The same goes for Mr. Ibu and me. I must not play a stupid man before you realise I’m an actor. At some point, you went from playing serious roles into playing comedy roles fully. Why the transition? I came out of the university a versatile actor. I hate being stereotyped into a particular character. So at a point when the comedians were really doing some great work, I told them that I can do it. When I came into this industry, I was acting serious movies, acting action movies. I call them Rambo but I told them I could act comedy. But they said with your hard face, you act detective, how can you act comedy but I told them I am an actor. A comedian must not be deformed. You mustn’t be somehow to make people laugh. As an actor you can play any role. It was by force that I got into comedy. Then I had to get this my friend, Sunny Nnaji. I told him please, if you are shooting your comedy, let me come into it. Then he said how much I’m I going to pay you now? I said anything. I want to show people that I can do this. The title of the movie was ‘Long John’. He gave me a two scene character which I played. I told him how I was going to play it. He agreed but then Executive Producer said no, no, no but he said go ahead and play it that way.

There was a time I was coming back from Onitsha, a girl saw me and she said,

Many times. There was a time I was coming back from Onitsha, a girl saw me and she said, and ‘Chicken thief’. See am, e go steal fowl. They call you all sorts of names. That’s why most of the time I don’t blame our celebrities who try to shy away from people because it is when somebody greets you and you return the greeting that he or she has the time to tell you what he or she wants to tell you. People can just see you, the next thing they call you, hey! Come, come, see my girlfriend, come do am make she laugh. And it’s not funny because most times, these are people you are much, much older. Some people are very disrespectful, without thinking twice, they tell you words that will not go down well with you but you just look at the person and go your way.

‘Chicken thief’.

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See am, e go steal fowl. They call you all sorts of names.

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Society Correspondent Abimbola Obatayo

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Apart’. Since then, it’s been comedy movies.

Before you joined others who were already playing comic roles, did you at any point doubted or afraid? In acting, I don’t have any fears. When I used to do stage production, the crowd was my motivation. When I came to do ‘Obiora’, I was taking out from nowhere to somewhere to play the lead as Obiora. I came from Imo, when I got to Lagos, people were gathered, stars were gathered but I was not afraid. That was why I was able to carry the character. Even at National Theater then, people were waiting to see who the person is. What is he going to do? People were waiting for my downfall at the rehearsal but when they saw what I did, I made friends with everybody. They liked me. That was when some Executive producers called me and said to me that ‘Charles, don’t you want to come to Lagos and stay? Meanwhile, I lived in Lagos before I went to Imo State. I was born in Lagos. I grew up in Lagos. I stayed in Festac for a long time. I schooled in Ansarudeen High School before I went to Calabar. So coming back to Lagos, we had a house in Lagos, where to stay was not my problem. I went to the east for something else. I had no fears. And till now, I do not have any fears. Even if I were to act with Alnold Schwarzenegger tomorrow, I would not have any fears because acting is my career.

How do you handle your female fans? I am a man, whether television or not, we interact with woman and you know women show more love and in showing you love, they can do certain things that would… but you look at them and make sure you don’t make them feel bad. I try not to make anybody feel bad, no matter how you look because I didn’t create myself and you didn’t create yourself. I embrace everybody that comes my way whether man or woman but I know where to draw the lines and when it gets to that point, I take myself away from that environment.

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You see them looking stunning on red carpets, movies, musical videos and magazine covers yet we do not understand the fact that they equally have their own bad and bizarre moments; they are celebrities not to be seen as ‘tin god’. Today on our Celebrity bizarre shot, we bring to you embarrassing moments of your top entertainers.

Noami Mac: Dayo a s u m A There’s quite a number but the one I can remember will be after Nigerian Idol. About a year after or so, I went to buy stuffs in Yaba.

As I bent down to pick the belt I was buying, someone just shouted NAOMI MAC and I was frozen.

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I don’t see them as embarrassment. Actually a lot of people do a lot of things. One happened recently when a girl saw me and wanted to take pictures and then she kissed me so deeply and passionately right in front of my wife. I am so lucky; I have a wife who understands.

There came a time in traffic in Maryland, Ikeja, Lagos and a lady hit my car glass and requested that I wined down which I did. She requested for my personal contact line that she would love to be my friend and politely I told her I cannot give her my line. My sister, after a short while, the lady rained me bucketful of insult and created a scene at the bus-stop. I just zoomed off embarrassed.

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A lot of things o, like you are lodged in a hotel where you performed and on your way back to your room, one of your fans be like ‘let’s go to your room and I ask to do what. Stay where you are and leave Satan alone.

That will definitely be this critics going viral about my photo which was released after a photo-shoot session and fans came attacking me that I went for artificial pink lips. I was embarrassed but be sure I gave my opinion on it too.

Music Gist L4

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Simi, Gbemi Olateru- 2baba announces Olagbegi, others dance competition for party with Falz Buckwyld ‘n’ Breathless:

The disruption Nigeria concert

Simi and Falz Friends and well-wishers of BET Award winner, Falz the bahd guy gathered in their numbers last weekend as BET Africa put together a homecoming party to celebrate his big win at the BET Awards 2016. The event, which held at the Club 57 in Ikoyi, had in attendance notable celebrities including Simi, Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi, Shoddy, Yomi Gold, Katung Aduwak, Zedeye among many others. Speaking shortly before the party, the cheerful Falz said: “Winning this award has been an overwhelming experience for me. It signifies a new level for me and it has definitely put my brand on the international map. I’m grateful for the recognition BET has given African artistes like me.” Falz won Viewer’s Choice “Best New International” Act at the just concluded BET Awards, which held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Few weeks after 2baba took some of his lucky fans on an all-expense paid trip to Kenya for a safari experience and a VIP treat at the Kenyan edition of Buckwyld ‘N’ Breathless: The Disruption concert, the African music icon yesterday took to his Instagram account to announce yet another competition for his fans in view of the forthcoming Buckwyld ‘N’ Breathless: The Disruption concert in Lagos, Nigeria. This competition which is tagged,

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Burna Boy premieres Pree Me

Burnaboy Nigerian virtuoso, Burna boy has released another smash single, the first since the release of his sophomore album on a spaceship last year. The new song titled Pree Me was premiered exclusively on Apple music’s beat 1 on Thursday, July 7, making Burna Boy the first Nigerian artiste to premiere a new single on Apple music Beat 1. The Leriq produced song further showcases Burna Boy’s versatility and musical prowess. On this pleasantly

smooth rendition, Burna Boy talks about his struggles to remain afloat despite betrayals from friends and warns his fans to be careful how they choose their friends. He also talks about resilience and giving no room for regrets. Pree Me is the first single off Burna Boy’s soon to be released EP titled, Redemption, and has so far been receiving rave reviews in the United Kingdom after being premiered on Apple Beats 1.

Last Five Slots, will have five amateur dancers perform on the same stage with 2baba and MI Abaga at the concert. These dancers will be selected following a series of spontaneous auditions and screenings which will take place at street locations announced on both 2baba’s social media handles and Buckwyld ‘N’ Breathless website and official social media handles. In addition to performing live on stage with the music icon and rap legend, the

2Face Idibia winners of the competition will be paid professional fees along with the privilege of getting their skills brushed up by one of the partners of the concert; award winning Dance Na D Main Thing crew. 2baba alongside MI Abaga are set to light up Lagos on September 3, 2016 in yet another record-breaking Buckwyld ‘N’ Breathless: The Disruption concert. The concert will hold at the Eko Hotels Convention Centre and it promises to be a colossal event.

E.M.E (Empire Mates Entertainment) first lady, Eniola Akinbo, better known as Niyola, has hinted that her first sophomore album will debut before the end of 2016. Although billed to drop two months ago (April), the singer revealed that circumstances stopped that from happening and currently all hands are on deck towards a successful album release debut. On the album title, Niyola hinted that the working title remains ‘Yours Truly’ which is subject to change as production is currently on. Niyola sojourn into music began in 2000 when she emerged runner up at the Amen Starlet Competition. In 2005, Niyola began her professional music career and was briefly affiliated with eLDee’s Trybe’s Record. She is currently one of the female musicians at the top their game in the industry with songs that includes Toh Bad, Crazy, Be my Lover, and Never gonna stop amongst others.

Another Sunday is another round of exciting performances as The Voice Nigeria live shows throw up more surprises! Our contestants are now down to 16, with four coming from each team. This round of live shows involves the four members left from each team performing, with the coach choosing to save one contestant and the three remaining contestants put up for public voting. This time Nigeria gets to save the two lucky contestants who amass the most votes. #TeamTubaba kicked off the show with David Operah revealed as the contestant with the most public votes. Brenda, the tomboy with a strong voice, sang Beyoncé’s if I were a boy whilst the shy Jennifer rocked the stage with some diversity by performing Evanescence’s Bring me to life. The saved David Operah serenaded with R Kelly’s classic I believe I can fly and Viveeyen sang When love takes over by David Guetta and Kelly Rowland. David Operah was two times lucky as he is saved by Tubaba. Meanwhile, the last week from #TeamWaje had Arese, Chiche and Dawn up for voting and Nigeria chose to save Arese. The performances began with Promise singing Miguel’s Adorn whilst Patrick the hustler

Chike

Cornel

The Voice Nigeria surprises as Chike and Cornel go up for eviction! was next with Reekado Banks’ Katapot. Michael, affectionately known as Waje’s “jollof rice”, sang John Legend’s Everybody Knows and the recently saved Arese sang Inogen Heap’s Hide and Seek. Waje saved Michael. #TeamTimi Dakolo was next as Nigeria had to pick from Armstrong Martins, Kofo or Tobore. Armstrong came through with the most votes and was saved. The music teacher and fan favourite Cornel waxed nostalgic as he performed Bryan Adams’ Have You Ever Loved a Woman whilst Dewe gave an amazing performance singing Fire by Bez. The recently saved Armstrong Martins sang Let it Go by James Bay and Vicky

sang Adele’s Make You Feel My Love. Vicky, one of the few ladies left, is saved by Timi. From #TeamPatoranking, the last show had Uche Michael, Benjamin and DNA all up for eviction and Sunday’s show revealed that Nigeria had chosen to save DNA. Linda Inneka kicked off her team’s performances with Man Down by Rihanna, followed by the ladies’ man Chike who sang The Weeknd’s earned it. The twin duo DNA sang Justin Bieber’s Love Yourself, and Nonso gave a brave performance singing D’banj’s Emergency. Patoranking saved the energetic Nonso.

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Afolayan reveals how he borrowed N50m from BOI Nigerian Filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan revealed during the grand Lagos premiere of his new work ‘The CEO’ that contrary to news that he was given money for free to shoot his movie, it was funded by the N50 million loan he took from the Bank of Industry. He however pleaded with pirates not have interest in the movie as that is the only way he can refund the money borrowed. He said: “I borrowed N50 million from

Bank of Industry to produce this film. Please do not pirate the film. I beg you o. I need to pay back the money. I think I have 13 months left. Please help o”. It would be recalled that in April 2015, some movie pirates in Nigeria threatened to release Afolayan’s hit movie “0ctober 1.” The threats led to the controversial tweet by Kunle accusing Igbos of being responsible for piracy in Nigeria. And on Monday, April 13, 2015, the Filmmaker took to his Instagram

page to alert fans that pirated copies of the movie are being sold on the streets of Lagos. He also pleaded with fans not to patronise the sellers. Estimated around 2 million dollars, The CEO movie is definitely worth viewing as its hits the cinema tomorrow, Friday July 15, 2016. The CEO features Hilda Dokubo, Kemi Lala Akindoju, Angelique Kidjo, Peter Kings, and Wole Ojo among others.

AGN SAGA!!! Emeka Ike is not President, says Steve Eboh Since the court injunction that relieved past president, Ibinabo Fiberisima as the president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), several mixed reactions have equally trailed Emeka Ike who poses as the new guild president. This time coming from the newly appointed chairman Actors Guild’s caretaker committee, Mr. Steve Eboh, who insisted and stated categorically that Emeka Ike is not a card carrying member of the Guild. Eboh said he does not know reasons Emeka Ike poses around as the guild president. “It is on this note that I state clearly that the AGN has no president,” he said According to the actor, Emeka Ike has not been able to tell the body who voted him as the president of AGN, while Ibinabo Fiberisima is yet to say what legal mandate she has over AGN. Eboh made this known in a recent interview. He said: “On the established Caretaker Committee, I don’t know why Ibinabo and Emeka Ike are afraid of the Caretaker Committee. The essence of the caretaker committee is to reconcile warring factions of the guild, stay in power for some time, conduct fresh elections and ensure that the guild moves forward again. And some people are not happy with the development. Some of them have lost their relevance in the guild. They want to remain in power, meaning that there is something they are not telling us.” On Ibinabo and Emeka Ike as AGN president, Eboh said: “The court sacked Ibinabo, and Emeka Ike has never been the president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria. Now, he’s laying claims to the presidency of the guild. Emeka Ike has not been able to tell us who voted him as the president of AGN. The same goes to Ibinabo, who is yet to tell Emeka Ike us what legal mandate she has over AGN now.”

Kim Kardashian Vs Kanye:

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4-1-Love movie picks August premiere date Prior to its release rate, Nigeria comedy movie, 4-1Love will now be premiered at an august ceremony come August 19, 2016. 4-1-Love movie talks about a young woman, Uju Amadi, who has lofty dreams of being a world-renowned poet. She uses a pen name online and develops quite a large following. Her poems on love and healing are a balm to the soul of a wheelchair-bound millionaire, Philip Obodo (Kenneth Okonkwo) who is grieving the loss of his teenage daughter. The two have a special online connection but unfortunately, Uju in reality, is in a relationship with an Internet con-man Osazie, who specializes in online romantic scams where he cons women out of money.

How Uju manages to juggle this love triangle is the premise on which this film is built. As directed by Ikechukeu Onyeka, the upcoming romantic comedy features Kenneth Okonkwo, comedian Bovi Ugboma, Alexx Ekubo, Ebele Okaro, Bryce Bassey, Lilian Esoro, Bobby Michaels, Deyemi Okanlawon, and Anthony Monjaro.

Mixed reactions trail Funke Akindele Fans react to divorce speculations television series ‘Jenifa’s Diary’ Concerned fans of celebrity television personality, Kim Kardashian and her husband, hip-hop rapper and music producer, Kanye West, have expressed concern as speculations of the two getting a divorce continues to spread. In the last few weeks, there had been pictures and notes on various social media platforms that gave inclination that the Kardashian-West marriage may be at the verge of breakup. Just like their Nigerian

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counterparts, this could be another publicity stunt by the TV girl and her musician husband. Zara Lawal, a professional makeup artist in Abuja, said that she would be disappointed in Kim if the marriage broke up. `I have been following the trending topic of the possibility of Kim Kardashian filing for a divorce from Kanye West so soon, and I must say I will be very disappointed if that happens. Grace Doma, said that the KardashianWest divorce if real, would confirm that the Kardashian family was unstable. ‘We look at all these beautiful celebrities and we see how men and women fight and wish to be with them, but the relationships never last. ``Kim had always talked about family and what a good marriage means to her, especially as her mother had managed her marriage well for a good period of time. ``Everyone made fun of her when she and her ex-husband, Chris Humphre, got a divorce after being married for just 72 days and everyone saw her and her family as unstable people.”

Viewers of `Jenifa’s Diary’, a popular television series by Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have expressed mixed reactions over the programme. While some applauded Funke Akindele for reeling out an entertaining series with top notch creativity towards the projecting of the movie industry both home and abroad, others condemned her use of language. For Mrs. Chidinmma Okolo, the programme is creative and Akindele had brought her brand to bear in the television series. “Jenifa Diary is creative and she brought her own kind of acting into the show which is different from the routine Nollywood acting we know. It is a reality show that is shot in modern settings,” she said. On the contrary, another viewer, Ohanwe, noted that she would not recommend the programme for children, adding that if they watched it overtime, it may corrupt their use of English. Mrs. Grace Obi, a Human Resource Officer, said the programme was not

creative and does not have any value to add to someone who was focused. “The series is more of a local television programme that cannot impact the life of any serious minded individual,” she said. Jenifa Dairy parades appearance by stars that includes Falz, OAP Lolo, Waje, Ali Nuhu, Alex Ekubo and most recent, Mavin star, Tiwa Savage.

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Jaywon hits studio with Tonto Dike-Churchill ...drops Gbadun Ft. Reakado Banks visual

Jaywon pictured with Tonto in studio alongside other crew members

Nextworld Music act, Jaywon, is not stopping at been crowned as the best contemporary musician to come out of Africa. This time around, the Jolly Muke star was pictured with Nollywood actress cum musician, Tonto Dike-Churchill in the studio. Jaywon posted a photo of their

New single Alert: BaseOne Ft. K1 De Ultimate ‘Better Dey Come’

Reminisce to drop 4th album ‘El-Hadj’ August Known for his distinctive art work and album cover designs, Baba Hafusa Crooner, Reminisce has proclaimed the release date for his forthcoming album, El-Hadj while also unveiling the cover art. El-Hadj album is coming after the release of his third album ‘Baba Hafusa’ which was released in 2015 creating a buzz in the music industry as one of the best rap albums. It would be recalled that few weeks ago, Reminisce released yet another single with legendary singer, 2Face Idibia titled ‘ Nobody Knows’ which is currently enjoying massive airplay and reviews. El-Hadj has been slated for August 2016 release.

Aquila Record lyrical machine, BaseOne is sure not resting on his oars in 2016 with the release of the visuals of his popular song ‘Werey O’ followed by Skon Skon which has invariably gone viral since its release as fans took to Instagram to share videos depicting their Skon Skon move. This time around, BaseOne makes a bold statement in new tune ‘Better dey come’ sampling a legendary singer, K1 De Ultimate’s classic. The Aquila Records rapper gives out a message of hope to Nigerians and also inspires the people to be the change they are looking forward to seeing.

studio session which caption “Oba Orin & Tonto Dike-Churchill cooking something real big; Tontolet is back in the music game for real, you all need to anticipate for this one,” he said. Tontolet, who has been off both the music and movie scene since her child birth, is sure ready for a

comeback to her first love for music. Meanwhile, the much talked about Gbadun visual featuring Mavin talented act, Reakado Banks, dropped today, Thursday July 14, 2016. Directed by Unlimited LA, Gbadun is off the recently released Oba Orin album.

Spar berths in Calabar, records unprecedented attendance The Tourism capital of Nigeria, Calabar was agog with festivities recently as Nigerians and foreigners trooped out to Calabar Mall in the cultural centre for the launch of SPAR Hypermarket. The Hypermarket which operates the largest chain of stores in Nigeria opened its doors to thousands of eager shoppers who came from around the state to witness SPAR’s 10th Store launch in Nigeria and shop at great discount. Immediate past Minister of Tourism, High Chief Edem Duke, officiated the ceremony with the cutting of the ribbon amidst traditional dance performances and other side attractions. While declaring SPAR officially open, Edem Duke congratulated SPAR for investing in Cross River State commended the Hypermarket for enhancing development in the state. Also in attendance was Cross River State’s former Commissioner of Sports and CEO of Hit FM, Patrick Ugbe alongside several other

media personalities. The Children of Access Schools Calabar elegantly dressed in uniforms also joined in the ceremony. The Brand’s spokesperson, Mr. John Goldsmith, said: “SPAR is the Hypermarket for all Nigerians irrespective of socio-economic differences. We are eager to give the beautiful people of Cross River amazing offers on high quality items ranging from fast moving consumer goods to home furnishings and electronics. “Over 50,000 shoppers were present at the store today. At some point shoppers had to be ushered in batches to manage the deluge entering the store. ’He added. In commemoration of the Calabar launch, SPAR is offering all its shoppers an opportunity to win spectacular gifts. Any purchase of 2,500 Naira and above shoppers gets instant gifts ranging from electronic devices to edible goods. From far Left: Tunde Olatundun of Ishtmus Engineering Limited; Director, Artee Group, Sahil Keswani; High Chief Edem Duke; Director, Artee Group, Rahul Keswani; Mall Head, Sunny Chawla; Artee Project Administrator, Ijeoma Ihevueme and Mall Project Manager, Sanesh Chandran

Harrysong needs to take a chill pill

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Five Star Music act, Harrysong got people talking on social media when he posted a picture of a new shoot with an obvious lips change and this got fans talking and posing the question: ‘ Why go a pink lips when you can rock your natural lips shade?. While a few hailed ‘Baba for the girls’ for his ‘cuteness’, many admonished him for his ‘weird’ look and others begged to know the brand of his, ahem… lipstick. ‘Bross waiting happen you don day ton to woman small small. Na gay still b this hoo hope

make you wake up still love your songs,’ a ‘concerned’ fan wrote. Following the shades by his concerned fans, Harrysong seems not find the comment likely as he issued strict warning to those who are courageous enough to say rude words to him on his page to err… be bold enough to leave their addresses as well. Harrysong shared another photo of himself with the much criticised ‘fake’ pink lips. Harrysong wrote: ‘This is my page... U re a fan... a follower of

the brand Harrysong? Thanks… I love you too, but, wen you ve the guts to come here and talk anyhow, pls ve that same guts to put down ur address. I swear, I’ll love to know you better, #onedelta #harrysongpeaceconcert’. Barely 24 hours after, fans began to send their contact address to the music act, still insisting that the pink lips way does not befit the Baba for the girls crooner. With this taking over the internet, Harrysong really needs to take a chill pill to avoid more stir on social media.

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Open letter to all Nigerians:

Better dey come I’m a passionate lover of our country Nigeria for many reasons. Not many countries in the world are as blessed as we are. We have an abundance of natural and human resources, we are blessed with rich land and hardly have any records of natural disasters. No matter how blessed you are however, if you manage your affairs poorly you’re not likely to succeed. This I believe has been the challenge with Nigeria. We have voted for change, but managing change is never easy especially in a period of multifaceted economic and social challenges. We all must endure until things get better. It is much easier to steer a small boat than a giant cruise ship . Our country is a large one, with more than 300 tribes and a population of almost two hundred million people. we have a complex government system and the largest economy on the continent, therefore it will

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There are movies that fascinate you, that make you admire the way certain minds work, and keep you staring at your screen with devotion, willing it to stay on for the rest of your life. The Visit, by Biodun Stephen, comes close to this description. Very close. Nse Ikpe Etim is carefree Ajiri Shagaya in the four-cast 2015 movie. She is a party planner, married to spontaneous Lanre Shagaya (Blossom Chukwujeku), a music producer she’s nicknamed Lord Shagwell because of his alleged mind-blowing sexual prowess. Theirs is an unconventional and chaotic marriage. They are loud at everything, disorganized and unkempt and reckless; and their actions have, over time, made their neighbors, the Nebos (there’s a nice rhyme there somewhere), utterly uncomfortable. The Nebos, on the other hand, are exact opposites. Theirs is the prim and proper, focused and play-it-by-thebook marriage. Nerdy Chidi Nebo (Femi Jacobs) is an IT specialist. He is married to uptight Eugenia (BayRay Mcwizu), a fashion consultant and lifestyle blogger whom he met on one of his trips to France. Eugenia has her life and that of her husband on a rigid regimen. She is the more disturbed about their neighbours, and gives her husband an ultimatum, demanding that they leave or have their neighbors do. When, on one night, Lanre and Ajiri

naturally take time to fix the rot of decades past. Basically , wanting change isn’t enough if we don’t have the patience to follow through the process. . Nothing good comes easy, and as they say; it’s darkest just before morning. I am not partisan, therefore penning this isn’t in particular support of anyone, but a heartfelt message to the next man as one who holds this country dear, how about we place our collective interest, in the strength of our dear country Nigeria, ahead of religion, tribe, political party and all the many other lines that divide us. So that you and I can have the country that we dream of in our lifetime. I believe. BETTER DEY COME. NOTE: This letter was inspired by the song Better Dey Come (attached) by Aquila Records’ artiste Base One featuring King Wasiu Ayinde Shina Peller

Olufunke Fayoyin’s

“The Visit” is rich in almost every sense get into a scuffle that has them running around the compound exchanging swear words, Ajiri shatters one of the Nebo’s glass windows, the couple is remorseful and decide to go pay their neighbors a visit in the morning to apologize for their misbehavior and assure them that they would get the damages repaired. The Nebos too, decide to pay their neighbours a visit and set the matter straight. They meet the Shagayas at their door. It’s on this visit that shocking revelations begin to unfold; secrets that just won’t stop coming. In no time, both families realize that they aren’t as different from each other after all. The Visit is what I would call ‘rich’, in every sense of the word. The storyline would keep you glued as it unravels itself peel after peel like a sumptuous banana. It is devoid of clichés, and an obvious product of deep thought. The acting is right on the mark; as real as real can be. It isn’t trying to make you

believe, it just has you sold completely. The script is also very peculiar and deliberate, another applaudable rarity for a Nollywood movie. Everything that is said seems to fit into the big picture, and everything that is done as well. The movie runs for about two hours, but still remains un-put-down-able, despite the many factors that could have worked against it. Wrapped in a foil of subtlety is the message of this Olufunke Fayoyindirected flick. It raises issues about infidelity, cultism, genital mutilation and drug trafficking. That one movie touches this wide range of topics without being in-your-face about them is note-worthy. The casting is near perfect and the

costuming suits the stars like a fitted prom dress. While Blossom is made to look like a spoilt rich reckless kid in his blings and skin haircut, Nse is tattooed all over and given a ‘shuku’ to match her vivacious ‘Waffiness’. Femi wears shirts properly tucked in with glasses that touch his nose and scream geek, and Bayray is decked in grace and poise. It is not without its shortcomings, however. The Visit, as fun as it is, is probably not a movie you’d want to see again. The beauty of the story, apart from the uniqueness of its four-man cast or that, for the most part, its shot in just one house, is in the revelation of its secrets. But when all that has been seen, there’s nothing to anticipate anymore, making it a one-time wonder. The subtitling is faulty. There are things said that aren’t written, and things written that aren’t said. There are errors in spellings and tense structures, and one wonders why they’d bother with it in the first place, ruining a perfect dish. Other than these, there’s hardly anything left to fault that the great characterization hasn’t covered. It’s easy to think that people can’t have these much secrets and that the storyline is a bit too theatrical for real life, but these four brilliant actors make you believe that anything is possible without breaking a sweat. The language is strong though; you’d better not be watching it around your kid. I’ll readily give The Visit a 70. It is an absolute delight. Culled from TNS.ng

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