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t is no more news that Nigerians are amongst the biggest importers of finished products in the world. These imports include everything from vehicles, household utensils to toiletries, plastics and even toothpicks. Commentators have argued that such mania for importation is responsible for the continuing depreciation of the Naira and embarrassing industrial underdevelopment of the country. For long, there have been calls for the imposition of stricter ban on importation of goods that can be produced in the country.

Moreover, experts have argued that without such far-reaching policies, Nigeria would forever be an import dependent country. That is why the observation by the Managing Director of Nigeria Gas and Steel Limited (NGSL), Chief Hasib Moukarim, that the country loses more than N2.3 trillion annually on the importation of iron and steel products is worrisome.

Speaking recently, Moukarim raised alarm over situation where a total of 61,500 tons of steel pipes were imported into the country, even at the time Nigerian manufacturers were terminating employments of workers due to diminishing demand.

Like Moukarim, we are also worried by the country’s importation frenzy and the deleterious consequences on the economy and industrial development in the end. Definitely, we are at loss knowing why the authorities should allow the importation of finished steel pipes, hollow sections, and even iron rods when such items can be manufactured in Nigeria. It is even more pathetic, especially when it is realised that the country’s Ajaokuta Steel Project lacks the capacity to meet the demands of local manufacturers. It is equally sad that successive administrations have not found it expedient to complete the steel plant,

even as it has over the years been enmeshed in both local and external politics.

Recall that the 33-year-old steel plant, which was conceived by the Gen. Yakubu Gowon military regime, was aimed to serve as the engine of steel revolution and industrialisation of Nigeria. Furthermore, the Delta Steel Company (DSC), Owvian–Aladja that would have made use of products from the Ajaokuta plant is also comatose. There is no denying that both steel plants were established by the Federal Government to generate upstream and downstream industrial and economic activities critical to the diversification of the economy.

We are aware that the sector also provides employment to millions of Nigerians, particularly in steel rolling companies, which produce steel materials. There is no doubt that industrialisation is central to national development. Regrettably, all past and present administrations are in the habit of making much noise about industrialising Nigeria without concrete steps to back the action. Nevertheless, all the dreams of making Nigeria an industrialised nation would always remain a dream if the authorities do not provide infrastructure like electricity.

It may come as surprise that those importing steel products, in preference for locally manufactured ones may have considered costs. While we do not subscribe to such unpatriotic act, it may shock critics to know that the cost of imported finished products are most times lower than their Nigerian equivalent. This disparity is because the cost of production of imported ones is low. However, in all, the government should enforce the patronage of domestically manufactured iron and steel products in line with the Nigerian Content Policy

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News Analysis Okorocha and the fate Imo civil servants Segun Adio

ÏÏÏWhen, in 2010 and 2011, phi-

lanthropist Rochas Okorocha was criss-crossing the 27 Local Government Areas of Imo State canvassing for their votes to be governor of Imo State, he made a string of promises to the people.

He assured them that if voted into power, he would make their lives a lot better and make them first class citizens in the country.

What he did not promise them was retrogression, disillusionment and gnashing of teeth. On the day of the governorship election, majority of innocuous Imo citizens defied the scorching sun and long queues to cast their ballot for business mogul with the belief that their ‘messiah’ was around who would wipe their tears away (some still believe that Okorocha’s declaration as winner of the election was suspect, though).

Today, it is said that many citizens of the state are wishing that 2019 is tomorrow so they have another choice of a new Chief Executive. Recent developments in Eastern Heartland call for proper appraisal and are giving a lot of people in the state, not only heartache, but nightmares.

It is granted that, in governance, political leaders often carry out policies that were explicitly stated either in the party manifestoes or operating constitutions.

They are oftentimes guided by the stark realities of the time in taking certain decisions. But political office holders are supposed to be guided by rules and regulations operating in the society.

It will not be an overstatement to say that since Okorocha became governor in 2011, the Eastern Heartland had been bedeviled with series of crises, some of which are so fundamental that it will take generations to fizzle out.

One thing no one can take away from Goveror Okorocha is that he means well for his people, though people may disagree with his approach to governance, as many are currently calling for his head over his newest policy.

Penultimate week, Owelle Rochas stunned the world when he declared his intention to cut short the working days of government workers in the state from five to three days. When pressed to explain the rationale behind this idea, the governor claimed that slashing workers’ working days to three would enable his government cut salaries of its workers.

The governor added that workers in Imo State would now work from Monday through Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday, he proposed that workers should head to the farms. Operation Feed Imo, it seems. He has since directed that the policy take effect.

On the face of it, Okorocha wants food aplenty on the tables of citizens of his state and beyond, but the policy is already generating dust from concerned citizens both in Imo and outside of it. First, does a governor have constitutional power to unilaterally alter working days in the state he oversees without even passing same through the state Assembly?

Even if he has such power, the question is would he go ahead to cut the prizes of the commodities upon which these workers would spend their meagre salaries? Will Okorocha also cut the costs of house rent, transportation, hospital bills? Will he prevail on private school proprietors in the state to cut down their skyrocket fees?

If the governor wants to make any meaning out of this opaque policy, he has to put a lot of machineries in place. He has to either make education and medicare free for the citizens or have their costs slashed to the barest minimum.

It is a welcome idea to have people return to farm, but Okorocha must have in mind subsistence farming not modern, mechanized one. If every worker, thousands of them, would head to the farm same time, same day, then the policy would not much meaning except the governor strives to provide hundreds, if not thousands of tractors and other implements that make modern farming meaningful and productive.

With this Stone Age policy of the governor, fellow state workers in other parts of the country would not be able to correspond with their counterparts in Imo. Is anyone thinking right at all?

Anyway, labour unions in Imo State have reacted angrily against the obnoxious directive, vowing to make the state ‘ungovernable’ should the governor go ahead with his policy. Already Imo State workers appear to have resolved to take their own destiny into their own hands as they, on Thursday, defied the governor’s 3-day work directive as they went to their offices to carry out their legitimate work.

It should sink well that civil service in any state predates the governor and will still outlive any such governor with such impervious ideas.

Court admits Fayose’s aide Agbele to bail for N500m Andrew Orolua, Abuja

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Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, admitted Abiodun Agbele, an associate of Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose, to bail in the sum of N500 million and two sureties in sum of N250 million each.

Agbele is facing 11 count criminal charges for allegedly laundering to the sum of N4.6 billion belonging to the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA).

Trial judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, while ruling on the defendant’s application, ruled that the defendant shall produce two sureties in the sum of N250 million each with prove of property ownership in either in

Abuja or Lagos.

The sureties can be private businessmen or professionals.

Where the defendant choose to provide civil servants they should not be below the position of a Director.

The defendant shall also deposit his international passport with the court and can only travel outside the country upon receipt of permission of the court.

The judge added that the registrar of the court must verify the documents presented and call on the EFCC when necessary.

Justice Dimgba also ordered for an accelerated hearing of case and that the defendant remains in prison custody until the bail conditions are met.

Justice Dimgba in refusing the argument of the prosecution to reject the defendant application said that the prosecution failed to show reasonable cause why Agbele would not be granted bail.

He said he was not convinced that the prosecution has made sufficient case while the bail application would not be granted and rejected the claim of the prosecution led by Jonson Ojogbane that the defendant will jump bail.

According to Justice Dimgba, the prosecution failed to show that the defendant if granted bail would interfere with the course of justice or destroy evidence, a condition he said bail can be denied.

Boko Haram: Shekau resurfaces, says ‘I am still around’ ÏÏÏ

Elusive leader of Boko Haram terror sect, Abubakar Shekau said in an audio message on Thursday that he is still around despite his reported ouster as head of the group by the Islamic State (IS).

“People should know we are still around. We will never cause any discord among the people, we will live by the Koran,” Shekau said in a 10-minute audio message.

“This is our stand and we remain in our capacity as Jama’atu Ahlissunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad” he add-

ed.

His voice was recognised by an AFP journalist familiar with previous messages he has posted on social media. It was also confirmed as Shekau’s voice

by Berlin-based expert Yan StPierre of the Modern Security Consulting Group (Mosecon).

“The person who posted on the internet is a very reliable source,” he said. Shekau’s audio message was released in response to reports that he had been purportedly replaced by Sheikh Abu Musab al-Barnawi.

The Islamic State named Abu Musab al-barnawi as the

new leader of Boko Haram on Wednesday.

Menwhile, the Federal Government on Thursday described as cheap propaganda the report that Jihadist group, Islamic State better known as ISIS, has appointed a new leader for Boko Haram terror sect, saying it is too late to employ such tactics to revive the defeated terrorist organisation.

The Federal Government made known in a statement by Segun Adeyemi, Special Assistant to Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

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L-R: Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma; Director-General, Budget Office, Mr. Ben Akabueze and Representative of the Minister of Finance, Mr. Seye Senfuye, at a stakeholder’s forum on the 2017-2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) in Lagos… on Thursday.

Crack in PDP Governors Forum Lateef Ibrahim,

Abuja Bureau Chief

ÏÏÏ No fewer than five out of the

twelve state governors elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have reportedly switched allegiance from the side of the Senator Ahmed Makafi-led National caretaker committee of the party to the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff camp.

This is even as the immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has promised to get the two factions within the party to resolve their differences.

The switching of of allegiance by the five governors came barely a week after a Federal High court in Abuja gave recognition to the Senator Sheriff as the legally recognised National Chairman of the PDP. The Governors, who are be-

lieved to have moved over to the camp of Sheriff are Dr. Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo); Mr. Emmanuel Udom (Akwa Ibom); Hon Sierake Dickson (Bayelsa); Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwmbo (Gombe); and Mr. Darius Ishaku (Taraba).

The development however signified a crack in the rank of the PDP Governors’ Forum.

The PDP governors, it would be recalled, had unanimously supported the party’s national caretaker committee, which was set up on May 21 at its National Convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital.

The Ondo State Governor, who who is the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, was few days ago reported to have held a meeting with Senator Sheriff.

Meanwhile, apparently disturbed by the seemingly unending leadership crisis that has

been rocking the PDP at the national level, the immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday night in Abuja promised to get the Senator Markarfi-led National caretaker committee and the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff camps to resolve their differences.

Jonathan, who was the President of Nigeria between 2010 and 2015, held the position on the platform of the PDP. The former President made the promise in Abuja when he hosted members of PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) led by its Chairman, Senator Walid Jirbin.

Jonathan, who disclosed that he had been talking to individual members of the party, concretely assured that he would do more to ensure that the crisis within the opposition party is amicably resolved.

The PDP is currently factionalised into two camps. One of the factions is headed by the former Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, who is the Chairman of the National Working Committee of the party.

The other faction is being led by the former Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi.

A federal high court sitting in Abuja had, last week, declared Senator Sheriff as the legally recognised National Chairman of the PDP. The crisis is currently threatening the proposed national convention of the party slated for Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital on August 17.

However, Jonathan, in his determination to ensure that the Continued on page 12

FG uncovers diversion of explosives, detonators for illegal use Opeoluwani Akintayo

ÏÏÏThe

Federal Government on Thursday revealed that explosives experts dispatched to conduct investigations into the incessant bombing attacks by Boko Haram terrorists and militants’ attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta region have uncovered the diversion of about 9, 000kg of high explosives and 16, 420 pieces of detonators for illegal use.

This is even as the Federal Government also on Thursday blacklisted the Nigerian Development and Construction Company for allegedly diverting explosives.

The Minister of Solid Minerals

Development, Kayode Fayemi, who gave the order on Thursday, said the company’s business premises should be sealed off immediately after the company’s explosive distribution licences had been withdrawn.

NDCC is an importer and seller of explosives in Koko, Delta State.

A statement from the minister’s office warned manufacturers, importers, sellers and end users of explosives in the country to desist from unprofessional activities, including the sale, procurement, storage and use of explosives in line with the provisions of the Explosives Act of 1964, the Explosives Regulations of 1967 and other ex-

tant policy directives.

Making the revelation about the uncovering of the diversion of explosives and detonators at a meeting with local manufacturers of fertilizers in Abuja on Thursday, National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Mongunu (rtd), said “the major actors, including the store man of a major explosives distribution company in Nigeria, an accomplice and five (5) security operatives have been arrested and handed over to appropriate authorities”.

He said: “Right now, investigations are being conducted and I can assure you that they are deeply culpable and necessary actions will

be taken on conclusion of investigation. Let me also reiterate that any individual or company that operates outside the confines of legitimacy or illegality will have itself to blame.

He stressed that the Federal Government will not listen to any influence peddler in the society on behalf of any company that decides to sabotage National Security.

The NSA at the meeting read the riot act to two fertilizer companies, Notore Petrochemical and Indorama Eleme Petrochemical companies for allegedly shortchanging Nigerians by causing Fertilizer Continued on page 12

Annulment of June 12 election: I’ve no regrets, says ex-Judge Continued from page 1 The election, adjudged to be one of the most freest in the country’s history, was won by by late business mogul, Chief MKO Abiola but was cancelled by the then Military President, General Ibrahim Babanginda.

He contested on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) against Bashir Tofa of the National Republican Convention (NRC).

Saleh, who was the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court at the time of the annulment, said this in an interview he granted The Interview magazine recently.

He said: “Anybody not satisfied with what I was doing as Chief Judge could appeal to the Court of Appeal and then to the Supreme Court, simple.

“And I have no regrets, none whatever. No regrets. I would repeat the same thing now.”

He said Abiola ought to have challenged his decision at a Court of Appeal but chose not to.

“If Abiola wasn’t happy with the case, he could have appealed it to the Court of Appeal, to the Supreme Court.

“The judicial system was still open but he chose not to follow it.

Why no one followed up the annulment of the election in the higher courts is best known to members of Abiola’s party at that time.

“If he, as an individual, was not interested, there must have been other people who would be interested to see the end of the story but they didn’t appeal,” Saleh said.

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Militants attack Rivers, blow up Bera oil pipeline ÎÎÎNiger Delta Justice De-

fence Group (NDJDG), in the early hours of Thursday, blew up oil pipelines in Bera, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State.

The group claimed they blew up the facility in the early hours of Thursday, August 4.

The group revealed this in a statement made available to reporters.

The militants said that their action was in continuation of their warnings to the Federal Government and President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately look into their demands and attend to

them.

The statement reads: “We are responsible for the vandalisation of oil pipelines in Bera, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State last night, by 1.30am.

“Previously we blew up pipelines in Gio-Tai L.G.A and B-Dere in Gokana L.G.A and issued warning to oil companies to vacate our region and suspend all oil explorations in the region until our demands are met.

“Till now, the FG is still playing politics with the Ogoni cleanup while the people continue to suffer every day from environmental degradation. We will continue our

actions until the welfare and plight of our people are given utmost attention by the Muhamadu Buhari led FG. “This time around we shall spread our tentacles and expand the scope of our operation to Onne Wharf in Rivers state and other parts of the country.”

The NDJDG earlier listed five demands to the government of President Buhari.

Among other demands, the militants asked to be allowed to control the oil output in the region and to immortalise activists who died during the struggle for better life for the Niger Delta region among others.

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Ganduje to construct light rail system in Kano - Lambu Yakubu Salisu, Kano

ÎÎÎThe Kano State Com-

missioner of Works, Housing and Transportation, Rt. Hon. Shehu Haruna Lambu, has disclosed that Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is currently working hard to transform the state into an ultra-modern city.

To this end, the state government has completed plans to construct a light rail system in the state.

According to Lambu, despite the economic challenges, the state government has succeeded in completing lots of abandoned projects inherited from the previous administration and at the mo-

ment, working hard to complete the Shekarau’s Multi-billion Naira Hospital at Giginyu Quarters abandoned by the previous administration.

He said if completed, it would help decongest the state’s three major hospitals, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital and Abdullahi Wase Hospital at Nassarawa Quarters.

Some important projects which when completed will alleviate the sufferings of the people include the dualisation of DakataBela Road, dualisation of Kundila road by CBN Quarters, Sheikh Jafar Under Pass along Penshakara Road, Yahaya Gusau

Road, completion of 1.7km flyover from Fagge to MM way as well as those recently commissioned by the state government.

As to why some inherited projects are not yet completed, the commissioner stated that some projects started by the previous administration had no plan such as the Wuju-Wuju Road at Jakara area which the state government has currently invited experts to map out a design and plan for the area as such he called on the people of the area to bear with the state government as efforts are been made to construct drainage systems as well as complete the ongoing road projects in the area.

GSTC Garki graduates 237 students Augustine okezie Abuja

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Science Technical College (GSTC), Garki in the Federal Capital Territory, has graduated 237 students during the College 7th Annual Graduating and Senth-Forth of some transferred staff and prize giving ceremony at the school, held at the school premises.

Speaking at the occasion, Principal of the College, Mohammed Idris Ondekus, tasks graduating students to be good ambassadors of the College as their three years studies have endowed them with basic salable skills to face the wider world of science and technology thanks to their effective exposure to the study of adequate science.

He said that the students have studied the College’s available nine trades and science-based course which includes: Block laying, Bricklaying and Concreting (BBC), Computer Craft Studies (CCS) Electrical Installation & Maintenance (ELECT), Electronics Works(RTV), Fabrication and Welding(FAW),Furniture Making FURN), Ladies Garment Making (GARMENT), Motor Vehicle Mechanics Works) (MVM), Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Works (RAC) and Science Course(SCL), which has placed them in a position to face every challenges in life.

Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Sen. Aisha Alhassan, in a group photograph with pregnant women at the maternity ward of the Taraba Federal Medical Centre, during her visit in Jalingo… on Thursday.

Imo workers defy Okorocha’s 3-Day work directive Val Okara, Owerri

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State civil servants, on Thursday, dismissed Governor Rochas Okorocha’s directive that government workers in the state should only work for three days in a week.

Governor Okorocha had directed the state civil servants to work from Monday to Wednesday and use the remaining two days to work in their various farms.

The state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Austin Chilakpu, had, on

Wednesday, directed workers to ignore the state government’s directive to work for only three days.

The State workers, on Thursday, reported to their duty posts at state secretariat along Port Harcourt Road, Owerri. The workers were seen in their offices performing their legitimate duties when the Daily Times visited the state secretariat.

Okorocha in his reactions, on Thursday, appealed to the leadership of the NLC to have a second look at government policy saying that the counter directive may not be in the

Gov. Okorocha interest of the state.

Okorocha, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, saïd that the policy was the decision of

the State Executive Council which is the highest decision making body of the state government saying that he only unveiled the EXCO decision and the policy is in the overall interest of the state and her people.

According to the governor, “The workers were directed to come to work from Mondays to Wednesdays and use Thursdays and Fridays to farm except those on essential duties like the teachers, nurses, doctors, political appointees and IGR Personnel. The workers were not asked to go home to stay idle. And if

they dutifully engage in farming, that will not only help their individual economies but will also boost the economy of the state.”

The governor made it clear that the development would not in any way affect the salaries of the workers.

Onwuemeodo continued, “There is absolutely nothing wrong with the public servants in the state being told to use Thursdays and Fridays to farm considering the popular clamour across the nation for all to go back to Agriculture because of the dwindling allocation as a result of global drops in oil prices.

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PDP’s umbrella did not prepare for rainy day — Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has lamented that the umbrella of the outsted Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was not prepared for the rainy day and therefore tasked media practitioners in Nigeria to be champions of change, ombudsmen, gate keepers and agenda setters.

The minister spoke on Thursday in Port-Harcourt at the opening of 12th All Nigeria Editor’s

Conference 2016 of the Nigerian Guild of Editors with the theme: “Economic Diversification: Agriculture as option for a Prosperous Nigeria”.

“The media owes it as a duty to keep Nigerians well informed about the situation in the country and it must do so in context. We are not saying we should continue to lament about missed opportunities, the massive corruption or profligacy of the past.

“It is important for Nigerians to know where and when the rain started beating them. They must know that no provision was made for any umbrella to shield them from the elements, and that indeed genuine efforts are now being made to turn things around”, he stressed.

Mohammed commended the Guild for the well thought-out theme of the conference, noting CONTINUED ON PAGE 9

States not responsible for LG wages —Oshiomhole

“I am not, and I will not collect taxes from people to pay Local Government workers.

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Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, who led the country during the Biafra Civil War said there was nothing wrong with restructuring Nigeria, amidst growing calls for restructure.

The Islamic State (ISIS) announced that a new leader has been named for the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria in Abu Musa al-Barnawi to replace former leader Abubakar Shekau.

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Enugu Catholic Priest and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka warned that Nigerians will not vote for him in 2019 if he does not address the high level of poverty in the land.

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Controversial deposed Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Appriopriation Hon. Abdulmumini Jibrin formally petitioned ICPC, EFCC, Police and others over his allegations on Budget padding.

N500,000 to buy cars at that time and they deducted the money from Local Governments, the Union leaders did not raise a voice.

“What have I done since I came in, first I discovered that during the tenure of my predecessors, Local Governments in Edo State had a tradition of collecting a percentage of their money and paying to the previous Government before they got their allocation, I said No, this government will not touch Local Government money, local government money will be managed by LG for the benefit of the people in your localities. So I challenge your union to prove anything to the contrary. I have not done any procurement for Local Governments; I have not done employment for Local Government, I have not sat down to

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Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says the state government is not responsible for the failure of local government authorities to pay their workers, explaining that he meets the monthly wage obligation to the state workers and that Local Government workers must be paid by their respective Local Governments and not by the state government.

Speaking when he received the National leadership of the National Union of Local Government Workers ( ULGE), led by its National President, Khaleel Ibrahim, he said: “I want to say it clearly that Edo State Government does not have the responsibility of paying the salaries of Local governments.

“I am not, and I will not col-

lect taxes from people to pay Local Government workers. I don’t know what they do in other states, but in Edo State, we respect the full autonomy of Local Governments and this autonomy goes with responsibility. I challenge your union leaders to show any evidence to the contrary.

“Under the previous administration, the revenue of Local Governments was being spent on their behalf by the state government. They even bought secondhand tractors at an inflated price and distributed to Local Governments and deducted the money from Local Government funds, that is what the PDP was doing.

The union in Edo State did not raise a voice.

“Just last week, the traditional rulers in Esanland said the best the then government did for them was to give them a loan of

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Retired Justice Dahiru Saleh, former Chief Judge of the Federal High Court who pronounced the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, has absolved former President Ibrahim Babangida of blame in the controversial decision

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that agriculture is one of the sectors the government has identified in its economic diversification, saying there were unprecedented and massive investments in infrastructure by the Federal Government, particularly on roads, railways and power as road contractors had been mobilised to sites.

He said the Federal Government was committed to prudent management of the little resources that were accruing to the country, adding that the nation’s economy was hard hit by the fall in the price of crude oil because the country failed to save for the rainy day and did not invest in infrastructure.

He said that the claim by an international terror group that it had appointed a new leader for Boko Haram was a ruse. The minister said that insurgents in Nigeria were on the run and nothing would bring them back to the country.

The Minister pointed that Nigeria’s economy is hard hit by the fall in the price of crude oil because the country failed to save for the rainy day, coupled with the fact that the country did not invest in infrastructure. ‘’Nigeria has nothing to rely on to cushion the effects of the lost earnings. Many other oil producing countries and fellow OPEC members are faring better, because they saved for the rainy day. Saudi Arabia, with about one fifth of Nigeria’s population, has in foreign reserves about 600 billion dollars (which is 23 times what Nigeria has in foreign reserves). United Arab Emirates, with less than 10 million people, has 75 billion dollars in foreign reserves. Qatar, with 2.4 million people, has 36 billion dollars in foreign reserves. Even Angola, with just 24 million people, has about 25 billion dollars in foreign reserves. ‘’Here in Nigeria, with oil selling consistently for over 100 dollars a barrel for many years, we simply failed to save for the rainy day, with the result that a country with a population of over 170 million today has just 26 billion dollars in foreign reserves. To compound this, the fall in the price of crude is having a ripple effect: the scarcity of foreign exchange which has resulted from the oil price crash means that industries are struggling to import raw materials and machinery.

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Group accuses Buhari of promoting Northern agenda Iniobong Iwok A group, Yoruba Youth Council (YYC) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of promoting a Northern agenda and lacking desired policies and knowledge to turn around the economy.

In a statement signed by its national president, Eric Oluwole, the group accused President Buhari of marginalising the southwestern part of the country in appointment into public offices in the country.

“Yoruba Youth Council is displeased to see that president who enjoyed a wider acceptability across the country with the unprecedented re-brand by the Yoruba stock in his party could concentrate over sixty percent of his appointees so far in the north with less than ten percent appointees in the south-west”, it stressed.

The group bemoaned the harsh economic policies of the current administration which according to it, had further improvised Nigerians.

“Nigerians are taken aback in the last one year by the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari due to his harsh and life threatening economic policies which has imposed untold hardship on the citizens across the divides”, it added.

The group wondered why President Buhari would continue to pay civilian JTF in the northern

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part of the country but promoting the withdrawal of pipeline security contracts in the hands of the southerners.

It advised the President to urgently review his security strategies and stem the continuous growth in regional insurgents, kidnapping and killing in the southwest and other part of the country.

YYC called on President Buhari to review his strategies and stem the continuous growth in the size of regional insurgents who are increasingly posing threat to the unity of Nigeria as a result of persisting injustice which could also provoke YYC to embark on a self determination struggle that could lead Yoruba nation out of Nigeria State.

A member representing Atakumosa East/Atakumosa West/ Ilesa East and Ilesa West Federal constituency in the House of representative, Hon Ajibola Famurewa has urged Nigerian to stop taking Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose and his cohorts serious on his incessant attacks on the Buhari-led government.

He said this against the back drop of the allegation by the Ekiti State Governor that the wife of the President of Nigeria, Hajia Aisha Buhari can’t travel to United States of America because she is wanted for her alleged involvement in the infamous Halliburton scandal, and that “Aisha Buhari” was mentioned in related court documents despite the fact that reputable media outfits investigation showed that there is no “Aisha Buhari” mentioned in the Halliburton scandal.

Famurewa described Mr. Ayo Fayose and his team as people of self-imposed frustration borne out of their inability to move on after the election defeat.

He challenged the Ekiti Governor to dare step on the American soil as the Nigeria’s first lady has done since he also has diplomatic immunity.

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make any transfers for Local Governments, I have not in any way interfered in the funds of Local Governments. Therefore, if Local Governments cannot manage their money they only have themselves to blame.

“Number two, and I speak with every sense of responsibility, I challenge NULGE (National Union of Local Government Employees), Edo State to prove to the contrary. When they had this kind of situation in 2010 or 2011 when the tenure of the Local Governments expired, they asked their own fellow members who are Heads of Service — and next time you don’t call a meeting like this without inviting those responsible for managing the Local Government, I am not going

to take panadol for another man’s headache — on that occasion we appointed Heads of Personnel in the respective Local Governments, not appointed by us, we met them on the job, and we asked them to manage those Local Governments instead of appointing politicians. And I stopped them from awarding any contract, I stopped them paying any money, I even stopped them from paying the Police, Traditional rulers and so on. Mr President, I am proud to say that we saved over N6 billion for the LGs because I directed the Heads of Personnel not to spend the money, and as a result, the arrears of salaries that were being owed the LGs were paid in full.

“This last Local Government that their tenure expired over two months ago inherited over N6 billion. I don’t know any state

government that will save money for Local Governments. As we speak today, the amount that is allocated to each Local Government is stated right from Abuja. It is not repartitioned in Edo State.

I insist that no matter the situation, Local Governments must at least perform one of their most basic responsibilities, namely the payment of teachers’ salaries. If Local Governments cannot pay teachers’ salaries then we should abolish them. They were not created because they wanted to pay Local Government employees, if they are not involved in cleaning market and they not; they are not involved in grading roads and they are not; they are not involved in sanitation work which they are supposed to be doing and all they want is meeting once every month and sharing money, that

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is unacceptable to Edo State government. I cannot carry my headache and carry their headache, I am not here to pay salaries,

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Party chieftain asks Tinubu, Atiku, others to douse tension in APC Tom Okpe, Abuja A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank has said it is high time National leaders of the party like former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, among others to intervene in the crisis rocking APC in all the states of the federation so as not to put President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to shame.

Addressing a press conference in Abuja, Frank blamed the silence of the APC leadership for the escalation of the scandal among the party members in National Assembly, believing that the NWC ought to have acted promptly.

He admonished the leadership of the APC to be proactive and apt at managing crisis involving members of the party so as to save the President from embarrassment.

The party chieftain had recently berated the party’s silence over the budget padding allegations rocking the House of Representatives, a move that apparently informed the decision of party’s leadership to summon the sacked House Chairman on Appropriation, Abdulmumini Jibrin for questioning.

Frank, a strong critic of the

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Oyegun’s led National Working Committee commended the move to summon the Kano lawmaker but however said the move was too late and had caused the party leadership an embarrassment including the President.

“Barely few days ago, I raised an alarm about the silence of our party, the APC over some burning issues. For the first time, the party yielded to my call but it is like medicine after death.

“Whether we like it or not, what is happening to the speaker today is embarrassing to the party and nation entirely.

“Yes, I commend them (NWC) for summoning Jibrin, but I feel

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it’s already late. This is what they ought to have done earlier.

“Why I said this has become late is that, it is very clear that this is like medicine after death and it is sad we allowed it to get to this level. This still boils down to my earlier statement about the incompetency of our party leadership.

“I expected that after summoning Abdulmumini to the party secretariat yesterday, he would have restrained himself but reading the dailies today, the man is still speaking and insisting that the Speaker must resign, this has shown that because the battle has gone dirty, he cannot listen to the

party anymore. It’s very sad that we allowed this to get to this level, I expected us to intervene when Abulmumini first came up with the allegations against the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, that’s when the party should have moved to save this whole saga.

“Whether we like it or not as a party, what is happening to Hon. Dogara, the Speaker of the House of Representatives is not just embarrassing to him as the number four man in Nigeria but embarrassing to the APC leadership and Nigerians at large who have confidence in our party.

“At this point in time, I want to use this opportunity to advise my

party leadership, we must not let this type of mistake to repeat itself again, we must be prompt to respond to issues before they get to the public.

“For 17 years of our democracy, this is the first time we have seen where the number three man is being tried within its own party.

This is a clear pointer that our party could not handle the issue when it was raised in the beginning. As far as I’m concerned, the party for keeping mute allowed the Senate President to be disgraced that is why he’s being tried.

“We must do everything to make the President achieve his

Why I joined PDP chairmanship race- Adedoja, ex-sports Minister Remi Oladoye, Ibadan A former Minister of Sports and Special Duties, Professor Taoheed Adedoja on Thursday joined the list of aspirants to contest for the National Chairmanship of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) .

Professor Adedoja, an administrator and holder of Ibadan traditional title of Mogaji promised to pursue genuine reconciliation of all aggrieved members of the party by ensuring that all members of the party who have left were brought back into the fold and re-invigorate the entire party.

Scores of members of the party in the state witnessed the declaration for election as national chairman of PDP, including state party leaders among whom were former Senate Leader, Teslim Fo-

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larin, former Minister of Power, Elder Wole Oyelese, Chief Jacob Adetoro, Mogaji Nureni Akanbi, Alhaji Bashiru Akanbi and other PDP leaders across the state.

In his speech delivered at the event held at the PDP state Secretariat, Molete, Ibadan, Professor Adedoja said before his declaration, all the leaders of the party in all the six geo- political zones were duly consulted and had received the blessings of all the stakeholders.

While admitting that PDP had been torn by factional crisis, Professor Adedoja prayed that God will provide the thread and needle to sew back the umbrella that was torn resulting from the various challenges the party had witnessed in the last few years.

His words: “ With the PDP leadership under my humble self as

National Chairman, the rebranded PDP’s umbrella will stand out in the air and under the bright sun as the new shade for Nigerian’s true democracy come 2019”.

The aspirant who expressed dissatisfaction with the condition of service of workers at the PDP Wada Plaza Headquarters promised to ensure a more conducive environment for staff at the party national secretariat if elected.

Describing himself as the symbol of unity, fairness, equity, progress and justice, Professor Adedoja explained that despite the challenges facing the PDP, the party has remained the only hope for Nigerians as the largest and biggest party in Africa.

According to him, it is normal for a party like PDP to have crisis, and it should not be used to demonise the party.

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Fight poverty, not corruption alone, SDP tells Buhari Tom Okpe, Abuja Former Minister Power and governorship aspirant on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ondo State, Dr. Olu Agunloye, has said that the rate of poverty in country at the moment is alarming, and called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to shift its fight to the scourge as well and not only corruption.

Agunloye also warned the federal government that the ongoing fight against corruption should not be fight of individual but about institutions.

Speaking in Abuja after picking his nomination form to contest the ticket of the party, the former minister promised to bring on board integrity, honesty and trust if given the opportunity to be the next governor of Ondo State According to him, the time has come for the president to take a deep look on his policies and correct some of the mistakes committed so far for the purpose of raising the standard of living of Nigerians.

Agunloye said if he eventually becomes the next governor, empowerment of the people, payment of salary and pension, raising the standard of living without

Budget padding: Shut up, APC tells Jibrin Tom Okpe, Abuja

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leaving out infrastructural development will be his focus.

While presenting the form to the aspirant, the SDP deputy national chairman, Dr. Abdul Ahmmed Isaiq, said the PDP government in the Ondo State has failed woefully.

“Governor Mimiko has betrayed the trust of the people.

He promised to alleviate poverty

but he failed. He promised to always pay workers salary but he has failed. It is now time for the people of the state to vote out the PDP government and to bring on board a genuine change through the enthronement of SDP government in the state.

“Anybody Mimiko presents to the people as governor will not be different from himself ”, he said.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the sacked Appropriation Committee Chairman in the House of Representatives, Hon. Abdulmumuni Jibrin, to henceforth desist from talking to the press or issuing public statement in regards to the lingering budget scandal at the green chamber.

In a letter addressed to Jibrin on Thursday in Abuja signed by the APC Deputy National Chairman North, Senator Lawal Shuaibu, the party ordered Jibrin, to henceforth avoid issuing public statement on the matter.

Jibrin had accused Speaker Yakubu Dogara and three others of allegedly involving in the padding of the 2016 budget.

“As you are aware, the party and indeed the government have not been happy over recent developments in the House of Representatives over the issue of the 2016 budget. We found it embarrassing to have to deal with another new phenomenon you tagged ‘budget padding’.

“However, I write to thank you for your cooperation in honoring our intervention and your readiness to afford the party the chance to handle the House of Representatives budget padding crisis.

Akokoland did not endorse Boroffice, says group Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja A group in Akoko area of Ondo State, the Akoko Special Committee (ASC), headed by a former Deputy Governor of the State, Alhaji Ali Olanusi, on Thursday said that it has not endorsed any of the aspirants from its area jostling for the governorship tickets of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), as its preferred choice.

The ASC, in a statement signed by Alhaji Olanusi, specifically said that it has neither endorsed Senator Ajayi Boroffice nor any of the governorship aspirants from Akokoland as its preferred choice for the exalted office.

The former deputy governor explained that the ASC had already met with all aspirants on Sunday 31st July, 2016 in his residence.

According to him, “All the aspirants attended the meeting with the exception of Prof.

Boroffice and Dr. Segun Abraham who sent apologies for their absence.

“Myself and other members of the committee in attendance addressed the seven aspirants present and admonished them to go and discuss among themselves and present to us a single worthy candidate who would fly the flag of Akoko. That is the process so far as the committee is concerned.

“The outcome of the aspirants meeting is what we intend to present to the larger assembly”, he added.

The former Deputy-Governor made it clear that the claim that Professor Boroffice has been endorsed by the Akoko Elders and Leaders was entirely false.

He strongly appealed to the

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people of Akokoland, especially the elite, to learn to imbibe the culture of truth at all times as truth exalts a nation.

According to him: “I wish to strongly appeal to all Akoko leaders and Elders to eschew bitterness and divisive tendencies as such can only lead to further backwardness for Akokoland.

“We must at this critical time, pick a responsible and sellable aspirant who will be able to impact positively on the entire state. Inordinate propaganda and underhand actions are inimical to progress”, he said.

The seven APC governorship aspirants from the Akokoland are; Hon Victor Olabimtan, Prof. Boroffice Ajayi, Dr. Segun Abraham, Hon. Gani Dauda, Mr. Mayowa Adefemi, Alhaji Jamiu Olatunji and Dr. Tunji Abayomi.

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Faleke, Wada head to S’Court as A’Court affirms Yahaya Bello Kogi gov Andrew Orolua Abuja

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Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Thursday, in a unanimously decision affirmed the judgment of the Kogi State Governorship Election Tribunal that Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won the election conducted on November 9, 2015 in the state.

In two separate judgments, a five-man panel of Justices of the appellate court, dismissed the appeal filed by Chief James Abiodun Faleke, who is currently a member of the House of Representatives and the running mate of late Prince Abubakar Audu that died before the election was concluded.

The panel in a split decision of four to one also dismissed the appeal lodged by the immediate past governor of the state, Capt. Idris Wada (rtd) of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. However, reacting shortly after the judgment through their respective lawyers, both Faleke and Wada

said they would take the case before the Supreme Court.

Delivering the lead judgment on the appeal filed by Faleke, the presiding justice, Justice Jummai Hanatu-Sankey, said that the appeal lacks merit.

She agreed with the tribunal that Yahaya Bello was properly nominated by his party, APC, in compliance with section 33 of the Electoral Act 2010, after the death of Prince Abubakar Audu, who was the initial candidate of the party for the poll.

The appellate court held that the issues raised by Faleke in his petition challenging the nomination of Yahaya Bello as successor to the late prince Abubakar Audu, in essence who became its candidate for the supplementary election held on December 6, 2015, was an internal affairs of the party. Therefore, the substitution made by the APC was proper.

Justice Hanatu-Sankey said that Faleke’s petition in the first place was fallacious and ought not to have been entertained by the tribunal because of his failure to

join the APC as a respondent in the matter having been the party that carried out the substitution complained of by Faleke.

She said that the failure of Faleke to join APC in his petition was fatal to his case and that the case cannot stand in the face of the law in the absence of the All Progressives Congress which carried out the substitution.

The appellate court also agreed with the tribunal that Faleke who was nominated a running mate of late Prince Abubakar Audu after the conclusion of APC primary election cannot turn around to claim to be the candidate of the party or deemed himself to have been elected as Kogi State governor when he did not participate in the primaries as required by law.

The court further said that the claim of Faleke that the people of Kogi State voted for Late Audu and himself has no place in law because section 122 of the constitution makes it clear that it is the political party that can canvass for votes and be voted for. In the instant case, it was APC that was

voted for by the people and that it is the candidate sponsored by the party that can claim the votes.

Justice Hanatu-Sankey held that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was right in calling for substitution of the late Prince Audu as it was the proper thing to do under section33 of the Electoral Act 2010.

“It is apt to conclude that Faleke did not qualify to step into the shoe of the late Prince Audu because he (Faleke) did not participate in the APC primary election as required by law and therefore has no locus standi to claim to have been deemed elected the governor when he was not nominated as a candidate by his party”.

Also on Thursday, the Court of Appeal in a split decision of four to one, dismissed the appeal filed

by Captain Idris Wada, the governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for similar reasons that Wada has no locus standi to challenge Bello’s nomination. The court also said that Bello scored majority of the lawful votes cast at the election.

Participants at the Public Service Lecture, creative and innovative writers book exhibition in Abuja… on Thursday.

FG uncovers diversion of explosives, detonators for illegal use Continued from page 6 shortages, through the illegal exportation of the product outside the country.

On the fertilizer scam, Mongunu said: “Nigerians should recall the discovery that improvised explosive devices (IED) being employed by terrorists for their bombing campaigns were developed mainly from certain grades of fertilizers with particular reference to some nitrate based types including Urea

Nitrate (synthesized from Urea).

“Accordingly, it was discovered that the indiscriminate importation of these items by all and sundry resulted into lack of control and it eased their availability to mischievous elements for use to perpetrate insecurity. This indiscriminate importation further reduced the prospects for the local manufacture of these materials and by extension, the loss of foreign exchange to avoidable imports. This ultimately culminated

into the ban on importation of fertilizers to the country.

“In keeping with the commitment of the Federal Government to boosting national economy, Notore Petrochemical and Indorama Eleme Petrochemical were licensed as the sole manufacturers of Urea blend of fertilizers in Nigeria. Furthermore, the office of the NSA in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development facilitated necessary importation of raw ma-

terials and also secured distribution networks.

“This move was aimed at solving the national security problem on one hand by easing control of the items and on the other hand, boosting economy by encouraging local production. The cumulative annual production of the two companies is estimated at 2. 05 million metric tonnes, while Nigeria’s estimated consumption rate is 1.1million metric tonnes, which is 53 per cent of production.

Crack in PDP Governors Forum Continued from page 6 leadership crisis within the PDP is resolved, informed the party’s BoT members that he has been in communication with some leaders and members of the party.

The former President, according to sources at the meeting, told the BoT members that, “I have been talking to individuals (members of the party) but not in a way that is exposed to media but I believe I should do more.”

The former president confirmed during the meeting that he had been receiving regular briefings on the state of affairs of the party since he left office from the BoT Chairman, Senator Walid.

He therefore lauded Walid and other members of the BoT over their role in ensuring the stability of the PDP, as conscience of the party.

His words: “Unfortunately, we have been challenged, but I don’t think you should be discouraged.

Challenges are part of life; even in families, there are challenges.

“There are challenges even in the church more than what may be happening at political level. So you should not be discouraged, and I believe, collectively, we can solve it.

“This should not be beyond us but I believe that collectively, we can resolve it.

“Any sincere PDP member should know that PDP is bigger than an individual. And many members have sacrificed their interest for the party,” he pointedly declared.

The Chairman of the BoT of the Party, Senator Walin Jibrin explained that the visit was in recognition of Jonathan’s position as former President, to interact with him and inform him of the state of the party.

Jibrin told the former President, who had earlier on Wednesday, held a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the State House that PDP is undergoing a lot of difficulties and challenges, disclosing that there are about 15 court cases seeking to stop the PDP national convention.

In a related development, Billionaire business man and Publisher of National Mirror newspapers, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim, has joined the race for the Ondo State governorship race coming up in November this year.

Barrister Ibrahim on Thursday obtained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship nomination form from the Senator Senator Ali Modu Sheriff- led faction of the party.

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Burial Arrangements On behalf of the family of Ojo Maduekwe, CFR, I thank the Federal government, Abia and other State governments, the Diplomatic Community, Political associates, friends and well-wishers for the condolences and well wishes that have been extended to us since the departure on wednesday the 29th of July, 2016 of our late father.

We also want to bring it to the attention of the general public that his remains will be committed to mother earth on 20th August at Asaga Ohafia, Abia state.

Late Chief Ojo Maduekwe, CFR BURIAL PROGRAMME IS AS FOLLOWS 1. Tuesday, 2nd August, 2016 Night of Tributes by the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs (On invitation of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Venue: Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Auditorium Time: 5pm.

2. Tuesday, 9th August, 2016

Abuja.

Time: 5pm to 10 pm.

4. Thursday, 18th August, 2016 Life & Times of Ojo Maduekwe, CFR Venue: Michael Okpara Auditorium, Umuahia, By the Abia State Government :- 10am

Commendation Service by the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, Abuja Venue: National Christian Center, Abuja.

Time: 12 Noon.

5. Friday, 19th August, 2016

3. Friday, 12th August, 2016

Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Court Session @Judiciary headquarters, Umuahia, Abia state--12noon.

Celebration of Mekaria: Tribute to Ojo Maduekwe Venue: Nigeria Air Force Conference Center, Kado,

Body Departs Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Abuja - 8am.

Arrives Ancestral home at Isieke, Ibeku, Umuahia, Abia state. - 10am

Then Body Departs Umuahia for Asaga, Ohafia.

Service of Songs --- 5.pm Christian Wake --- 8.pm At Ojo Maduekwe Residence, Asaga, Ohafia, Abia

6. Saturday, 20th August, 2016 Burial Service by Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, followed by Interment @ Ojo Maduekwe Home, Asaga, Ohafia---

7. Sunday 21st August,, 2016 Outing Service at All Saints Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, Asaga Ohafia---9am Signed: Uma Ikechukwu Maduekwe, MD For the family

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t was a revealing image.

Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin gazed at the barrel mounted television camera and blew the rotted chambers of that dome-topped House cradling the three arms zone of our nation’s capital open to the prying eyes of viewers held spellbound by his out-of-the-world revelations.

Not that he revealed anything new, or strange, nor were the ostriches whose feathers he ruffled so gleefully before the camera any stranger to we, the people who consistently call attention to our collective hemorrhage.

Not that the rotted chambers were ever hidden from those who cared to probe the malfeasances of his comrades in arms. If the people ever found one opportunity for prying into the rotted chambers, Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin provided them the rare moment for uncovering bones hardened by time.

He didn’t express anything new, neither did he reveal anything different from what is already known, what is evidenced by the facts on the ground, nor did he point the people or his audience in the direction of a House any different from that which houses great opportunities for its occupants than it does for the people who pay for the yearly maintenance.

Isn’t it a fact that public offices hold great promises for public servants who promote their private avocations at the expense of the public good, and turn the high public offices they occupy into opportunities for self-aggrandizement?

Today in our country the common interests of citizens are supplanted by elected public servants who subject the public good and the needs of ordinary citizens to their private interests.

Public service should rightly revolve around the idea of preventing private interests from destroying the public good.

This isn’t the case here where engagements with the thieving spirit - demon- is common and the normal workings of government are subverted by public servants, where those who take part in the subversion of the public good, who find their conversion from villainy on the ROAD TO DAMASCUS, become proof of the conscientious role they seek to play as whistleblowers in the birthing of collective redemption.

More than the rote appeal to the conscientious role of the whistleblower in a country, lacking conscience, men and women of conscience, he holds himself out as a whistleblower to be taken seriously,

believed, and clapped to the ovation of the public; but, he isn’t a credible whistleblower. And we know why he isn’t one.

In a country where accidental whistleblowers exhibit a gregarious tolerance for thievery, unquestioning of the rotten political and economic system, beneficiaries of the rotten system like Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin become suspects.

We have seen those who kept silence when “food was ready” or those whose talking point at the dinner was simply silence. They often turn into accidental activists overnight when there is nothing on the dinner table to nibble at. How can we forget who and what they later become when they are scorned by power.

Remember a certain Dino Melaye.

If we needed proof of such engagements and subversion, suspicion and conversion, Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin provided us with the proof.

Perched on a gold-trimmed armchair, hedged against the angled corner of a room, flanked by glittering opulence, he beamed with the smiling countenance - that smiling

give it back to them in contracts that they do not execute. They do similar things during their inquiries. When the guard is the thief, only God can keep the House safe and secure”.

And there are more answers to the questions, sharper and incisive, but former President Obasanjo hits the bull’s eye well with his answer.

One can only add this as a footnote: asking thieving politicians to watch over the public purse is like asking the Rottweiler to watch over the dinner.

Did Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin extort money from departments, contractors and ministries as Chairman of the Finance Committee of 7th House of Representatives? Did he game the budget process the same way those he alleged game it?

While he swore that he didn’t, he made the case about budgetpadding as the only game in town. Hear him: “during the budget period, when they discovered I was not the kind of person they could use to perpetrate their illegality, Mr Speaker and three

countenance only stolen money could buy- of a big boy spoilt by inheritance. One may ask: how did he acquire such wealth, come about such opulence? One isn’t aware of the fact that he chanced on the bequeaths of a kind benefactor, or on the exceptional benefaction of a lovestruck heartthrob.

Former President Obasanjo offers what one considers as an answer: “Apart from shrouding the remunerations of the National Assembly in opaqueness and without transparency, they indulge in extorting money from departments, contractors and ministries in two ways. They do so during visits to their projects and programmes and in the process of budget approval they build up budgets for ministries and departments, who agree to

other principal officers took away the entire Appropriation Committee Secretariat to a secret location where all sort of INSERTIONS ( uppercase for emphasis) were made into the budget. Mr Speaker also directed me to create what I advised him will be a controversial line item under Service Wide Vote to introduce about N20b project using the name of the National Assembly”.

While it is worth pointing out here that the allegations of insertions and budget-padding need to be substantiated by incontrovertible evidence, the wider issues of lack of understanding of the theory of the budgetary process, of understanding the limits of the power of appropriation also need to interrogated.

The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) provides latitude to our legislators to exercise their powers of appropriation, but it doesn’t grant them the right to game the budgetary process and to insert figures and projects outside those provided for by the executive in the appropriation bill in a dubious way.

It is the constitutional duty of the executive to prepare appropriation bills, present them to the legislature for scrutiny and debate, and execute the line items contained in appropriation bills when they are eventually passed into law.

The power of the purse of the legislature doesn’t extend to introducing strange estimates to already prepared and presented budgets.

Doing otherwise portends three grave dangers. First, when legislators supplant executive estimates with their insertions, they make the implementation of budgets near cumbersome.

Don’t forget that non-implementation of budgets is a ground for impeachment.

Second, they problematize the idea of separation of power and undermine the integrity of the budgetary process by setting up a process that provides the greatest happiness for the smallest number. The graver danger here is that they balance their private interests against the public good.

There are consequences as well.

The imperative of using the budget to maximize positive economic outcomes that are beneficial to all is defeated by legislators who act in unethical ways to satisfy their private interests.

Third, consultation between the legislature and executive on the provisions of appropriation bills is important. And this is one important aspect of the theory of the budgetary process the great thinker, Aaron Wildavsky articulates in such works as ‘The New Politics of Budgetary Process’ and ‘Budgeting and Governing’.

Unfortunately, our elected public servants don’t equip themselves with current researches in participative public budgeting.

The only game in town is taking place right inside the hallowed chambers of our National Assembly. We don’t know when the invisible referee will call time on the gamers. While the game lasts, folks, please, do remember this: when the guards are thieves, only eternal vigilance can keep the public purse secure.

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Celebrating abundance in midst of poverty

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Farouk Aresa

he few of us that live in gross opulence and luxury within each African country where most people suffer in squalor have no conscience unless we give some back. When growing up, we celebrated with the rich for their hard work, blood and sweat. When we saw a beautiful house, we praised the success of their owners, as we were encouraged to work as hard to achieve the same.

Cultural adornment, appreciation and acknowledgement used in the past to pay praise singers have been bastardised. It started with sticking money on the celebrant’s and well-wisher heads or dance contests until money-miss-road turned it into hobby. They started hiring police to hold cash or follow them while they sprayed money. It has now gone viral with the use of spray guns.

It must be stated that everyone has the right to spend money the way he wishes. Therefore, if you work hard for it, nobody should grudge your style. Indeed, this writer was once told to change the money he wanted to give into singles and spray celebrant and his wife.

Today rich people are no longer respected. Even the hard working ones have become suspects. Indeed, there are classes within the rich.

We now have the filthy rich and the poor. Unlike the rich of those days, these nouveau riche are ready to sacrifice human lives including their own to be filthy rich. They are blinded by their own earlier poverty; they are indifferent to excessive aggrandisement to spite the poor.

Lately, we see all types of currencies flooding the dancing area like flakes falling from the sky. The old timers that worked very hard for their money have gone back to the old fashioned way of giving celebrants money in envelops or writing cheques so they would not be confused with looters and drug dealers.

When salaries are not paid, retirees are not paid, hard working and well educated that have played by the rules are left out to beg and suffer; it is not surprising that young and old people resort to unsavoury ways to make ends meet.

Grandfathers and grandmothers are caught at airports trying to smuggle drugs out of the country or used as drug couriers. There is something fundamental wrong that one administration after the other

has become indifferent to.

The amount of illegal and underground cash driving the markets has flooded the economy with increasing price of goods and services beyond the means of average earners. It takes more to keep our heads just above water.

Since when have we become beggars in order to eat? We ask politicians to create enabling environment so that families have enough money to buy food for every member of their households.

Instead, they have turn food into a lottery for the starving poor and dwindling middle class. When it is to a point where people are crushed to death just to get a bag of rice, garri or tuber of yam, there is no reason to celebrate.

What is nauseating is that politicians distribute food and essential items freely in order to curry votes from those willing to subject to their whims and caprices as being kind, generous and graceful. It is hard to believe that we have to be starved almost to death before we differentiate the devils from the lesser devils.

They take a tiny little bit out of the money they stole to placard the novice, naïve and the desperate ones among us. They have mansions and luxury cars in every ma-

jor city of the world, from what they padded in the contracts, budgets, fathom salaries of ghost workers and outright looting. The governors have turned local governments into their subsidiary piggy banks.

Any reasonable observer would expect this is what would ache people in individual African countries and a good reason to set up special courts to try and jail these vagabonds. We are more willing to tolerate looters and find excuses under democracy, the rule of law and order. Even when they are tried and convicted, crocks have supporters wondering why them and not others.

While there are valid cases of abuse and selective prosecution, the best way to make sure every dog has its day is to change one government after the next. It is the only way we can have crooks probing and punishing crooks. This is how it is usually done in countries we emulate so much.

There is every reason to turn against those who turn us into paupers.

We are so engrossed in ethnic baiting, every disagreement flare up into violence. If a country has not gone through civil war, that country could learn from those that had like Sudan, Somalia or Rwanda.

Shattering of the Buhari mythology (1)

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Moses Ochonu

aving been carried to the presidency on a wave of optimism, President Muhammadu Buhari’s time in office has been characterised by a trio of crises: an economy in recession; escalating militancy in the Niger Delta; and worsening power supply.

As the economy has imploded, the only bright spots in Buhari’s first 15 months have been modest gains in the fight against corruption and Boko Haram.

The president took amidst a flurry of flamboyant promises, some of them so fantastical and unnecessary that many wondered why Buhari would trap – himself in such unsustainable obligations.

Elections are about promises, but the now ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) got caught up in its own rhetoric and refused, against all economic indicators, to alter its pledges.

The unpreparedness that plagued the early months of the Buhari administration reflected its inability to bear the weight of promises made. Moreover, the

sense of disillusionment that has now enveloped Nigeria stems from this unnecessary self-burdening.

In the course of his short time in office, Buhari’s image as an ascetic and empathetic figure has disappeared, and he has shown a disturbing lack of initiative, creativity and new thinking in government.

In the momentous elections last year, Nigerians voted for Buhari to transform the country. However, sadly, it seems that the optimistic narrative about the former military was little more than a myth.

Buhari campaigned to end waste and restore probity, efficiency, and transparency. When opportunities presented themselves to underscore his professed opposition to the profligacy of the now-opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he failed to seize them.

For a president whose calling card was transparency and personal integrity, Buhari’s attempt to abandon his promise to publicly declare his assets within his first 100 days in office was perplexing.

Earlier this year, this feeling deepened as bureaucrats and the president’s own kitchen cabinet crafted a budget choked full of scandalous allocations to the

presidency, ministries and government agencies, including hundreds of millions of Naira for a zoo in the presidential palace and a vice-presidential library budget larger than the library budgets of all but two federally funded higher institutions. When the news broke, Buhari fumed and threatened to punish those he claimed had “padded” the budget.

However, curiously, the presidency’s spokespeople defended the budget.

Recently, perceptions of the president’s commitment to the ideals on which he ran for the presidency have been further undermined as two illegal recruitment scandals: one at the Central Bank, the other at the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).

In both, prominent APC figures and government officials were accused of using their influence to award positions to supporters without due process.

Buhari has yet to refute this allegation, nor has he commented on the allegations around fraudulent recruitment.

Meanwhile, the president’s chief-of-staff, Abba Kyari, has been accused, along with other promi-

nent officials, of blocking investigations into the fraudulent affairs of Sahara Energy, a local oil company reported to have skimmed billions of dollars off Nigeria’s oil revenues. And the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai, and Minister of Internal Affairs, General Abdulrahman Danbazzau, have also been implicated in scandals, with documentary evidence emerging of them acquiring multi-million-dollar real estate well beyond their legitimate incomes.

The presidency has not ordered an investigation.

During the campaign, the president vowed never to raise the price of petrol, to revamp domestic oil refining capacity, and reduce the price of fuel at the pump. Buhari also promised never to devalue the naira.

Buhari has since broken both promises, raising the price of petrol from N85 to N145 a litre, and allowing the Nigerian Central Bank to float the Naira against major currencies. Inflation, which had already eclipsed all projected baselines due to the government’s restrictions on foreign exchange and arbitrary import restrictions, has soared.

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Features Æ s Families groan as Kerosene price soars

NNPC Our correspondents While residents of Lagos state are lamenting the seeming unstoppable rise in the price of kerosene as the product hits the N220 per liter mark recently, their counterparts in Delta state are groaning as black marketers have hiked the commodity to a record N300 and 350 per litre.

Reports reaching us from our correspondents nationwide state that average families that solely depend on kerosene for domestic energy are the most hit as the alternative source of energy – firewood, has also soared out of reach of many.

Edokpolor Osayande reports that a thoroughly vexed resident in Gbagada, Mrs. Ogbemudia Roseline said she is fed up, tired and frustrated because of scarcity and high cost of kerosene.

“Somebody please help me calcu-

Nigerians in a tight queue to buy kerosene at NNPC station

late it: how can I buy four liters of kerosene for N900 and it will last for only three days?

“I couldn’t cope with the situation anymore, so I decided to change to gas, only to find that the cost of gas has also been increased. I am perplexed,” she lamented.

Chimerije Jonathan, also a resident here, said “I am truly sad about the current increase in kerosene as I sometimes go hungry because I cannot afford the cost.

Most times I depend on NEPA to cook my food with electric stove, but unfortunately, they don’t give light for many days. We the masses are suffering; I wonder what will happen to people like me in a few months if government don’t treat this as emergency.”

A perplexed housewife, Patience Bassey, a resident of Bariga area of Lagos, told our correspondent, “I cannot imagine a litre of kerosene selling for N220 and our government say they are fighting

corruption. See how the price of every commodity has skyrocketed.

“How does government want the common fami ly

Residents in the Local Government town of Obiaruku in Ukwani Local G ove r n ment

like mine to survive?”

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nothing short of a nightmare.

Elder and retired business man, Mr. Sunday Ozhim of Ghana Quarters in a telephone chat with The Daily Times confirmed they are facing untold hardship.

“The filling stations here are selling one litre of kerosene between N160 and N180; but because the stations don’t have it to sell, ordinary retailers who buy from God knows where sell the commodity at between N250 and N300 per litre.

“And the price is escalating almost every day; the price I quoted is as of few days; by the time you go back, the price will not be the same again. Everyone is at the mercy of the black marketers because of the scarcity.”

Confirming the suspicion that the kerosene being sold to members of the public is lighter and suspected to be aviation fuel, Ozhim said there is no doubt that what is sold to the public is not kerosene but something else.

“When we buy five litres before, it used to carry us for five days; but now, it does not go beyond just three days. It is burning so fast that it cannot be kerosene.”

So how are the people taking it?

“Well, those who have been priced out of reach of kerosene resort to firewood, and this has also shot the cost of firewood up.

“The bottom line is that there is not much anybody can do in this circumstance; everywhere you see people just grumbling, but they all continue to weather the situation because we don’t have a choice, and life must go on,” Ozhim said.

A report from Nkiru Nwagbo, our Anambra state correspondent, said kerosene has become a very essential commodity in Awka, the state capital and environs.

“A litre is sold for N200 if you’re lucky to get it at some filling stations. From Awka to Nnewi, people have resorted to using firewood, and as expected, the poor families now comb the bushes in search of firewood because not many families can afford to buy enough firewood to meet their cooking now.”

A retail dealer who spoke with The Daily Times in confidence said that sales have reduced since the scarcity started.

“Customers no longer buy their usual quantity because of the increase. Now that five litres is sold for N1,200, our customers are forced to buy just half of what they used to buy, some buy even less.”

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BUHARI

Nigeria President

The filling stations here are selling one litre of kerosene between N160 and N180; but because the stations don’t have it to sell, ordinary retailers who buy from God knows where sell the commodity at between N250 and N300 per litre and the price is escalating daily. Everyone is at the mercy of the black marketers because of the scarcity — Elder Sunday Ozhim

The retailer predicts that the way things are going, kerosene may be sold for N250 per liter. Her reason is not farfetched.

“In this business, we make payment to the suppliers to deliver the product and sometimes we wait endlessly for them to deliver.

So whenever the supply is made, the price has to jump up to cover for lost ground.”

Oiza Daudu reporting from Iyana Ipaja area of the state states that scarcity of kerosene is causing untold hardship in many homes.

A widow, Madam Aina Kareem said she is at a loss; “I am a poor widow with five children I’m cater for, but with the current price of kerosene at N220 per litre, how can I cope?

“Now I don’t allow my children to cook anymore so they don’t waste the kerosene in the stove; I now have to cook myself.”

One Miss Gloria Onifade, a petty caterer said she sometimes uses kerosene stove to prepare her chin-chin; “But since the price of kerosene has increased to N220 per liter, I have to raise the price from N50 to N70 and reduce the size a little in other to make a little something for myself and household; but this has reduced sales as customers are complaining. Now, without sales, I will be at a loss. So I don’t even know what to do, sometimes I sell just the transport fare that will take me back home. Where will I run to? I am in my own country,” she said.

“I can’t cook or buy food any

Kerosene lamp now a luxury

more as kerosene and foodstuffs have risen out of my pocket,” a small time washer man, Ndubuisi Okadigwe lamented. “I can’t even make eba because one has to have enough kerosene in his stove, so I have reduced my meal to 0-0-1 per day since I cannot go hungry to bed,” he said.

Officially, Kerosene was meant to sell at N50 per litre, but politics and cartels in the oil marketing had caused the price to rise and had continued rising.

During the Petrol Armada 2011 demonstration by the Save Nigeria Group tagged ‘Kleptocracy Unlimited’, former oil empress, Daziani Alison Madueke was named as the brain behind the cartel that raised the price of kerosene to fund the then ruling party and party elections. Now

at over N220 per same litre, black marketers are even warming up to compound the price crisis.

Sources disclosed that the current situation could lead to deforestation, as low income earners who cannot afford kerosene now depend on firewood as alternative source of energy.

No official reason has been advanced for the scarcity. Some oil marketers who spoke to The Daily Times blamed the scarcity and high cost of kerosene on the pricing and supply of the product.

One of the major oil marketers attributed the problem to nonfunctioning of local refineries to full capacity; the marketers also said that the problem could be best solved by the government if the people responsible for this scarcity can be brought to book.

Resuscitating cocoa production to boost national economy God’s Covenant Snr with agency report The effect of the drop in oil price on the average family brings to mind the adage that says, a bird in hand is worth two in the bush. It also underlines another that says the devil you know, is better than the angel you do not know.

Since the oil we know has disappointed Nigerians and the economy is now begging for diversification, a nation with good memory should not fail to remember the good old days when

the old Western Region rose and went to bed with cocoa which the earth yielded abundantly.

Now there is a general consensus to look inwards and forget the politics of crude oil and the nightmarish corruption that defeated so great a gift from God to Nigerians, it is now proper to initiate realistic ways of reviving the country’s economy.

Economists point out that the country’s mono-product economy aptly explains why the negative trend in international oil pricing has caused a downturn in national income.

The development has conse-

Cocoa, abundantly sustainable

quently triggered dwindling monthly allocations from the Federation Account to the three tiers of government.

The experts note that the development is the rationale behind the failure of many states and local governments to fulfill their financial obligations, particularly the payment of workers’ salaries.

As governments are battling to find a lasting solution to the current economic challenges facing the country, analysts underscore the need to diversify the economy.

They insist that increased emphasis should be placed on agri-

culture, the erstwhile mainstay of Nigeria’s economy prior to the discovery of petroleum in the country.

At the recent National Executive Council meeting of Golden Cocoa Growers’ Association held at Ilorin, National President of the association, Chief Moses Aliwa urged government to devise pragmatic ways of boosting the economy via improved agricultural production alternative.

Chief Moses Aliwa stressed that Nigeria was going through an economic crisis because of the years of neglect of the agricultural sector.

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Is constituency allowance for lawmakers serving its purpose?

National Assembly lawmakers have come under fierce criticisms over application and execution of huge sums allocated to them for constituency projects in their various domains.

In this report, our team of reporters went to town to feel the pulse of Nigerians whether the constituency allowance are actually used for what they are meant for.

Shodimu Nasiru, Accountant

Dotun Adekotujo, Marketer

I think the constituency funds are meant for catering for people at the real grassroots, where the hands of the three tiers of governments cannot easily reach.

Unfortunately, these grassroots people cannot boast of anything tangible from their representatives at the National Assembly. We are in a dire situation as a country and until our legislators and other leaders in various offices of governments have a rethink and do the right thing, we may not get it right as a nation.

It is not legal for any legislature to conduct a project according to the constitution of Nigeria, but it has become a common practice for our leaders (especially the lawmakers) these days.

Most of them collect these money the called constituency funds, and do not use it judiciously.

The truth is that corruption has turned Nigeria into something else.

That informs why the lawmakers are always fighting over constituency funds, and at the day, the money will go down the drain.

Instead of using it for the common good, they use it to cater for their selfish purposes. I do not think it is the duty of legislators to embark on constituency projects in the first place.

Olatunji Malomo, businessman Austin, Financial Adviser

Nobody knows if they (lawmakers) are using the funds for what they are meant for, because one has never seen such projects in one’s neighbourhood.

The whole issue of constituency project is a fraud. What the lawmakers should be doing is turning in their projects to government, and let the governments carry out those projects. But what we see is fight over what amount comes to particular constituency which in the long run is squandered.asia. He learned a lot from Westerhof.

For as far as I know, the constituency funds are not properly used as most of them are used for lawmakers’ private projects. For short, the funds are majorly embezzled. It is a sorry situation that our lawmakers have left us indeed. That’s all I can say.

Tunde Olayori, Farmer

Dada Idowu, farmer

What we have seen all the while is lawmakers using part of the funds, maybe not all of it, for specific projects. Definitely not a substantial part of it. The rest are always used to fill their pockets and those of their godfathers.

It is only God that can save our country, because all our legislators are fighting for their pockets instead of the masses. They do not do the right thing; they are just concerned about their own interest.

Adegbite Adewunmi, civil servant They (lawmakers) are not utilising it at all, otherwise if they are, then most of the essential amenities that make life easy would abound all around us.

But we can see that the contrary is the case. So, it shows that the constituency funds are not properly channeled.

There no pipe-borne water, no functional street lights and those essentials of life for the people to enjoy. So where is the constituency funds going to?

As far as I am concerned, our legislators are overpaid; they are expensive to be maintained by the government, especially at this crucial time.

They are not realistic, considering the current economic situation we are faced with. I think when leaders of this government came into office they declared their own assets, and there was a slash in their income.

The legislators never agreed to a slash in their pay. They should show their patriotism for the country; they should show they love their country, and make some more meaningful economic sacrifices as individuals.

It is unfortunate we do not have patriotic Nigerians as leaders.

Oluwatoyin Adams, Nutritionist First and foremost, the question that should be asked is how often these lawmakers get to meet their constituents.

The first thing apart from the use of the constituency, is how often do they meet their constituency? It is when you are meeting your constituents that you can get to know their wants and needs.

The truth of the matter is that these lawmakers hardly relate with their constituents. So, talking about the constituency funds, it is hard for the masses to know what they actually do with it. That, may be seen as a fault of the citizens as well because we do not ask questions.

We give them the temerity to do whatever they want. We do not know our rights on the people we elect to govern us because we do not red our Constitution.

Most of these lawmakers can be recalled if they are not doing what they are supposed to do, but seem not to know all that. We need to query the way our leaders represents out when they get to political offices.

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Ogun police parade five over Ogijo cult killings Abiodun Taiwo Abeokuta

ÏÏÏ The Police Command

in Ogun State, on Thursday, paraded five suspected cultists arrested in connection with the killing of four persons in Ogijo area on Wednesday.

The suspected cultists were a 37-year-old Oluwatosin Mosaku, Tunde Adeleye (25), Olajuwon Jose (21), Sunday Ajayi (27) and Sharafa Oladipo.

They were said to have been responsible for carrying out a reprisal attack on suspected rival cult group who denied them the “fun” of celebrating the 7/7 Cult Carnival in Sagamu last July.

The five, who allegedly belong to the Aiye Confraternity cult group were paraded by the Command’s Acting Public Relations Officer (APPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, at the office of the Special Anti-Robbery

Squad (SARS), at Magbon axis of Oke - Mosan, Abeokuta, the state capital.

Oyeyemi told journalists that the suspects were arrested by the SARS officers at their hideout near Ogijo in Sagamu area on Wednesday after their Tuesday operation which left no fewer than four persons dead including a 16-years-old boy, who was hawking.

He said that investigations had revealed that

some of the suspects had criminal records as one of them, had earlier snatched a rifle from a police officer three years ago.

Also paraded along with the cultists were three suspected armed robbers who specialised in snatching cars and tricycles.

They were a 38-year-old Damilola Daramola, Tunji Makinde (38) and Jimoh Wasiu (37).

The police however, denied knowledge of the al-

leged incessant armed robbery along the Ojodu/Julius Berger long-bridge axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

Oyeyemi, who explained that people often mistook accident scenes in the axis for robbery operation, appealed to members of the public to always be sure of their facts before raising alarm, so as not to create unnecessary panicky situations in the minds of the motorists plying the expressway.

Governorship Aspirant of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ondo State, Dr. Olu Agunloye (middle) displaying his nomination at the SDP National Secretariat, in Abuja… recently.

Lagos to fight malnutrition in children Benjamin Omoike

ÏÏÏ The Lagos State Gov-

ernment has said that it would combat malnutrition in children under the age of five, just as it encouraged nursing mothers to ensure exclusive breastfeeding for their babies in the first six months.

Speaking on Thursday at the Conference Room of the Lagos State Ministry of Health, Alausa, Ikeja, on the 2016 World Breastfeeding Week Celebration, the Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Primary Healthcare, Dr. Olufemi Onanuga, said his ministry would join hands with stakeholders to ensure

that children within this age bracket were adequately nourished.

“Customarily, in this year’s event, Lagos State will be joining other states of the Federation to sensitise the public on adequate nutrition for children from the time they are born till they attain the age of five years. This is in fulfillment of the Federal Government’s obligation being signatory to the Innocent Declaration of 1990. It is important to stress that the practice of exclusive breastfeeding is one of the Child Survival Strategies that has been proven by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding

Action (WABA), United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and endorsed by Federal Government of Nigeria.

“It is for this reason that the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, United Nations Children Fund and World Health Organisation (WHO) set aside a week annually as the “World Breastfeeding Week” which advocates a need to practice exclusive breastfeeding for babies for the first six months of life. The practice of exclusive breastfeeding will ensure the provision of vital and adequate nutrients required for healthy and maximal growth and

development. Babies who are exclusively breastfed are protected from severe complications arising from childhood killer diseases such as diarrhoea and pneumonia to mention a few. They also become healthy and productive adults,” he said.

Ambode

Suspected assassins kill woman in Yola Tom Garba Yola

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A middle-age woman, Mrs. Amina Dauji of Unguwan, in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State, has been murdered by suspected hired assassins.

The deceased was said to have been murdered at her residence by the assailants while asleep.

According to the village head of Bole, Alhaji Abdulmumini Bakari Bole, “the assassins confessed that they were hired at the cost of twenty thousand naira to eliminate Amina, whom their sponsors accused of witchcraft, a proof that has not been established”.

Already, “one the culprits has been arrested by our vigilante group and we have handed him over to the Police, while we are looking for his accomplice to face prosecution” he said.

The village Head called on the authorities concerned to ensure that the culprits were punished based on the gravity of their offence to serve as a deterrent to others.

Kwara OPC warns Ijaw against attack on Lagos, Ogun Kehinde Akinpelu Ilorin

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A member of the Kwara State, Oodua People Congress (OPC), Comrade Maruf Olarewaju has urged Ijaw leaders in the country to prevail on militants to stop attacks on Yoruba communities in Lagos and Ogun states.

Olarewaju told Daily Times, in Ilorin, the state capital, at sideline of the National Co-ordinating Council (NCC) meeting of OPC. He said that “the Yoruba are very accommodating but no other ethnic group should take that as an opportunity to attack or harass the Yoruba people.

We reiterate our call on leaders of Ijaw to call their

boys to order. We also call on the federal government to protect the lives and property of its citizens.

“The problem of the Yoruba is the politicisation of its leadership. I urge Yoruba leaders to close-rank in order to move the Yoruba nation forward.”

On the state of the nation, the OPC boss said: “There is no doubt that many Nigerians are currently experiencing hardship. What we need in Nigeria is restructuring; anything short of that is a wasteful exercise. Assuming each state is granted autonomy on the management of its resources and allowed to contribute some percentage of its income to the centre, all the non-payment of salaries would not arise.

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JENNIFER OBIAGERI CHIN-AKANO

IGWE NJIDEKA STELLA I formerly known and addressed as CHIMAH NJIDEKA STELLA now wish to be known and addressed as IGWE NJIDEKA STELLA. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JENNIFER OBIAGERI NWACHUKWU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JENNIFER OBIAGERI CHIN-AKANO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

ADEBAKIN TITILAYO GLADYS

AWELEWA IRENE OGHENEBORHIEN

I FORMERLLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KIKI-OBAFEMI TITILAYO GLADYS, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEBAKIN TITILAYO GLADYS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OTOMEWO IRENE OGHENEBORHIEN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AWELEWA IRENE OGHENEBORHIEN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

AUCTION SALES THERE WILL BE AN AUCTION SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES, MOTORCYCLES, KEKE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT THE NIGERIA POLICE, DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS, OMOKU DIVISION, RIVERS STATE. AFTER 21 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. 1. ONE SCRAP BLUE FLAT BENZ REG NO BP 726 PHC 2. ONE SCRAP MAZDA 323 REG NO --3. ONE SCRAP DARK BLUE HONDA REG NO MC 241 KJA. 4. ONE SCRAP GREEN MAZDA 626 REG NO EKY 684 BQ 5. ONE SCRAP RED KASEA MOTORCYCLE REG NO ----6. ONE SCRAP RED QLINK MOTORCYCLE REG NO ---7. ONE SCRAP BLUE QLINK MOTORCYCLE REG NO ---8. ONE SCRAP SKY-GO MOTORCYCLE REG. NO QD 876 EBM 9. ONE SCRAP YELLOW TRI-CYCLE REG NO ---10. THREE SAWING MACHINES, TWO WELDING MACHINES, ONE SHARP PRINTER. 11. AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. SIGNED: ALH. UBALLO DANU AUCTIONEER

THE KNIGHT OF FLORENCE FOUNDATION. 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.

Trustees: 1. Barr Nkechi f Chukwuemeka Chairperson 2. Mrs Deborah o. Chukwuemeka 3.Mrs Obiageli h. Nwabueze.

EHIRIM CHIKA MIRIAN EHIRIM: I formerly known and addressed as EHIRIM CHIKA IFEYINWA now wish to be known and addressed as EHIRIM CHIKA MIRIAN. All former documents bearing my name remain valid.

Access Bank and general public take note.

NWIGWE CHRISTOPHER NWIGWE: I formerly known and addressed as NWIGWE KOSARACHI CHRISTOPHER now wish to be known and addressed as NWIGWE CHRISTOPHER. All former documents bearing my name remain valid. First Bank and general public take note.

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MRS. GRACE ARUMALA OROK I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. GRACE EDEM OROK, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. GRACE ARUMALA OROK. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

OMOTOLANI ABIMBOLA KOMOLAFE I, formerly known as OPESEYITAN OMOTOLANI ABIMBOLA now wish to be known as OMOTOLANI ABIMBOLA KOMOLAFE. All former documents remain valid.

Members of the public to please note.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR IJOMA ALFRED - Chairman 2. HON. UMEIZU NZUBE - MEMBER 3. EVAN. HENRY CHIDIEBERE CHUKWUOKO - MEMBER 4. BLESSING EKPEREAMAKA IJOMA - MEMBER 5. USULOR SUNDAY - MEMBER 6. COMFORT MICHEAL - SECRETARY THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To preach the word of God and make converts to Christianity .

2. To proclaim the Lordship of Jesus Christ and headship over the Church 3. To promote the welfare of members.

4. To uphold the tenants of the Christian Faith and doctrine.

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: Secretary

CHRIST THE CITY OF FAITH CHURCH.

JINADU OLUKAYODE ISHOLA

I, formerly known and addressed as JINADU KAYODE MAXWELL, now wish to be known and addressed as JINADU OLUKAYODE ISHOLA, all documents remain valid, the general public should take note.

ELIZABETH TEMITAYO JOEL

I, formerly known and addressed as, ELIZABETH TEMITAYO OVUNDA, now wish to be known and addressed as, ELIZABETH TEMITAYO JOEL. All former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

ADUWA TOLULOPE SULIAT

OLASELE ELIZABETH OLUWASEUN

I FORMALLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GIDADO TOLULOPE SULIAT, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADUWA TOLULOPE SULIAT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I, formerly known and addressed as, OLASELE BOLUWATIFE OLUWASEUN, now wish to be known and addressed as, OLASELE ELIZABETH OLUWASEUN. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

REDEMPTION HEIRS MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CHURCH HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO.1 OF 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OBAKA ILEMONA BENJAMIN 2. OBAKA HASSANA PHEBE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PREACH THE MESSAGE OF LIBERATION AND RECONCILIATION FOR SALVATION, EMANCIPATION AND DISCIPLESHIP OF ALL NATIONS THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE WORD OF TRUTH. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION,420, TIGRIS CRESCENT,OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY OBAKA HASSANA PHEBE

THE GARDEN OF COVENANT MINISTRY.

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

This is to inform the General Public that the above named Church has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Pastor Kufre James Benson - President 2. Evangelist Amaka Kufre James 3. Bro. Godswill James Benson - Secretary 4. Bro. Neighbour Sunday Brown

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. APOSTLE ANIETIE SUNDAY MATTHEW 2. IME NKEREUWEM LUKE 3. RITA ANIETIE SUNDAY 4. AKPAN OKON BASSEY 5. EGELE GAMALIEL EGELE.

AIMS/OBJECTIVES: 1. To preach the word of Jesus Christ

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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.

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

Signed; Pastor Kufre James Benson ( President )

SIGNED: Secretary

AGNES ONAIWU EDOBOR OBASEKI FOUNDATION. 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.

Trustees 1. JOY UHUNOMA OBASEKI. - CHAIRMAN. 2. FREDELLA OSAHENRUMWEN ODAFEN -SECRETARY.

Aim and objective 1: For the advancement of programmes that will benefit the youth, women and children in the society.

Aim and objectives 1. To help the less privileged in the society.

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.

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 Nkechi f Chukwuemeka

Signed ; Barr. OPAOLA OLUWAGBEMIGA

KRIZTAL COURT RESIDENTS FORUM, PYAKASSA, ABUJA.

Public Notice

SERENE VALUE ADDING MINISTRY OF GRACE

UTHMAN BIN FODIO DA’AWAH FOUNDATION

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. DR. UMARU ALKA 2. ALH. YAHAYA ISA HASSAN 3. ALH. YUSUF IBRAHIM 4. ALH. MUSA GALADIMA GORA 5. ALH. HASSAN ADAMU SHIRA 6. PROF. LADAN MOHAMMED SHEHU 7. ALH. ABDULLAHI YAHAYA UMAR 8. ALH. MOHAMMED YUNUSA MOH’D 9. ALH. IBRAHIM KWAJAFA 10. ARC. MUHAMMAD SHEHU MAKAMA THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. To help the less privileged in the society.

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

FIRE OUT AND SAVE EARTH INITIATIVE

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 Ministry has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2004.

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

Trustees 1. CHRIS UZIEWE 2. VICTORIA STEVE ADOLE 3. REV. JEFREY OMO-OSAGIE 4. JOHN BRIGGS 5. FRANK AFUDJU 6. HASSAN JATO

THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1. ABIOYE STELLA KUSAMOTU 2. AYODELE MUSIBAU KUSAMOTU 3. REV. JACOB ALABI AREMU 4. OMOLADE ANU AFOLABI (MRS )

THE TRUSTEES ARE: MR. NGOZI ONYEAGWAZI 2. MRS. IFEOMA ONYEAGWAZI

Aim and objective 1. To promote unity among the residents.

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. ; OBASI S. MMADUABUCHI, ESQ Solicitor.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To provide and promote an outreach for helping the aged and the young people in order to improve and better their lives, also Children who are motherless, abandoned uncared for, deprived, less privileged, homeless and victims of Child labour.

2. To minister in love and grace of God, and thereby provide pastoral counseling for the youths, Elderly people having health emotional, psychological and physical Challenges, including youth women facing crisis in their matrimonial homes.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To educate the general public on fire prevention, protection and control.

2. Protect the environment from further degradation and pollution due to harmful human activities.

3. To empower the citizenry products production and productive ventures.

4. To produce films and other business that can be of help to the general public.

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

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

Signed: AYODELE MUSIBAU KUSAMOTU

Signed: Secretary

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TOTALE FEMININE FOUNDATION.

CHRIST CORONATION ASSEMBLY

This is to inform the general public that the above Named FOUNDATION has applied for registration of CHANGE OF TRUSTEES to the Corporate Affairs Commission under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990.

This is to inform the general public that the above Named has applied for registration to Corporate Affairs Commission under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990.

REMOVED TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ENGR. LADI BANKOLE 2. BAR. TOMI VINCENT 3. MRS. FOLASHADE OJUTALAYO.

Board of Trustees: 1. Rev (Mrs) Fowowe Felicia Sijuwade (G.O.) 2. Pastor Fowowe Samson Oluwaseun 3. Dr Ilesanmi Oluwafemi 4. Mr Fowowe Samuel Taiwo (General Secretary) 5. Mr Ayewamide Isaac Adeboye

INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF FAVOURED LADIES CLUB OF NIGERIA REDEEMED ROAD, ELIKPOKWU-ODU, RUKPOKWU PORT HARCOURT TELL: 07052954983 NOTICE is hereby given that the above named organization has applied to the CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION for registration as an Incorporated Trustee under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2004.

The Trustees are: 1. CHUKWUMA, FAVOUR 2. OPURUM, JOY 3. OPARA, ESTHER 4. MODESTUS, ROSE Anybody who has any reason why this organization should not be registered shall contact the Corporate Affairs Commission Headquarters Abuja, Plot 565, Ndola Square Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

NEW TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MRS. BANKOLE ADESEYE ABIGAIL - CHAIRMAN 2. BARR. ALAO OLUREMI - SECRETARY 3. BANKOLE JADESOLA YETUNDE 4. BANKOLE OLUSOLA HANNAH 5. ADEBIMPE YETUNDE SIMPLICE 6. ADEYEMI ADENIYI EMMANUEL 7. OLORUNFUNMI ADESINA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME.

Aims The aims of the Church shall be: a) To seek in-depth Christian fellowship that encourages building up one another to make a strong Church. b) To fulfill the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus Christ. c) To create opportunities for the confirmation and exercise of spiritual in the Church. d) To grow the experience of every Christian in the areas of worship, word, prayer and Holy Ghost baptism.

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.

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: BAR. ALAO OLUREMI – SECRETARY

Signed: Secretary

HOLYHILL LIBERTY PRAYER MINISTRY INT’L

OSUN STATE POLYTECHNIC IREE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

THE EDIBIS CARE FOUNDATION

This is to inform the general public that the above Named ASSOCIATION has applied for registration to Corporate Affairs Commission under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990.

This is to inform the general public that the above Named FOUNDATION has applied for registration to Corporate Affairs Commission under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990.

The general public is hereby notified that the above named Ministry has applied to the Corporate affairs commission Abuja for registration under the part C of the companies and allied matters act 1990.

TRUSTEES NAMES: 1. ODEBODE ADENIKE OMOBOLA - PRESIDENT 2. FALADE TAOFEEQ OLAJIDE 3. OYENIRAN ELISHA ADETUNJI 4. AMUSAN JOHNSON MORENIKEJI - SECRETARY 5. AKINTUNDE ADEYEMI ADETUBERU 6. ADENUBI ALIMAT ADETOUN

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Mrs Adefunmito Ademola Adeoye - Chairman 2. Pastor Victor Adeyeye - Vice Chairman 3. Adedapo Adegoke Adeyeye - Member 4. Aderinsola Ademiju Adeyeye - Member 5. Obitola Obiyemi - Member

The Trustees Are : 1. SAMUEL SAIAFUGHA SAMUEL - founder.

2. MARIAN ANOCHIE - secretary.

3. COSMAS OLAYE. 4. SUNDAY ALIEZE. 5. IJEOMA EGWUONYE

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO FOSTER MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE OLD STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To create awareness concerning cancer 2. To educate public in early detection and treatment of all forms of cancer 3. To provide affordable cancer screening to the public

Aims And Objectives : 1. To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus christ.

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

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

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 BY SECRETAR

SIGNED: TRUSTEES.

Signed: Secretary

ASSOCIATION OF UMU-IGBO JI OFUOBI

THE TRIUMPHANT MEN’S CLUB OF NIGERIA.

SANCTUARY OF POWER CHRISTIAN CENTRE

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 1990.

This is to inform the general public that the above Named has applied for registration to Corporate Affairs Commission under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990.

This is to inform the general public that the above Named has applied for registration to Corporate Affairs Commission under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990.

Names Of Trustees: 1, Mr James Mayowa Adebola 2. Mr Peter Oluwadamilare Aderinto 3.Mr Peter Oluwagbemiga Ige 4.Mr Ayodeji Ayodele 5.Mr David Gbenga Ayobami

The Trustees Are: 1. Rev’d Bola Muritala Arinola/Clergy 2. Pastor (Mrs) Aderayo Rukayat Arinola/Trading 3. Oba Jamiu Adedamola Badmus/Traditional Ruler 4. Mrs. Busola Jumoke Arinola /Aviation 5. Enitan Queen Arinola/Physiologist

Aims And Objectives: 1. To Encourage And Promote The Peaceful Co-existence Of All The Members Of The Club And Their Families Irrespective Of Their Sex And Origin 2. To Assist The Members And Their Families In Redressing Any Wrong Act, Infringements,etc Done To Them Or Any Member Of Their Family.

3. To Promote The Gospel Of Jesus Christ .

4. To Provide Social Amenhties To The Needy..

Aims And Objectives: 1. To TEACH the truth of the Gospel, make DISCIPLES, EMPOWER them to WORSHIP and raise pacesetters for KINGDOM expansion.

2. To make HEAVEN, through uncompromised holiness and building of HEALTHY CHURCH. 3. To build the body of christ by using the tools of dynamic Church activities, Leadership Training, Bible College/Seminary, Mission Schools, Gospel Music Studio among others.

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.

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.

Sign.By: Timothy Aderinto.

SIGNED BY ADUWA VICTOR ESQ.

The Trustees Are : 1. Ebenizer Ken Obioma - chairman.

2. Ezeribe Onyemaechi - vice chairman.

3. Chinwe Angela Onyeneke - secretary.

4. AKUJOBI KINGSLEY TAIWO - Legal Adviser.

Aims And Objectives : to educate members on the ibo culture, costume and tradition.

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

LEKKI - EPE IGBO DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION.

HEART OF PEACE INTERNATIONAL CLUB OF NIG

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

THE TRUE FOUNDATION CHAPEL

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.

TRUSTEES ARE -1. AGWU QFFOR FANTIN. 2. CHIGBO NONSO GODWIN. 3. UCHE FRANK NDUBISI. 4. EMMANUEL INNOCENT 5. ORIKAH EZENWA ROBERT. 6. ELELEGWU AWELLE-EWERE LUCKY.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MR ARIYO IBRAHIM 2. MR OLANREWAJU ADENIYI 3. MR ABEJIDE OLUWATOYIN 4. MR OSHO OLAYINKA 5. MR JOHN MICHEAL

This is to inform the general public that the above Named FOUNDATION has applied for registration to Corporate Affairs Commission under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. 1. TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF IGBO PEOPLE IN LEKKI-EPE AREA OF LAGOS STATE. 2. TO ALSO PROMOTE UNITY AND FOSTER SPIRIT OF BROTHERLINESS AMONGST THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. Any Objection(s) to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, PMB 198, Garki, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

Signed By: SECRETARY.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE: (1) TO ASSIST EACH OTHER HUMANLY AND MATERIALLY. (2) TO BUILD COMMON GOAL. (3) TO INVEST IN ANY FINANCIALLY VIABLE VENTURE THAT MAY BE BENEFICIALLY TO THE CLUB AND OUR COUNTRY AT LARGE. (4) TO CO OPERATE WITH GOVERNMENT AND BE IN OBEDIENT TO THE LAW OF THE LAND AND CONSTITUTION OF THE CLUB (5) TO PROMOTE UNITY, FRIENSHIP, PROGRESS AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING ORDER AND CO OPERATION WITHIN ALL MEMBERS OF THE CLUB UNDER ONE UMBRELLA. 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: Trustees

TRUSTEES NAME: 1. ASARE MARTIN. 2. IHEDIOHA BLESSING IFEOMA. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. WE ARE UNDER ONE UMBRELLA OF LORD JESUS CHRIST. 2 TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD. 3. TO SAVE THE CAPTIVITY AND WILLING SOUL FOR LORD JESUS CHRIST. Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this Publication.

SIGNED: TRUSTEES.

WINNING FAITH CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD

DANIELS ONIMISI FOUNDATION

DESTINY ENHANCEMENT SOCIAL CLUB OF NIGERIA.

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for registration to Corporate Affairs Commission under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act N0. 1 of 1990.

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.

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.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) EMMANUEL ONIMISI DANIELS (PREESIDENT) .

(2) DANIELS VICTORIA BUKOLA (SECRETARY).

(3)BADMUS AZEEZ ABIOLA(TREASURER)

Board of Trustees 1.mr. Nwaubani christian 2.mr. Uche anyanwu 3. Mrs udorji ngozi 4. Mrs.Rita udojeke 5. Mrs Abigail okoli.

6. Mrs Eucharia ezike

Trustees 1.Ajayi Olaniyi Olabisi - President 2. Nkwocha Esther Ugochi - Secretary 3. Ajayi Olufunke Eunice 4. Nkwocha Janet Chinwe.

AIMS: TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGED. .

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 By: SECRETARY

Aim and objective: To protect the interest of her members.

OBJ : 1. To win souls for our Lord Jesus Christ.

2. To open the gates of destinies by teaching the word of Faith and by prayers.

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.

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 by :Susan Isege Esq.

Signed Alfred James Esq solicitor.

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JOHNSON ADEDOJA ADEWOPO FOUNDATION This is to inform the General Public 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 .

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AYOADE OPEYEMI ADEWOPO - Chairman 2. BABATUNDE ADEFEMI RICHARD ADEWOPO - Secretary 3. JOY ADEBOLA ADEWOPO-JAJA 4. ADEBAMBO ANTHONY ADEWOPO 5. OLADIMEJI SURAJ KAREEM 6. OLUSEGUN SAMUEL ADEBOWALE ADEBIYI THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. To alleviate poverty and provide economic development and financial assistance to indigent citizens and localities in Osun State.

2. To raise funds and give financial assistance in areas of Education, Agriculture Infrastructure development, healthcare, and youth empowerment.

3. To deliver access to equal opportunities and economic development for all Osun State indigenes.

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

SIGNED: LUCY SUBERU. (Legal Practitioner)

ABULE PARAPO LANDLORDS AND RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION OF IBEJU LEKKI The General Public is hereby notified that the above named ASSOCIATION 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. Nwaka Olorunwa Daniel 2. Ogunsanya Anthony olatunji 3. Chukwuedozie Chukwuemeka Joshua 4. Olusegun Bolarin 5. Ndukwu Felix Okechukwu 6. Obeitor Ibrahim Audu 7. Amaobi Chinonso Longinus 8. Juwah Peter Ngozi 9. Onwuliri Cosmas 10. Muftau Omotayo Saheed.

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE IS:To Foster unity among members 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: SECRETARY

RURAL COMMUNITY LIFE ENHANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE. 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.

TRUSTEES 1.IGBOEKWE MAGNUS UZOMA 2.ONWUBIKO CHINYERE 3.DURU JONATHAN CHIJIOKE 4.MERCY NNENNA ANYAOHA AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO PROMOTE HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR LESS PRIVILEGED 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: IGBOEKWE MAGNUS UZOMA

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IDINAOTU NDI IMO UNITY ASSOCIATION The General Public is hereby notified that the above named ASSOCIATION 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) OKORIE, PRINCE CHINUDU (CHAIRMAN) (2) AHAMEFULE , KINGSLEY AMAEC (SECRETARY) (3) UKAZU EUGENIA OLANNA (4) EMEANULI, CHUKWUEMEKA AUGUSTINE (5) ABAJUE RAYMOND IK THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:(1)PROMOTION OF UNITY AMONG PEOPLE OF IMO STATE EXTRACTION. (2)ENCOURAGING PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE WITH PEOPLE OF OTHER STATES AND TRIBE. (3)EMBARKING UPON COMMON DEVELOPMENT. 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: SECRETARY

ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN CENTRE 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 BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE:1. OSHANG VERONICA ANIAKONG -CHAIRMAN 2. CHRISTOPHER ANIAKONG 3. AGNES IGOP -SECRETARY 4. JESSICA ANIAKONG -ASST SECRETARY 5. ERIC OSANG OKAMGBE ANIAKONG THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. To provide free and quality education for less privileged children 2. To instil in children under our care good social and ethical values 2. To take in, care and nurture orphans and Abandoned children

ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND CULTURAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. To preach the gospel of our lord Jesus Christ.

2.To carry out missionary work and give also to the needy.

Any objection to this publication 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

AKPUAGU UNUBI CULTURAL FOUNDATION. This is to inform the general public that the above named Association has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990.

TRUSTEES, 1. CHIEF CHINONSO C. ASUZU 2. CHIEF LOUIS UMEONYILIOHA. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROMOTE THE TRADITONAL OF AKPUAGU UNUBI. 2. TO PRESERVE THE CULTURE AND TRADITON OF AKPUAGU UNUBI. .

SIGNED BARR.IKOROHA PETER KEKECHI..

CYNTHIA MORGAN FOUNDATION

BENELO-IKEGULU WIDOWS’ CARE 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 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. CYNTHIA MORGAN - CHAIRMAN 2. CHRISTIAN LOVE - SECRETARY

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. DR. (MRS) BENEDICTA OKWUDILICHUKWU OBI-IKEGULU 2. DR. (MS) CHIDIMMA OGOCHUKWU IKEGULU 3. MR. HERBERT IKECHUKWU IKEGULU 4. MRS. STELLA OBIOMA NWANKWO 5. PASTOR OLIVER ELIJAH ANIH 6. PRINCE CHINWE ANIEKWE

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. Evaluate the needs and challenges of every child especially young girls and women of all ages, faces and races and also to profer a lasting solution 2. Take steps towards checkmating abuse and violence

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. TO TAKE CARE OF THE WELFARE OF MEMBERS.

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

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

Signed: Secretary

SIGNED: BARR IGNATIUS O AGBAPULU SOLICITOR

NEW COVENANT WORLD OUTREACH

SIGNED: PST BARR JOHN OBOHO 08038723535

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. Prophet Adegboyega Peter Adekunle 2. Paul Peter Adegboyega 3. Silas Peter Adegboyega

SIGNED BY : GODWIN AGHAHOWA, ESQ SOLICITOR

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.

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

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 (CAP 20) LFN 1990

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

MAY ROYAL TRUST FOUNDATION

AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO ASSIST IN THE EMPOWERMENT OF YOUTHS AND WIDOWS.

GOD’S COVENANT PRAYER MINISTRY ILE-IFE

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 Organization is seeking for registration under the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Part C., 2004.

TRUSTEES 1.DR MRS STELLA TEMENU 2.JESSICA OVUOKPOROYE CHA 3.NOSA ENAHONNA 4.DGC. AGI(RTD) 5.MRS EDITH ONAJOMO.

Public Notice

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. REV. DR. MANFRED CHUKWUDEBELU EHIRIM 2. PASTOR MRS. CHRISTIANA NMACHUKWU EHIRIM 3. GOODNESS UCHENNA EHIRIM 4. JOY EZINWA EHIRIM 5. CHINWEOKE BENJAMIN EHIRIM

THE SPIRITFILLED INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN 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.

BOARD OF TRUSTEE 1. PASTOR SAMPSON EFFIONG BONIFACE - PRESIDENT 2. MRS. SAMPSON MARY 3. ELDER EYO INNOCET EDET - TREASURER 4. ELDER UMOEKAM ANIEBUK SUNDAY - SECRETARY 5. INYANGUWEN ANIEDOABASI ANIEFIOK UFONEMESIM 6. DEACON CLEMENT AUGUSTINE FRANK 7. BROTHER BRENDA UKEME JOSEPH 8. BROTHER EYOH HENRY ANTHONY

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

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To promote and preach the truth gospel of Lord Jesus Christ to the people.

2. To promote and unveiled the divine principles of God to the universe.

3. To promote and cater for the general welfare of the members and less-privileges.

4. To promote and provide Bible College for the Training of Ministers of the gospel of God. 5. To promote and organize workshop, seminars Conferences and produce magazines and tracks.

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: BARR. CLETUS O. EYO-UDO, JP CLETUS EYO & CO, 66/68, IKORODU RD, FADEYI - LAGOS

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

OPEOLUWA INTERNATIONAL ZION CHURCH

GREY HAIR AND THE LESS PRIVILEGED FOUNDATION.

This is to inform the general public that the above Named has applied for registration to Corporate Affairs Commission under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990.

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.

The Trustees Are: 1. OKUBOYEJO ADEDEJI OLUWAKEMI - President 2. OLANIHUN JOSEPH OLUWAMAYOWA - Secretary 3. ADEOYE OLUWOLE GABRIEL - Treasurer

The Trustees Are: 1) APOSTLE EGBUMALO ELIKANAH AKINMOLADUN - (Chairman) 2) OKPAKO RECHARD - (Secretary) 3) APOSTLE OGBORO BABATUNDE 4) EGBUWALO ABRAHAM IMOLE 5) PETER ABOSEDE 6) OLOWOKUNLEPE OMOTOYE

TRUSTEE 1. Dr David Olasunkanmi Olalekan ( President) 2. Madike Chinonye Yvonne ( Secretary) 3. Elder Mrs Hyengi Madike 4. Frankca Young Adaeze 4. Pastor Omotayo Franklin Omoniyi 6. Prince Emelue Henry Uche.

Aim And Objective: 1. To promote peace and welfare of the members.

Aims & Objectives: (i) To Propagate The Gospel of Jesus Christ (ii) To Promote Peace & Harmony in our society.

AIMS To provide free health care services in the rural areas

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.

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.

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: OLUSOJI KAYODE EMMANUEL

Signed: Secretary

This is to inform the general public that the above Named ASSOCIATION has applied for registration to Corporate Affairs Commission under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990.

Signed by Secretary.

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IGP visits Ikorodu, promises more police presence Joy Anyim

ÎÎÎFollowing

the rise in criminal activities in Isawo and Arepo areas of Lagos and Ogun, the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has assured residents of the community of the renewed effort of the police to provide adequate security.

The IGP who was on a working visit to Lagos visited Isawo and Arepo which have been under the siege of militants and vandals in recent times. He urged fleeing residents in the area to remain calm as he was currently collaborating with sister security agencies in ensuring that the area was safe for them.

Idris, who charged the residents to co-operate with the police by providing them with information on the activities of criminal elements, also ordered the quick demolition of structures within the area belonging to the criminals.

He however praised the

OLAIDE MOSUNMOLA OLAPEFUNMI I, formerly known and addressed as, ADEBIYI MOSUNMOLA OLAPEFUNMI, now wish to be known and addressed as, OLAIDE MOSUNMOLA OLAPEFUNMI DATE OF BIRTH 20/11/1984.. All former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

FRIDAY BLESSING; ESEZOOBO

I, formerly known and addressed as, NGWUTA AKACHUKWU AMOS, now wish to be known and addressed as, FRIDAY BLESSING; ESEZOOBO . All former documents remain valid.

General public should take note.

AJAYI REBECCA OLUWADOLAPO I, formerly known and addressed as, BABALOLA REBECCA OLUWADOLAPO, now wish to be known and addressed as, AJAYI REBECCA OLUWADOLAPO. All former documents remain valid.

General public should take note.

ABIOLA OLANREWAJU AWOSIKA FAPETU

I, Formerly known as ABIOLA OLANREWAJU FAPETU now wish to be known as ABIOLA OLANREWAJU AWOSIKA FAPETU. Former documents remain valid. General public note.

CORRECTION OF NAME That my name was wrongly writing as saliu ahmed mayowa my correct name is saliu Hammed rotimi all Former documents remain valid general public should take note

military exercise, Operation AWASE, that was carried out jointly with the police in curbing the activities of the militants. He stated that tremendous success had been achieved and the militants had been chased out completely.

While addressing policemen and other security operatives deployed in the area, Idris said “I am here on behalf of the security agencies. I have come to see things for myself and I am also here to boost the morale of the officers and men of other security agencies that have been doing so much to curtail the activities of militants and vandals. I am assuring you of our support. And I will also ensure that more marine policemen are deployed to this area.

“I want to encourage residents to support the police activities. If you see any bad person, do report them to the police, because everyone has a responsibility to move the nation forward.”

He thanked the residents

ANTHONY KEVIN. IME I, formerly known and addressed as, ANTHONY. EFFIONG KEVIN, now wish to be known and addressed as, ANTHONY KEVIN. IME. All former documents remains valid.

General public should take note.

MFON. OKON AKPAN I, formerly known and addressed as, WILSDOM OKON. AKPAN, now wish to be known and addressed as, MFON. OKON AKPAN All former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

BADRU. FALILAT ABIOLA I, formerly known and addressed as, BADIRU FALILAT ABIOLA, now wish to be known and addressed as, BADRU. FALILAT ABIOLA . All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME

That my name was wrongly writing as ahmmed zainab idowu my correct name is.

Hammed zainab. Idowu. All Former documents remain valid general public should take note.

MRS. MIRIAN SUNNY-NWATE

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. MIRIAN EBERE YAHOMA, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. MIRIAN SUNNY-NWATE. All former documents remain valid. NYSC and general public should take note.

Mr. Idris, for the co-operation they had shown over time, saying it had paid off as relative peace had returned to the community.

The Commanding Officer of the military tactical base, Lt. Colonel Julius Ogbobe, code-named “Operation AWASE”, at Kuno in the Isawo Ikorodu Area of Lagos State, explained to the IG the sketch of the locations of the enemies and how they carried out the operations.

On the arrests made so far, Ogbode noted that 11 suspects had so far been arrested and that items recovered included two locally-made guns, two generators, eight dane guns, 32 live cartridges, two laptops, one magazine AK-47 and one

magazines of GPMG and one handcuff, 18 cutlasses, two model police batches, two mobile police uniforms, two military camouflage uniform, two Ecobank withdrawal booklets, INEC voter cards and an FCMB deposit slips.

Ogboge said that “We want to find out the depositor and the owner of the phone numbers. This I believe will help us fish out more of the criminals as well as their sponsors.”

The soldiers said that they could not access the creek.

They called on the state government to assist them to build an access road. He said the state government should assist in bringing cutting machines to clear the creeks.

EDEDHO JOAN OGBENERUONA

FAGBILE GBENGA OLAYIWOLA

I, formerly known and addressed as, AKPOVWOVWO JOAN OGBENERUONA, now wish to be known and addressed as, EDEDHO JOAN OGBENERUONA. All former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

BENJAMIN HALLELUYA MARKUS

I, Formerly known as SANYAOLU SUNDAY OLALEKAN now wish to be known as FAGBILE GBENGA OLAYIWOLA. All former documents remain valid general public take note.

Alleged forgery: Absence of Magistrate stalls Uche Ogah’s trial Peter Fowoyo

ÎÎÎThe absence of a Mag-

istrate, Mrs. Kikelomo Ayeye, on Thursday, stalled the criminal trial of the President of an oil firm, Masters Energy Oil and Gas Limited, Uche Ogah, before a Tinubu Magistrate Court, Lagos.

Ogah and an ex-employee of the United Bank for Africa, Deji Somoye, were arraigned before the court on a three count charge bordering on alleged fraud.

No reason was given for the absence of the trial magistrate but the court registrar adjourned the matter till October 10 for trial.

The police said Ogah allegedly forged a Memorandum of Understanding between Masters Energy Oil and Gas Limited and Mut-

566 ghost workers discovered in Plateau Chijioke Kingsley, Jos

ÎÎÎThe Plateau State Gov-

ernment has discovered 566 ghost workers in its payroll as it pays the state’s civil servants through the application of Bank Verification Number (BVN) to their various bank accounts.

This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mal. Muhammad Nazif.

ISAAC. OLUWAFUNKE MAGARET

I formerly known and addressed as OLADELE OLUWAFUNKE MAGARET, now want to be known and address as ISAAC. OLUWAFUNKE MAGARET. All former documents remain valid, general public should take note.

REIGN. REIGNEST OKWUDILI

MRS FLORENCE BOCO EFFIOM

I, formerly known and addressed as BENJAMIN HALLEY MARKUS, now wish to be known and addressed as BENJAMIN HALLELUYA MARKUS, all documents remain valid, the general public should take notice.

I, formerly known and addressed as, OKWUDILI REIGN PAUL UGWU, now wish to be known and addressed as, REIGN. REIGNEST OKWUDILI. All former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS. CHIMAROKE UGWUEKE FLORENCE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS FLORENCE BOCO EFFIOM, all documents remain valid, the general public should take note.

REBECCA BOLANLE OPEMIYAN

UBATEMOH JOHN AZEGBEOBOR

I formerly known as CONSTANT BOLANLE OPEMIYAN, now wish to be known and addressed as REBECCA BOLANLE OPEMIYAN. All former documents remain valid. General Public, please take note

I, formerly known as UBATEMOH MATTHEW AZEGBEOBOR now wish to be known as UBATEMOH JOHN AZEGBEOBOR. All former documents remain valid.

Members of the public to please note.

EKEJI FAUSTINA NKIRUKA

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as, JEROME FAUSTINA NKIRUKA, now wish to be known and addressed as, EKEJI FAUSTINA NKIRUKA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I, PETER YOILA, AND PETER YOILA FIRGONA, refer to one and same person but, now wish to be known and addressed as, PETER YOILA FIRGONA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

Hass Petroleum Limited sometime in March 2011.

Ogah and some other persons still at large were alleged to have forged the signature of one Mrs. Bridget Adeosun.

The alleged forgery was reportedly committed in Ikeja, Lagos.

The police also alleged that the bank aided Masters Energy Oil and Gas Limited to open an account in the name of Mut-Hass Petroleum to perpetrate a fraud without applying its internal control procedures in the opening of the account.

The police had claimed that UBA allowed the said account to be opened sometime in 2011 at its regional office in Palmgrove, Lagos, in breach of the provisions of the Financial Institutions Act 2004.

LOSS OF DOCUMENT This is to notify the general public of loss of Private Lease belonging to MR. OBIKA JOSEPH .C. a native of Dunukofia in Njikoka L.G.A. of Anambra State Registered as No 55/55/394 at lands registry, Enugu. All efforts to trace it proved abortive. If found, please return to Ministry of Lands, Enugu.

OWONIFARI WILSON KHADIJAT MORUNRAYO I Formerly known and addressed as KHADIJAT MOTUNRAYO WILSON surname OWONIFARI WILSON first. Name is. KHADIJAT and MOTUNRAYO middle.

Now wish to be addressed as OWONIFARI WILSON KHADIJAT MORUNRAYO all Former documents remain valid general public should take note

He also lamented that the state also found out that some pensioners who had been paid their pension, were also still receiving their full salaries with their names still on the payroll, adding that, “Even some people who are currently abroad and not working in any of the Ministries or MDAs are also receiving salaries and having their names on the staff payroll.”

MRS JUMOKE EHIMEGBE I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS JUMOKE DARE, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS JUMOKE EHIMEGBE. All former documents remain valid.

General public should take note.

OLAGBAJU ISAAC. ADEWALE

I, formerly known and addressed as, ISAAC OLAGBAJU. ADEWALE, now wish to be known and addressed as, OLAGBAJU ISAAC. ADEWALE. All former documents remains valid.

General public should take note.

NUKA EUCHARIA GREEN I, formerly known and addressed as, IBEKWE EUCHARIA, now wish to be known and addressed as, NUKA EUCHARIA GREEN. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME That my name was wrongly writing as. Adeshewa. Ayomide Ayodele my correct name is Ayodele adebayo Ayomide all Former documents remain valid general public should take note

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Ubiaja solidly behind you, Onojie tells Obaseki The Onojie of Ubiaja, HRH Zaiki Curtis Aidenojie, has declared the support of his people for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Godwin Obaseki, saying “the people of Ubiaja are solidly behind you”.

Speaking while receiving Governor Adams Oshiomhole, the APC

governorship candidate, Godwin Obaseki and his running mate at his palace yesterday, the royal father, through his spokesman, Mr. Ojezele Osezua Sunday, said “we are happy for the various works he has done in Edo State, as well as in Esan South East. On this note, I want to tell you that just like in the Bible, before Elijah de-

parted, he handed over the mantle of leadership to Elisha. We are very much sure that is exactly what you want to do. You want to hand it over to Obaseki.

“The people of Ubiaja are solidly behind you.

We want to assure that in this election, we will support you. The type of votes you have not gotten in this local government before,

this time around, you will get it. God bless you, sir.”

Oshiomhole said the governorship candidate of the APC would do more projects for the people, “I am trying to show to your highness what we have done with the previous mandate, what has changed in your domain and other domains around you, to lay founda-

tion and justification why we are able to approach you with all humility to ask for your blessing, so that everything that we have done these past eight years, we can guarantee that the next governor will not do less than that, most probably much more than that. Why? Because everything and anything that we have done, we

have done with the collaboration of these two men: Godwin on the executive side as the chairman of our Economic Team, his running mate as the Majority Leader in Edo State House of Assembly, working with your other children to appropriate the funds without which we would not have executed these programmes.”

Enugu Assembly passes Child Rights Bill into law Moses Oyediran Enugu

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Members of the Enugu State House of Assembly, on Thursday, passed the Enugu State Child Rights Bill into law.

The 275-Section Bill was passed after it had scaled the first and second reading and went through public hearing.

Following a report of the House Joint Committees on Gender Affairs, Ethics and Privileges, Judiciary, etc., presented to the House by the Chairman, House Committee on Gender Affairs, Hon. Dame Nkechi OmejeOgbu, the House dissolved into Committee of the Whole House to look into it critically before its passage.

Speaker of the House, Hon. Edward Ubosi, thanked his colleagues for their contributions in making what he described as a contentious bill into law.

He also appreciated the media, UNICEF, faithbased organisations and others for their contributions in making the law a reality.

Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima (middle), consoling an orphan during his visit to Bama Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Borno State… on Thursday.

Five dead as Army, civilians clash in Niger Saka Bolaji Minna

ÏÏÏ No fewer than five

persons were reported to have been killed while two were injured in a clash between the military and civilian at Kpaidna village in the Bosso Local Government Area of Niger

Folashade Martins

ÏÏÏ As part of efforts to reduce road ac-

cidents within the Ota axis, Ogun State, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has set up a mobile court in the area to try traffic offenders.

The court was set up by RRS2.22 Ota Command. The court is also expected to serve as FRSC Corporate strategic goals.

Unit Commander, Mr. Leye Adegboyega, said the Corps could not afford to compromise on its vision to eradicate road traffic crashes, maintaining that it

State.

The incident which occurred on Thursday, around 1.00 a.m., in Beji community, where a military operation consisting of military soldiers and air force who were mistaken for Fulani herdsmen dressed in army uniform.

When contacted the Police Command Public Relations Officer, Mr. Bala Elkana confirmed the incident and that “Actually we received a distressed call at around 1:00am that armed Fulani herdsmen had invaded their village”, he said.

Elkana added “the Com-

mand immediately mobilised mobile Policemen and other combatants to the village and the Police discovered that they were soldiers in operation”, saying that calm had been restored in the area.

The Assistant Director Army Public Relations, Major Njideka Agwu, said

“we heard there are arms and ammunitions in that village. Unfortunately, the villagers opened fire on us and we don’t know the number of casualty for now because the information is scanty, but troops are still at the location and investigation is still going on”, he concluded.

Ota FRSC launches mobile court had to a create safer motoring environment on the roads, and do there was a need to always educate drivers and enforce traffic rules on the roads in order to reduce crashes.

His words: “The FRSC has observed a flagrant disregard for regulations on loading by motorists, especially commercial vehicle drivers and the Corps has constituted measures to curb this

negative trend.

“It is always easy to blame the government on the state of some roads, but some road users cause more damage by overloading their vehicles and violating traffic laws.

“These acts are capable of affecting the driver, the vehicle and the road. The Corps has declared total war against overloading on our roads

and once you are a culprit, you will be charged to court immediately for prosecution”, he stressed.

Adegboyega added that it was necessary to educate motorists on the need to take safety precautions very serious while commuting from one end to another, as the Corps would not tolerate unsafe driving practice exhibited by Adegboyega drivers on the road.

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Art Review

$100,000 NLNG prize: ...and the winner is...

The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd., sponsor of the Nigerian Prize for Literature, Africa’s highest literary award for works by Nigerian authors and the organisers are set to announce the winner for the 2016 edition. AGOZINO AGOZINO, who was at last Sunday’s Book Party, organised for the 11 long listed authors by the Committee for Relevant Arts (CORA), writes that the tempo is high over who wins the coveted $100,000 prize money.

L-R: Segun, Awaisu and Adeniyi

The highest literary prize money a writer can win in Africa is that of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Prize for Literature. In succeeding years, the prize has ignited hope in emerging writers, who are yet to be honoured.

The prize, instituted in 2004, focuses on originality, excellence and creativity of Nigerian literature and writers living in the country or in the Diaspora.

Another awards ceremony is around the corner, the question on every writer’s lips is who wins this year’s $100,000 NLNG literature prize?

The answer to this question will be unveiled in October, 2016. One unique thing about this year’s award which is the 13th is that eight of the short listed entries are by women, who cut across three generations of post-independence Nigerian writing.

The event resembles the ancient Greek literary feast prize which was full of for-

mal contests, most of which were either poetical, dramatically or theatrical works.

It featured a competitive singing of dithyrambs, choruses of praise to Dionysus, and was an annual feast. Rivalry was always intense and the winner’s prestige huge. All these are already being noticed in the contest.

This year’s award jury, made of mostly academics and literary scholars, hopes that one of the fiction/prose writings shortlisted last year, would win the coveted prize. Against this background, an evening gathering dubbed ‘Book Party’ (BP), organised by the Committee for Relevant Arts (CORA), last Sunday night, at Agip Recital Hall, Onikan, Lagos, brought the 11 writers, long listed for the award, together to interact and wish each other well.

The event moderated by poet Dami Ajayi, featured readings and discussions on the 11 fictions on the list, only eight of the 11

prospective winners were present. While three of the writers, Maryam Awaisu, Ifeoluwa Adeniyi and Omowunmi Aramide, were physically present, the other five, ElNathan John, Ifeoma Okoye, Abubakar Adamu Ibrahim ,Yejide Kilanko and Mansim Chumah Okafor, were ‘present’ through Skype, since they were overseas.

The shortlisted works include Burning Bright by Maryam Awaisu; A Bit of Difference by Sefi Atta; The Parable of the Lost Shepherds by Mansim Okafor; Night Dancer by Chika Unigwe; The Fourth World by Ifeoma Okoye and Born on a Tuesday by El-Nathan John.

Others are Sorrow’s Joy by Ogochukwu Promise; Season of Crimson Blossoms by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim; Daughter Who Walks This Path by Yejide Kilanko; On the Bank of the River by Ifeoluwapo Adeniyi and Eniitan: Daughter of Destiny by Aramide Segun.

All the 11 long listed prose stylists, selected from about 317 entries, are masters in their own rights. The night lived up to expectation, which was to enable the public, especially, enthusiasts of Nigerian literature, as well as the arts and culture community and the media to interact with the writers and their works.

In his goodwill message, Dr. Kudo EresiaEke, General Manager, External Affairs, NLNG, said his company was happy in promoting the yearly event. His words: “We, at the NLNG, are happy to be part and parcel of this book event every year. We are hoping that at the end of the day, we will have helped in making a contribution that will stand the test of time”.

According to Mr. Jahman Anikulapo, the compere, what the Committee for Relevant Arts (CORA ) stands for is to create intelCONTINUED ON PAGE 27

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New book on arresting corruption in Nigeria Anatomy of Corruption in Nigeria: Issues, Challenges and Solutions, edited by Yusuf Ali, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), takes the reader deep into the country’s corruption tragedy and proffers ways to arrest it.

Wind your mind back to October, 1960. Could Nigeria have been what it is today? Since the country got her independence from Great Britain in 1960, no challenge has mitigated the country’s socio-economic development as the hydra-headed monster of corruption.

Unfortunately, almost every regime, military or civilian, has pillaged the people’s common wealth and left the masses poorer than they met them. Hence, books and periodicals are, regularly, being churned out on the subject.

Anatomy of Corruption in Nigeria: Issues, Challenges and Solutions, a new book edited by Yusuf Ali, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN) is one of the latest books on corruption. The 468-page book is a must read, even as it is coming among many, it, clearly, gives a fresh perspective to the dangers of corruption in the country. Based on research, the contributors probe into the origin of corruption and how it has led to the under-development of the country.

As Ali puts it in the preface, “To-

gether, we have set out to answer the questions posed by corruption.

We have not only dealt with the subject of corruption in full, we also proceeded to proffer suggestions towards finding solution to how to tackle and eradicate the menace”.

Chapter One deals with the definition of corruption and its various species, like breach of trust, nepotism, influence peddling and historical background of corruption in Nigeria and the way forward. Here, Ali suggests that the principal weapon against corruption is people with high personal moral standard and not use of force or intimidation.

Chapter Four is about the role of the youth in combating the corruption. Thus, the contributors agree that parents must be role models in the society.

Chapter Five deals with the anticorruption war which, Ali believes, Sharia law is a model.

Chapter Six is a comprehensive examination of corruption vis-avis the role of the Bar and how it can be combatted using the law to restore sanity in the country.

The book also has what different political parties and the anti-graft agencies in Nigeria have done in the fight against corruption.

While Chapter Nine and 11 deal with the challenges of sectional fight against corruption, the concluding part of the book is a critical thrust on how corruption can be contained.

According to the contributors “concerned patriots must search for ways of taming corruption before it brings the nation down”.

The book is a critical view of the authors on corruption, an issue that must be tackled headlong by everyone. The book does not only discuss the problems, it also proffers solutions and recommendations, which, if strictly adhered to, will make Nigeria better.

The Editor, Yusuf Ali, is a legal luminary and a Law teacher. He attended the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) for his first degree and he made a Second Class Upper Division in 1982.

He also made a Second Class in the Class of 1983 in the Nigeria Law School.

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lectual space for creativity to thrive. “That is why this programme is at the heart of CORA. It is good that we gather like this and share common dream and vision.

“Since 1991, when CORA was established, we gather like this every year to be part of the growing intellectual discourse in the art and literature. We are sure that the shortlisted are some of the best prose and fiction writers in this country,’’ Anikulapo reasoned.

Before the excerpts from the works of the writers were read and the subsequent panel discussion, General Secretary of CORA, Toyin Akinosho, summed up the objectives thus: “This afternoon is a celebration of a harvest of Nigerian prose. CORA has no authority to say what the judges of Nigerian Prize for Literature are looking for, but, we believe in the growing audience for discussions around books. That’s why we argue for a book party and wish there were a whole lot more than a once-in-a-year book party.’’

However, a good look at the writers shows each having one unique thing or other.

Maryam Awaisu’s Burning Bright is a story about statistics, but, of an over-achieving young lady, who is determined not to let sickle cell anemia stand in her way.

Without notice, difficulties that Nadia Habeeb did not foresee complicate her health and love life, changing everything immensely. With the walls of life itself closing in on her, will she stand as a conqueror?

In A Bit of Difference by Sefi Atta, Deola,

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thirty-nine and single, is tired of London.

When her job takes her home to Nigeria, her thoughts turn to the future. But, life in Lagos has changed. There, she meets Wale, a charming hotelier, whose friendship seems to offer a more lasting potential.

But, is Deola really equipped to cope with the changes in her family, and the altered social mores of modern Nigerian life?

Night Dancer by Chika Unigwe, is all about Mma, who has just buried her mother, and now is alone. She has been left everything. But, she also inherited her mother’s bad name. A bold, brash woman, the only thing her mother refused to discuss was her past. Why did she flee from her family and taking her daughter to a new town when she was a baby? What was she

escaping from?

The Parable of the Lost Shepherds by Mansim Okafor, highlights the temptations of an otherwise good priest, the intrigues of his protective bishop, the push back by some determined nuns, and an outcome worth every ounce of faith in the Divine.

Born on a Tuesday, by El-Nathan John, a debut novel, explores brotherhood, religious fundamentalism, and loss against the backdrop of one of the most turbulent periods in contemporary Northern Nigeria.

Season of Crimson Blossoms, by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, opens as a slow-paced story about a widow, apparently, going through a mid-life crisis, which spirals into dark and dangerous situation. This is a career and generation-defining novel, one

that captures the angst and dysfunction that depict a contemporary Nigerian history. Binta’s story is Nigeria’s story all at once; a smorgasbord of pain and death told with a steady voice and sure hand.

The Daughters Who Walk This Path, by Yejide Kilanko, is all about Morayo, who grows up surrounded by school friends and family in Ibadan. There is Eniayo, her adoring little sister, for whose sake their middle-class parents fight stigmatising superstition -- and a large extended family of cousins and aunts, who, sometimes, make Morayo’s home their own.

Ifeoluwa Adeniyi’s On the Bank of the River is a story of the ever ironical nature of love. Adeniyi recounts, through a colourful tapestry of perspectives, the intriguing stories of the coming of age and loss of innocence. Enitan grows up with a certain ill-feeling towards a mother whose past threatens to eclipse the girl’s future.

Fleeing from an oppressive maternal love, Enitan runs into the comforting embrace of an aunt, whose own life answers the riddle of her mother’s sad existence.

In Aramide Segun’s Eniitan, Daughter of Destiny, Eniitan, a bronze albino woman, in her early twenties, lives with her elder sister, Abike, brother-in-law, Tunde, and their twins, Taiwo and Kehinde. The fragile peace of the home is shattered one morning when Eniitan wakes up to find out that Abike has altered her birthday plans.

The seemingly innocuous act, sparks off a devastating chain of events that exposes a brutal past and threatens to tear the family apart.

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Igiebor fires Israeli club to Europa playoffs N igeria midfielder Nosa Igiebor was again on target as his Israeli club Hapoel Tel Aviv defeated Pandurii Targu Jiu 2-1 to reach the playoffs of the Europa

League on a 5-2 aggregate.

Igiebor opened scoring for Hapoel Tel Aviv after 24 minutes, before the visitors drew level early in the second half.

The Israeli club then netted the match winner nine minutes from time.

Last season, Igiebor’s club featured in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.

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Congolese officials named for Eaglets, Menas cracker

Golden Eaglets coach, Manu Garba.

FIFA female leadership seminar lights up Abuja KESANDU EGBURONU

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he one–day seminar on FIFA Female Leadership Development Programme organized by the Nigeria Football Federation drew heavyweights in administration as well as football players and other stakeholders to the Agura Hotel, Abuja on Thursday.

FIFA Head of Professional Football, Mr. James Johnson was among a strong cast that included NFF 2nd Vice President/LMC chairman, Shehu Dikko, Members of NFF Executive Committee Ibrahim Gusau and Babagana Kalli and the full complement of NFF Management led by General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi.

There were also academicians, women football club owners and players of the U-17

Women National Team, as well as players and officials of Abuja–based Capital City Doves and State House Queens football clubs.

In his welcome remarks, Sanusi lauded the idea behind the FIFA Female Leadership Development Programme, saying the time is more than ripe for women to be handed greater roles in administration of football worldwide.

The FLDP is part of FIFA’s portfolio of women’s football development programmes for the period 2015-2018. Launched in 2015 to ensure that there are female role models and women at decision–making levels in football, the FLDP aims to identify, support and develop strong female leaders in sport, while advocating for women to access senior decision–making positions globally.

NFF’s Head of Women Football, Ruth David,

who is one of 36 persons selected worldwide for the programme, said in her presentation: “Education is the biggest weapon to success and greatness in whatever you want to achieve in life.

Education does not only equip one intellectually, it also prepares you to relate and behave well in the society.” She adduced this as reason for the choice of ‘Education for Character Moulding and Career Enhancement among Female Football Players in Nigeria’ as her Accelerator Project.

Chairman of the occasion, Mallam Shehu Dikko, said the present NFF Executive Committee is committed to paying greater attention to the women’s game as well as encouraging more women to take up roles in administration.

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r. Soumou Flavien Serge from Congo Brazzaville will be the referee for Saturday’s Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualifying match between Nigeria and Niger Republic at the National Stadium, Abuja.

To assist Serge are compatriots Bantaba Sabhas Gislain (first assistant), Diawa Triton Franck Audiard (second assistant) and Nkounkou Mvoutou Messie Oved (reserve referee).

The match commissioner is Fred Crentsil, from Ghana.

Familiar foes Eaglets and the Junior Menas clash in the first qualifying round for the 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations starting from 4pm, with the return leg in Niamey in a fortnight.

The Nigerien contingent landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Wednesday night, and trained on Thursday evening.

Reigning world champions Nigeria have won the FIFA U-17 World Cup on five occasions. Next year’s African finals will hold in Madagascar with the World Cup to be staged in India.

CS Sfaxien boss quits over Ajayi’s Al Ahly move

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he president of Tunisian club CS Sfaxien, Lofti Abdennader, has quit his job after fans protested against the transfer of Nigeria Olympic international striker Junior Ajayi to Egyptian champions Al Ahly.

Abdennader quit his post Thursday with Bassem Loukil now named to be in temporary charge of the Sfax club.

Both Sfaxien and Ahly agreed a fouryear contract worth 2.5 million Euros for the former Shooting Stars on Wednesday.

However, fans have been most critical of the club’s leadership for sanctioning the transfer of Ajayi and Mohammed Ali Moncer.

Moncer is a Tunisia international and the tall midfielder helped Ajayi Sfaxien to win the country’s league championship in the 2012-13 season.

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Dortmund deny Gomez talks

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orussia Dortmund are not in negotiations for Germany forward Mario Gomez, according to director of sport Michael Zorc.

Representatives of Besiktas, where Gomez played last season on loan from Fiorentina, claimed the 31-year-old was in talks with Dortmund and Barcelona.

Fiorentina, who still hold the player’s registration, are keen to offload their biggest earner this summer, but Zorc says there is no truth to reports he is set to join the Westphalians.

“Maybe he is in negotiations, but not with Borussia Dortmund,” Zorc said.

“We have read about it from the media and it’s very interesting, but there is no truth to it.”

Gomez was the Turkish league’s top goalscorer last season, but he has ruled out returning to Istanbul due to the current security situation there.

The former Stuttgart and Bayern Munich striker appears tempted by a return to the Bundesliga, only the wages he is currently on with the Viola price him out the market for many clubs.

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anchester City are set to make a third bid for Colombian teenager Marlos Moreno, according to sources.

The 19-year-old winger is expected to cost City around £5m, as Pep Guardiola continues his busy summer of transfer negotiations.

The Atletico Nacional player could be City’s third signing of the week, following the captures

of Schalke’s Leroy Sane and Palmeiras’ Gabriel Jesus.

It has been suggested that Moreno could be sent out on loan immediately, with Spanish club Deportivo la Coruna a possible destination.

Moreno, who joined Atletico as a youngster in 2010, has played 26 times for the club while collecting seven caps at international level.

As for City, their new manager

Guardiola has already paid out more than £100m during a spending spree that has seen Ilkay Gundogan, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Nolito move to the North West.

The two-time Premier League champions are continuing to be linked with Everton defender John Stones, although the Toffees are refusing to release the player for less than £50m.

Szczesny Thauvin goes on loan to Marseille thrilled with Roma return West Brom miss out on Sakho Newcastle United winger Florian Thauvin is heading back to Marseille on a season-long loan deal. The 23-year-old moved to Tyneside from the south of France last summer before returning to Marseille on loan to

Wojciech Szczesny is thrilled to be returning to Serie A after arriving for a medical with Roma on Thursday. The Poland international made 42 appearances for the club last season after agreeing to a year-long loan move from Arsenal.

The signing of Brazil international Alisson had cast some doubt over the prospect of Szczesny returning to the Stadio Olimpico for 201617, but the 26-year-old arrived back in Italy on Thursday in order to complete medical checks and sign a new contract with Roma.

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spend the second half of last season. And the winger will be going back again to the Stade Velodrome for the entire 2016/17 Ligue 1 campaign.

West Brom’s move for West Ham striker Diafra Sakho has fallen through, according to sources.

Earlier this week clubs had agreed a fee in the region of £16m for the Senegal international, who was

illarreal have signed attacker Cristian Espinoza from Huracan on a five-year contract.

The Yellow Submarine – fourthplaced finishers in La Liga last season confirmed on Thursday they have landed the 21-year-old, who is set to represent Argentina at the Olympic Games in Rio. Reports in Spain suggest Villarreal have met the €7.2million release clause in Espinoza’s contract.

Villarreal have had a busy time in the transfer market ahead of the 201617 season having also signed Roberto Soriano, Alfred N’Diaye, Denis Cheryshev and Alexandre Pato, along with securing loan deals for Jose Angel and Andres Fernandez.

Espinoza has spent his whole professional career with Huracan in his homeland and made his senior debut in March 2013.

Announcing the deal, Villarreal’s statement read: “The wide midfielder stands out for his speed and quality on the ball, as well as his ability to get round players and create goal scoring opportunities.”

hampered by injury last season but impressed during the 2014/15 campaign. However, Sakho will not be fully fit for the start of the season and West Brom have therefore decided not to pursue the deal.

Enrique wants Ter Stegen stay Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is confident all three of his senior goalkeepers will stay at the club despite reports linking Germany international Marc-Andre ter Stegen with a move to the Premier

League. According to reports, Manchester City want to buy Stegen, who made just seven La Liga appearances for Barca in the 2015-16 campaign, but Enrique said he’s not the least bit worried.

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sain Bolt is promising to let American sprinter Justin Gatlin “feel his full wrath” as he zones in on an unprecedented treble-treble of gold medals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

Bolt was given a medical exemption by Jamaican officials to compete at the Rio Games after he pulled a hamstring during the Olympic trials and Gatlin wasted little opportunity in trying to get under the 29-year-old’s skin.

Gatlin said the six-time Olympic gold medallist had been given ‘a medical pass’ to compete and Bolt said on Wednesday that this had only served to fuel his desire to shut the

American up by proving himself on the track.

“Yes definitely, I think they have not learned over the years that the more you talk, the more I will want to beat you,” Bolt told Reuters on Wednesday.

“It’s one of those things, but I’m looking forward to it, should be exciting and they will feel my full wrath as always.”

Bolt, who returned to action in the 200 metres at last month’s Diamond League meeting in London, said he felt he was in better shape ahead of the opening race of his programme on August 13 – the 100 metres – than he was for last year’s world championships in Beijing.

80 Russians cleared to

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Murray gives up

Italy beach apartment for village volley player Toth banned

Defending Olympic champion Andy Murray has decided against living in a private Rio apartment to move into the sprawling Athletes Village, according to International Tennis Federation chief David Haggerty. Wimbledon champion Murray had said in May that he would live in a flat with other members of the British tennis team.

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Player wants golf format overhauled

South African legend Gary Player believes golf chiefs blundered by opting for a strokeplay format for the sport’s return to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Player, the nine-time

major winner and captain of the South Africa team, described the decision as a “grave mistake”, arguing that a matchplay format would have been better suited for audiences.

Nadal driven on by flag-day pride

Rafael Nadal admitted the fear of losing the chance to carry Spain’s flag at an Olympic Games opening ceremony for the second time has driven him into competing in Rio, despite serious fears over his injured left wrist. The 30-year-old Nadal was due to lead his

team out at the London Games in 2012 but a knee injury forced him out of the tournament where he had been due to defend his gold medal. Four years on, 14-time major winner Nadal is injured again, this time nursing a damaged left wrist.

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talian beach volleyball player Viktoria Orsi Toth has been excluded from the Rio Olympics after failing a doping test, the Italian federation said.

Orsi Toth underwent a spot check on July 19 and tested positive for clostebol metabolite, an anabolic steroid.

A second analysis confirmed the result, Italy’s Volleyball Federation said on Wednesday.

The last picture published on Orsi Toth’s Instagram account shows her with teammate Marta Menegatti, all smiles as they left for Rio a week ago. She posted the hashtag “Iamdrugfree” with the photos.

It was the third unannounced test she had been given in less than a month.

The federation at first hoped to replace her with US-born Becky Perry, according to Italian media, but because of Olympic Games entry criteria problems, they chose Laura Giombini, just two days before the first match.

lmost 80 Russian athletes from seven sports were cleared to compete at the Rio Olympics by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday, just one day before the opening ceremony.

Russian boxers, tennis players, judokas and shooters were among those given the last-minute approval by an IOC panel set up to review the eligibility of all Russian athletes previously cleared to compete by their international federations.

Russia, which narrowly avoided a complete ban from the Olympics following revelations of state-backed doping, hopes to have between 272 and 280 athletes declared eligible for Rio after the IOC review.

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) said all 11 Russian boxers who qualified for the Games had been given the all clear.

They will be joined by eight Russian tennisplayers,18shooters, 11 judokas and Russian golfer Maria Verchenova, the sports’ international federations said.

Russian news agency R-Sport reported that 29 Russian swimmers and canoeing world champion Andrey Kraitor would also be allowed to compete.

Russia’s doping scandal, which centres on allegations that the Russian government and FSB security service systematically covered up widespread cheating in sport, has already cost the country’s track-andfield athletes and weightlifters their place Verchenova at the Rio Games.

The IOC chose not to impose a blanket ban on all Russian athletes at a meeting in July, but directed sports federations to allow Russians to compete if they met a set of criteria, including a clean doping past and sufficient testing at international events.

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T Shooting Stars GM, Rasheed Balogun, alleged to have dealt some cruel blows on Wolves counterpart, Moses Etu.

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NPFL bosses exchange blows over La Liga trip

he bosses of Nigeria premier league clubs 3SC and Warri Wolves have got to blows over the forthcoming tour of Spain by the NPFL. Shooting Stars general manager Rasheed Balogun dealt some telling blows on his Wolves counterpart, Moses Etu, on Wednesday after he objected to Etu being included on the list of club bosses for the trip to Spain.

According to an eye witness, Etu took exception to this and fought back by using choice words to describe Balogun.

The disgraceful incident happened at the Top Rank Hotel in Abuja after the club owners had visited Senate President Bukola Saraki.

“It needed the intervention of fellow club chairmen before the fight was broken off,” reported an eye witness.

Meanwhile, Nigeria Club Owners have set up a three-man committee led by Rivers United general manager Okey Kpalukwu to investigate the immediate and remote causes behind the punch-up between two of the league’s bosses.

Club Owners chairman Isaac Danladi disclosed that the committee also has Oscar Keke from Heartland and Godwin Enakhena of MFM FC. They are to among other things recommend sanctions for “this embarrassing incident”.

Six members of the Club Owners are due to fly out on Monday for the NPFL AllStars playing tour of Spain.

Samaranch jnr. elected

IOC vice-president

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he son of former Olympics chief Juan Antonio Samaranch was elected a vice-president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, returning a name synonymous with the Games’ rise to prominence.

Samaranch jnr, who has the same name as his late father, was voted in with little fuss alongside Turkey’s Ugur Erdener, filling two vacant, four-year terms, at an IOC session in Rio de Janeiro.

Samaranch’s father, who liked to be referred to as “His Excellency”, served as IOC president

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for 21 years until 2001, ushering in an era of fat profits but also, critics say, opening the door to corruption.

Samaranch junior, 56, has been an IOC member since the year his father stepped down and is a vice-president of the International Modern Pentathlon Union, alongside a career in the finance industry.

“This represents a lot to me. Being an IOC member is a lifetime dream that came true – being able to work as a VP (vice-president) is another dream,” Samaranch said.

Ukrainian pole vault great Sergey Bubka,

beaten last year by Sebastian Coe to the leadership of the world athletics body, was among four members to win a new four-year term on the IOC executive board.

Singapore’s Ng Ser Miang, who lost out to Thomas Bach in the race for the IOC presidency in 2013, returned to the board, and GianFranco Kasper and Angelo Ruggiero joined it for the first time.

Earlier South African film director Anant Singh and Anita Ambani, the wife of India’s richest man, were elected to eight-year terms as IOC members.

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ExxonMobil suspends all service contracts in Nigeria Opeoluwani Akintayo

Following the damage to its pipeline by militants over two weeks ago, investigations have revealed that ExxonMobil has suspended all service contracts in Nigeria and started to work on other areas of cost cutting, including reduction of the number of its permanent staff to weather the storm.

After denying that its facilities were tampered with by the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, the company finally declared a force

majeure, citing “system anomaly” during a routine check of its loading facility on July 14, 2016. The company claimed there was no connection between the force majeure and militant attacks.

For the first half of 2016, ExxonMobil announced upstream earnings of $218Million, down $4.7 billion from the first half of 2015.

The Qua Iboe Terminal exports at least 500,000BOPD of crude. Local companies which export through the facility include Network E&P, Universal E&P and Frontier Oil. ExxonMobil said it has com-

pleted assessment of the damage to the Crude Loading line (CDL) to its Qua Iboe Export Facility in Nigeria, and concluded it will take no less than 14 weeks to repair.

In 2015 when the recession in the oil industry started, the Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN), Unlimited, operator of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC/MPN Joint Venture in its Qua Iboe Terminal in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, sacked about 150 contract staff and 40 drivers.

Some of the victims who spoke with newsmen said that the de-

velopment had devastated them, lamenting incessant sacking of workers by the company.

A sacked driver, Mr Frank Etebong, said although ExxonMobil had paid their entitlements, he complained that the sacking of workers in the company was out of control.

He explained that the sack had put confusion amongst his colleagues.

“Working with ExxonMobil is like holding your heart in your hand because you can be fired at any time.

MTN Nigeria commences 4G LTE internet services trial Tony Nwakaegho MTN Nigeria’s subsidiary, Visafone, has commenced the test-run of its fourth generation long term evolution (4G LTE) internet technology service for smartphone users.

MTN declared in a statement on Thursday that the roll-out of the 4G LTE services would help provide superior high-speed internet services in major cities to empower Nigerians with the latest mobile broadband technology.

MTN executive, Amina Oyagbola, said the company was determined to deepen broadband penetration in the country.

“Our recent license acquisition further demonstrates our faith in the future of Nigeria.

“We believe in supporting the positive transformation of Nigeria and we have demonstrated this belief through the level of our investment since 2001, which currently stands at approximately $16 billion,” Mrs. Oyagbola said.

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Diversification: Private sector urged to invest in tourism sector Joy Ekeke The director of policy analysis, research and statistics, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Dr Paul Adalikwu, has called on the private sector to develop the country’s tourism sector to compete with global travel destinations.

Adalikwu revealed that Nigeria spends about N750 million annually on Dubai tourism through taxation on tickets adding that 250, 000 Nigerians travelled to Dubai last year.

He stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, at the unveiling of an online platform which is a subsidiary of Renny World Travels and Tours that had provided quality services in the tourism industry for the past eight years.

The online platform contains a holistic travel package that encompasses all travel logistics from flights, accommodation, transfers, corporate travels, tours, pilgrimage and visa for various international and local destinations.

According to him, “In the first of July 2016, Dubai introduced $10 per ticket, so anybody travelling there will pay $10 on every ticket purchased; so If you multiply $10 ×250, 000 Nigerians, its $2.5 million and if you convert it to N300 per dollar official rate, it will give you, N750 million.”

Price of Nigeria’s petrol, 13th lowest in the world Opeoluwani Akintayo

Nigeria’s N145 per litre of petrol has been ranked among the lowest in the world, according to GlobalPetrolPrices.com Among the review of 175 countries, Nigeria has the 13th least petrol price at approximately $0.50, or N145 per litre.

Other countries like Kuwait has the lowest petrol price in the world, at $0.21 or N61.37 per litre.

The likes of Hong Kong (N535.38 per litre), Norway (N490.19) and Iceland (N474.76)

have the costliest petrol pump price in the world.

According to the review, most countries with the lowest petrol prices are members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)-Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Qatar, Iran, Ecuador, United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Indonesia, Venezuela, Iraq, Libya, Gabon and Angola.

However, according to the review, Nigeria’s fuel price does not come off so impressive in OPEC and Africa. That is out of the 14 OPEC countries reviewed, Nige-

ria has the sixth most expensive rate.

Also, despite Nigeria’s reputation as Africa’s biggest producer of hydrocarbons, petrol is cheaper in Algeria than in Nigeria where petrol sells for $0.28, or N80.94 per litre.

In Africa generally, Zimbabwe sells at the highest rate of N371.70 per litre.

Data from GlobalPetrolPrices. com shows that all the countries around Nigeria’s boarder, particularly in the Economic Community of West African States

(ECOWAS), have some of the highest fuel prices.

For instance, Cameroon sells at N308.77 per litre; Burkina Faso (N354.51), Gambia (N347.84), Senegal (N336.40), Mali (N328.17), Guinea (N280.89), Ivory Coast (N275.89), Ghana (N260.90), Niger (N255.80), Liberia (N240.17), Togo (N218.78), Chad (N219.71), and Sierra Leone (N191.28).

Nigeria’s retail petrol pump price was hiked in May 2016, a move which met with protest from organized labour who staged protests to no avail.

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FAAN assures pilgrims on safety, security as Hajj operations commence in Sokoto Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in a handshake with the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr Paolo Silveri during a visit to the Vice President at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday.

Energy Agency, UNIABUJA sign pact on nuclear Energy Augustine Okezie Abuja The Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) and University of Abuja yesterday signed a pact on the building of national capacity for the development of nuclear energy for peaceful applications.

The agreement, according to the commission, also included nuclear technology domestication for national social economic development.

The Chairman of NAEC, Dr. Franklin Erapamo said the essence of the MoU was to “develop partnership with the University of Abuja for the training of manpower, to effectively utilize nuclear technology applications in the country.”

He said “we need to develop national capacity in a number of ways to effectively deploy nuclear technology in the country in the areas of food and agriculture, human health and nuclear power.”

The commission, according to him, was involved in the implementation of nuclear power Programme and it needed to partner with educational institutions in the country to train manpower in that particular area.

He further noted that the signing of the agreement with the University extends the pact with one university in each geo-

political zone of the country. He maintained that the commission was already collaborating with Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, University of Maiduguri, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and University of Port Harcourt.

In his speech at the occasion, the Vice Chancellor of University of Abuja, Prof. Michael Adikwu commended the partnership agreement, saying it was a great opportunity since his institution had qualified staff to execute the agreements He said “We have good staff, professors who can always come to our aid to teach. I have told those in engineering to develop a curriculum in Nuclear Engineering. “I do know that all over the country we have one piece of equipment here or the other. But if you tell the researchers -the university staff, they say we don’t have anything to work with’’.

According to him, an equipment audit would reveal that there was no kind of equipment that is not available in Nigeria but the challenge was that of utilization since some of them are locked up somewhere in the universities. He said that with the agreement, the institution would be able to forge ahead very rapidly in the area of personnel and equipment utilization.

“Safety and security will be the focus of all airports for the 2016 Hajj operations commencing on Monday”.

This was stated by the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Engr. Saleh Dunoma, at the Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto.

The Managing Director, who was represented by the Director of Maintenance and Engineering, Engr Oluwafemi Ogunode, stated this today in Sokoto during the inspection of the airport facility in preparation for the 2016 Hajj inaugural flight slated for the airport on Monday, August 9, 2016.

The inspection team was taken round the facilities by the Airport Manager, Ahmed Abubakar, who expressed confidence at the level of preparedness.

The Chairman of the FAAN Hajj Committee, Achimugu Abubakar, who was also in the team, pointed out areas of improvement stressing that the organization was working closely with relevant organs for the success of the exercise.

Areas visited included the hajj camp, arrival and departure lounges, power plant, Fire Bay and other facilitates critical to the maiden flight.

Engr Ogunode also interacted with other agencies in preparation for the maiden flight.

The team had earlier visited the Lagos Hajj camp where he called on staff to be at their best during the exercise and ensure orderly and quick facilitation.

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria wishes to assure pilgrims and the general public of safety and security at all airports in the nation, as the Authority will not compromise on safety and security in line with international standards and practice.

Dunoma

MTN Nigeria commences 4G LTE internet services trial CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1

Marketing, MTN Nigeria, Richard Iweanoge, said the specifics of the test-run and subsequent launch of the 4G LTE technology would be launched with the sole objective of providing Nigerians with “the best, fastest and most competitive ICT services for all stakeholders”.

He said MTN Nigeria was pleased to set the pace and breaking new boundaries with the test run, which would be available for now for only Visafone customers, currently provisioned on the 800

MHz band.

“When we roll-out fully, especially with our 2.6 GHz spectrum, the launch will help to enhance customer experience for our over 60 million subscribers, while ensuring greater coverage, access, affordability and ultimately a smart lifestyle for everyone,” Iweanoge said.

According to him, the 4G LTE roll-out was a demonstration of the company’s commitment to accelerate the achievement of the country’s targeted broadband penetration by 2018.

Weststar Associates, Daimler AG sued for negligence in Nigeria Mathew Dadiya, Abuja In what could go down in history as landmark citizens’ determination to ensure service providers in Nigeria take full responsibility for unprofessional conducts as practiced in other climes, an Abuja-based right activist Mr Sam Akpa Nsubong III, has sued Weststar Associates Ltd, the Nigerian representative of Daimler AG Stuttgart, makers of Mercedes Benz, for damaging his Mercedes C300 4matic sports sedan, he had taken to the company for service.

According to a judicial source, the suit instituted at court No. 34 of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court Kubwa Abuja, Mr Sam, the plaintiff sought among other relief the order of the court to declare that Weststar Associates has breached the duty of care and has neglected its duties to effect repairs on the said vehicle, consequently responsible for the malfunctions developed by the Mercedes Benz car.

He therefore further prayed the court to compel Weststar to fix and deliver the car to him within two weeks without extra fees and in addition, pay him the sum of N2million for special damages incurred.

Daily times gathered that Mr Sam had taken his Mercedes car to Weststar for service, and sundry repairs with the hope that the Auto repair company is competent especially going by the notion that it represents a reputable global brand- Daimler AG .

However, having paid the due fees the car was scheduled for repairs and to be picked up at a later date. Surprisingly, however, on returning to pick the car it was discovered that some parts listed for repairs were not attended to, while the technicians allegedly forgotten the details of work meant to be carried out on the car.

A source who spoke to our reporter said “It took the immediate complain of Mr Sam for the obvious parts of the car to be to procured and replaced.”

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B3 Money Market

Naira now 390 per dollar at parallel market ÏdƐƆ Ɨƕ Ɛ MƢơǀêƠÕ at interbank market Stories by Motolani Oseni The Nigerian currency, naira weakened further to 390 against the United States dollar at the parallel market on Thursday, down from the 387 it closed on Wednesday.

The naira, which had hit an all-time low of 334.50 per dollar last week, due to the reaction of the market to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) hiked interest rates, which was said to be an effort to lure foreign investors back into local assets, was sold at the interbank market yesterday at N315.06.

However, the local currency had hovered between 375 and 380 against the greenback last week.

But persistent pressure on the

Stanbic IBTC PMI shows private sector downturn eased in July Stanbic IBTC Bank Nigeria Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) has shown that the downturn in Nigeria’s private sector showed signs of easing in July, as both output and new business fell at slower rates, having dropped to the greatest extent in the June.

The survey revealed that growth of employment and purchasing activity picked up in the month, saying, “Added together, these contributed to a slowdown in the overall rate of contraction, as business conditions worsened only modestly. On the price front, companies reported weaker cost pressures. Charges subsequently rose at a softer, albeit still sharp, pace.”

The headline figure derived from the survey is the PMI Readings above 50.0, which signals an improvement in business conditions on the previous month.

Readings below 50.0 show deterioration.

Adjusted for seasonal influences, the Stanbic IBTC Bank Nigeria PMI posted 48.8 in July and pointed to a fifth deterioration in business conditions in the past

naira has continued to mount due to dollar scarcity, which has resulted in a prolonged drop in the local currency at both the parallel and interbank forex markets.

Economic and financial experts said inadequate forex liquidity at the interbank market was taking a toll on the parallel market.

Analysts had predicted that the naira would weaken further against the dollar this week owing to limited dollar supply as foreign portfolio investors continued to stay on the sidelines until the Nigerian economy showed signs of recovering from the impact of currency controls.

The naira opened the week at 315 to the dollar and weakened to 324 before the central bank intervened to help the currency close at 316.37. A total of $27.05m was traded on Monday, Thomson Reuters data showed.

six months. However, the latest reading was up from June’s survey-record low of 47.3, thereby signalling that the overall rate of contraction had eased.

Commenting on July’s survey findings, Economist at Stanbic IBTC Bank, Ayomide Mejabi, said, “The Stanbic IBTC Bank Nigeria PMI for July signalled a slower downturn in Nigeria’s business operating conditions by reaching 48.8 from a survey low of 47.3 in June. While the overall survey result suggests some improvement, it remains below 50 and implies that macroeconomic conditions are weak.

“Perhaps an explanation for the improved sentiment in consumer and business activity can be traced to the recent reforms implemented by authorities especially in the foreign exchange market. Indeed, after a likely contraction in growth during the first half of the year, it is expected that recent reforms in the foreign exchange market aimed at attracting net capital inflows will finally be able to boost domestic investment and consequently growth.

Lower output was a key factor behind the private sector downturn. Though slower than in June, the rate of decline was marked and broadly in line with the average over the current sixmonth sequence of falls. According to panellists, activity fell for a number of reasons, including subdued demand, high prices and an unfavourable exchange rate.

L-R: Supply Chain Director, Cephas Afebuameh; Acting Deputy British HighCommissioner, Bashir Ahmed, Managing Director/CEO, Guinness Nigeria, Mr. Peter Ndegwa; Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Nigeria, Hon. John Howell; and Corporate Relations Director, Mr. Sesan Sobowale during the envoy’s visit toGuinness Nigeria Plc’s Ogba Brewery, Lagos..recently.

Economic development: UK trade envoy charges business leaders on opportunities in Nigeria As current economic downturn in the country seems to be taking more toll on the manufacturing and banking sectors, British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Nigeria, Hon. John Howell, has urged them to stay the course and maximize the scale of the opportunities that abound in Nigeria.

In recent times, manufacturing businesses in the country have contended with various economic challenges from political to social uncertainties, and just recently manufactures in the country identified high exchange rates, epileptic power supply among others, as being responsible for the nation’s stunted economic growth.

But while speaking after his 4-day tour of the country, Howell, filled with admiration, said that he was very impressed with the energy that was seen in Nigeria particularly in and around Lagos State.

Howell who visited Guinness Nigeria Plc’s Ogba brewery, Ikeja, Lagos during the week, noted that the way forward is to channel these creative energies in a positive way for the benefit of the country.

“I have also been impressed by the size of the opportunities and the scale of the ambitions here, they are very absolutely fantastic”, he stated.

However, the British trade en-

voy commended Guinness Nigeria for being an exemplar of possibilities and driving an innovative culture in the Nigerian business environment.

His words: “The experience that I have had during my tour of the facilities at Guinness Nigeria and listening to the presentation by its key management has shown me how things can be done efficiently. Guinness is a thriving business that is responding to the market with lots of innovation and I think that is the secret to winning in the Nigerian market.”

In his remarks, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Guinness Nigeria Plc, Peter Ndegwa, expressed the company’s delight at the visit which he said had afforded the company a platform to showcase its strategic commitment to the economic development of Nigeria.

Ndegwa noted that in the course of the company’s sixty –six years as an incorporated company in Nigeria, it has developed a strong reputation for supporting Nigeria’s developmental aspiration, maintained a strong focus on impactful projects across its host communities, be it in the area of health, water provision, environmental protection and road safety and profiled as the largest British company listed on the Nigerian Stock Ex-

change.

“Our commitment to quality is visible via our people, products and processes. We remain strongly committed to strengthening the country’s manufacturing base, employment creation, manpower development and fuelling overall economic growth by strengthening our business through significant investments in manufacturing processes, driving local content development via our target to source over 80% of our raw materials locally in the coming years, and continued product innovation and cutting-edge technology,” Ndegwa said.

Howell

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, August 5, 2016

Low-cost business ideas for University students - Part 2 ‘‘If you’re an excellent writer with a sharp eye for how to organise information clearly, résumé writing is an easy opportunity for you to help others and make money on your own time.’’

Market place

Nwaodu Chukwuemeka Continuing from where we stopped last week on the subject of college entrepreneurship and how to take advantage of the opportunities prevalent in the university community. We start off from we stopped: Résumé writing service Whether applying for a summer internship or preparing for life after the university, a majority of college students need a well-written résumé. Internships and jobs are at a competitive high right now and the way a résumé looks and reads can make or break a student’s chances for a position at his or her dream company.

First and foremost, it’s important that your résumé be impec-

Chukwuemeka

cable so you can guarantee your services to other students. Go into your school’s campus career counseling center to learn about résumé writing and perfect your own. The internet will also be your primary tool to help with research of résumé formatting.

If you’re an excellent writer with a sharp eye for how to organise information clearly, résumé writing is an easy opportunity for you to help others and make money on your own time.

Professional résumé writers can charge thousands of Naira per résumé; however, as a university student catering to other young and upcoming fellows, start off by keeping rate fairly low to both attract and make your service affordable to this committee of people. .

Bookkeeping - Oftentimes when you think of bookkeeping, numbers, math, accounting and finance pop into your head.

However, you don’t need to be a finance major to pursue a job as a bookkeeper. Professionals will tell you that having a basic knowledge of accounting may be helpful, but it’s not a necessity. If you have decent computer skills and the ability to navigate real-world problems, bookkeeping is a great

option for you.

All businesses are required to maintain bookkeeping records, so there is always a demand for bookkeepers; outsourcing a university student as a bookkeeper is an obvious way for these companies (especially the smaller ones) to limit costs and avoid hiring an expensive professional.

Startup costs are low. They include software such as QuickBooks or Xero, which cost anywhere very little, and marketing your services to businesses through job listings, referrals or your in-school network. You are recommended to charge around low for a start for bookkeeping services, although this fee can vary depending on the complexity of the work and the extent of your experience. Start lower, and when you build your skills and referral base, you can price upwards.

Jewelry maker - You don’t need to be a world-class jeweler to start your own jewelry line. some people started off by making simple knot friendship-bracelets. Years later, you may find yourself making wire-wrap jewelry, which you will be selling on any of the ecommerce platforms that charges nothing or a small fee per listing.

Without any formal education

in business, you can learn how to sell online by practice and, thorough research and watching online tutorials, which is highly recommended to any aspiring jewelry maker and other startups.

Also focus a lot on photography, because great photos are one of the most important aspects to successfully selling online. Focusing primarily on your business website search engine optimisation and promoting designs on social media platforms are the best ways to drive traffic to your products.

Startup costs are minimal; creating an account is completely free and listing an item is negligible per listing. Depending on the kind of jewelry you make will determine the costs of materials so if you wish to work with wire, you will need basic wire wrap tools that come bundled in a kit, such as a wire cutter and several types of pliers.

Avoid using expensive materials such as real gold and silver or precious stones. You can upgrade your materials once you have started selling your items online and have built up a reserve.

Delivery and errand service Let’s face it: people are lazy and busy at the same time; so starting a delivery service that offers run-

ning errands, picking up takeout or even going grocery shopping for a busy professional or someone who is elderly is a great way to make extra cash. We still don’t have a dedicated food delivery service outfit in Nigeria, so why not build one from the university.

The examples from other clines show that leading food-delivery services, like Postmates or Seamless, make a fortune doing tasks for others, especially if it is done in a smaller school in an area where these food-delivery services don’t exist yet.

Start by setting up a website where people can place orders.

For a low fee, there are a number of platforms already available that make this step simple.

Save all receipts and charge customers after you have completed a task; add a 20 percent fee to the total costs of a purchase to generate your revenue. Market your services through word-ofmouth, flyers and social media pages.

Finally in closing, Grow faster & easier - We can show you how and get started for free today.

Send me an SMS/WhatsApp message or Call for more details and training opportunities and we will entrench the topic further.

Nwaodu Chukwuemeka, is a consultant with IDEAS Exchange Consulting, Lagos. He can be reached at nwaodu.lawrence@hotmail.co.uk (07066375847).

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B5 Industry

FG vows to support local production, reduce poverty, unemployment Stories by Charles Okonji The Federal Government has promised to support local production, saying that it is the only way to bring down the high rate of unemployment and poverty in the country.

The Minister, Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, explained that supporting local production was key to achieving food security, adding that Nigeria can no longer continue to depend on importation to meet its demand for food.

Onu, during a facility tour at Erisco Foods Limited’s state-ofthe-art tomato processing plant in Lagos, said the present administration’s effort was geared towards reducing poverty, creating job opportunities and diversifying the nation’s economy away from oil.

“This administration has promised Nigerians that we will work to reduce poverty, create jobs and grow our economy. It may take time, but I believe in the end, local investments will be highly supported.”

He commended Erisco’s investment in tomato paste production, saying that the move by the company will complement the federal government’s effort in diversifying its economic revenue base.

According to him, no country can be great without the ability to feed its citizen, stressing that Nigeria is determined to feed its people going forward, urging local producers to invest in areas where the country has competitive and comparative advantage.

“What is happening in this factory today is critical to the journey we are making. There is no

way we can have food security if we cannot produce locally. Tomato is very important and we have the opportunity to grow this commodity two times in a year which is a major advantage we have over many other countries. By encouraging our farmers, we will be in a good position to produce enough tomatoes for the use in the country and also for export,” he said.

“We are glad about the investment that has been made in this tomato processing factory. I want to assure you that the President is very committed to ensuring that our economy recovers to a level where we can create jobs for our people and rebuild our image as a great nation. What is happening in this factory is not only critical to achieving a food security, but also to diversify the nation’s economy to be strong and resilient to withstand any shock that may arise in the world market,” he said.

“This administration will support you. We do not want you to think of leaving the country. This is our home and we know you are making a lot of sacrifice to keep the company going. I want to assure you that the federal government will continue to support local investment in the country,” Onu stressed.

He also added that Nigeria has not achieved rapid growth and development due to lack of adequate attention and support to science and technology sector, but stressed that his administration is working tirelessly to ensure the nation embraces the sector to achieve greatness.

“No nation has become great without science and technology.

Nigeria is designed and destined

BOI harps on financial inclusion to achieve economic growth

The Bank of Industry (BOI) has stressed the need for Nigeria to develop a deep financial inclusive growth strategy to achieve economic growth and development.

The acting Managing Director, BOI, Mr. Waheed Olagunju, explained that Nigeria being ranked as one of the top 10 fastest growing economies in the first half of the decade with growth rate of about 5 to 10 per cent, still has a poverty index not reflecting the growth rate which he said was due to weak financial inclusion in the country.

Olagunju during a formal opening of Addosser SME bou-

Onu

to be a great nation but what is missing is that we have not embraced sufficiently science and technology. We are working tirelessly to make sure that the country embraces science and technology to realize the greatness,” he added.

Earlier in his opening remarks, the Chief Executive Officer, Erisco Foods Limited, Chief. Eric Umeofia, said economic growth is hampered due to substandard tomato paste products being imported and dumped in the country through the activities of some nefarious foreigners and their unpatriotic Nigerian collaborators.

He said despite the ability to

grow the commodity twice in the year, Nigeria is the biggest importers of tomato paste in the world while over 75 per cent of fresh tomatoes harvested are wasted due to no means of converting for industrial use.

He said the company’s new technology will help address the challenge of wastage, saying that the technology will help in converting fresh tomatoes into paste.

“We are in a position to meet the entire tomato needs of the country by December, 2016 and even begin to export in 2017 with adequate government’s support.

Nigeria is blessed with two tomato planting seasons unlike other countries like China that has only

tique in Lagos, commended the micro finance bank for investing its resources to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country.

He said: “The fact that this event is taking place is also a bold statement of their belief in the Nigerian economy. The last 18 months, many investments have kept bay, but with them coming out with this investment says a lot about them. The first half of this decade reveals that the Nigerian economy is among the top 10 fastest growing economy in the world with an average growth of 5 to 10 per cent, but the poverty indices did not reflect the growth

rate because of the weak financial inclusion.”

According to him, ”From this bold initiative, financial inclusion would be deepen where Nigeria will begin to experience inclusive growth moving forward. This is a move we would also like to urge other micro finance banks to emulate because if we go this way to invest like Adoosser has done across the length and breadth of the country, then the second half of this decade we will not be talking about inclusive growth.

“We acknowledge that times are daunting, but we believe that tough times do not last but only tough people do.

one planting season,” he said.

He said the company is running the factory with foreign exchange sourced from the black market to buy machine and machine spare parts, raw materials for expansion, while the Central Bank of Nigeria kept approving loans and forex to foreign and Nigerian importers that import some of the 41 forex prohibited that can be locally produced.

He said until indigenous manufacturers are respected and supported, no meaningful economic diversification will be achieved in the country, adding that continuous cries and pains of loss of money by the genuine indigenous manufacturers will continue to send bad signal to the world on how manufacturers are being punished for contributing to the growth of our economy.

“We appeal to our government agencies to give Erisco Foods Limited its right as a loyal indigenous manufacturer and not being punished to close down which may definitely happen soon if no change is noticed. We have done our very best and wish that the MDAs will appreciate us to do more for the benefit of mankind and Nigeria in general,” he said.

“If we want to be proud of our country, we must support President Muhammadu Buhari’s policy because if not for him we must have closed down our factory or relocated to another country as we were producing below 5 per cent utilization of our production plant capacity before he was sworn in but now we are producing at close to 20 per cent utilisation of our plant capacity and hoping to meet up to full capacity in shortest time,” he advised.

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, August 5, 2016

Nestle Nigeria Plc reports Stock market report Equities market rebounds by 0.23% N535.8m profit in H1 after 5 days consecutive losses Stories by Afolabi Adesola Nestle Nigeria Plc has released its Unaudited Financial Statements for the period ended 30th June 2016 through the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), showcasing a profit of N535.8 million. This signifies a 94 percent decline in the company’s profit after tax from N8.9 billion recorded for the corresponding period of 2015.

The results also showed that the fast moving consumer good company recorded a 92 percent decline in profit before tax of N896.4 million for the period ended June 30, 2016 compared

to N10.6 billion declared a year earlier.

However, Nestle’s revenue rose 22 percent to N80.4 billion from N65.9 billion recorded in the first half of 2015.

Comments from Nestle Nigeria’s financial highlights released to the NSE yesterday and signed by Bode Ayeku, Nestle’s Company secretary and legal adviser, read that “We are pleased that our revenue increased by 22 percent in the first half of 2016 despite the tough economic environment.

In both the first and second quarters of 2016, our revenue grew by double digits, thereby confirming the great value that

our brands provide consumers. The increase in the cost of sales was mainly due to higher material costs resulting from currency devaluation.

Operating Profit for the period has increased by 10 percent despite pressure on input costs.

Net profit has been negatively impacted by the revaluation of the foreign loans due to Naira devaluation.

The Board and Management will continue to implement necessary measures and cost saving initiatives to address the macroeconomic challenges and remain fully committed to the long term potential of the business in Nigeria.”

The Nigerian Equities market closed Thursday on a positive note as the NSE All-Share Index (ASI) increased by 0.23 percent to close at N27,751.34 basis points compared to a decline of 0.52 percent recorded previously to close at 27,687.80 basis points.

Investors on the local bourse thus gained N21.8 billion as market capitalisation closed at N9.531 trillion compared to a loss of N49 billion recorded previously when market capitalisation closed at N9.509 trillion.

Cutix Plc led the day’s 14 advancers to close at N1.66 per share following a gain of 9.21 percent or 14 kobo, Total Oil Plc also gained 8.06 percent or N16.60 to close at N222.60 per share, while Mobil Oil Plc added 5 percent or N8.10 to close at N170.10 per share.

Stanbic Ibtc Plc gathered 4.15 percent or 55 kobo to close at N13.80 per share, Vitafoam followed with a gain of 3.57 percent or 10 kobo to close at N2.90 per share.

On the flip side, Aiico Insur-

ance Plc led 17 declining stocks on account of a 6.94 percent reduction in the value of its shares to close at 67 kobo per share, International Breweries followed with a loss of 4.96 percent or 96 kobo to close at N18.38 per share.

Continental Reinsurance Plc dropped 4.90 percent or 5 kobo to close at 97 kobo per share, Transcorp gained 4.76 percent or 6 kobo to close at N1.20 per share, and Diamond Bank Plc shed 4.43 percent or 7 kobo to close at N1.51 per share.

The three most traded stocks of the day were FBN Holdings which accounted for 30.8 million shares valued at N101.9 million, Fidelity traded 23.1 million shares worth N24.5 million; and Guaranty sold 14.1 million shares valued at N340.6 million.

At the end of the day’s trading investors had exchanged a total of 155.8 million shares worth N1.5 billion in 3,320 deals compared to 301.2 million shares worth N2.3 billion exchanged in 3,681 deals on Wednesday.

Summary of trading activities on NSE ASI DEALS VOLUME VALUE CAP

27,751.34 3,320.00 155,777,717.00 1,526,334,121.29 9,531,179,789,232.83

Stanbic IBTC Plc appoints Non-Executive Director

Left: Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Sen. Ita Enang; Executive Director, Nigeria Institute of Cultural Orientation (NICO), Dr Bardays Ayakoroma, and the Co-Ordinator, NICO Training School, Abuja Study Centre, Dr Regina Onuoha, during A Get-Together At The End Of The First Semester Of Nigerian Indigenous Languages Programme, at the NICO Headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday.

International Breweries reports loss of N1.7b for Q1 International Breweries has released its first quarter (Q1) results for the three months period ended June 30, 2016 posting a loss after tax of N1.7 billion compared to N420.8 million reported as profit after tax in Q1 2015.

The company’s also recorded a loss before tax of N1.28 billion naira versus profit of N618.8 million reported as profit before tax a year earlier.

Meanwhile, turnover grew to

N6.9 billion against N5.2 billion achieved in the previous year.

International Breweries recorded a 2 percent decline in Net Assets of N12.3 billion in the reviewed period from N12.6 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2015.

Consequently, the value of the company’s stocks following the results release, dropped by 4.96 percent or 96 kobo to close at N18.38 per share.

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Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC has appointed Mrs. Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of the Company.

Stanbic in a regulatory report with the Nigerian Stock Exchange noted that it had received all required Regulatory Approvals for the appointment.

The company thus expressed optimism that Mrs. Salamatu’s wealth of experience will be of great benefit to the group.

Mrs. Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman obtained an LLB (Hons) degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Nigeria in 1981 as well as an LLM (with Distinction in “Multinational Enterprise and the Law”) from the London School of Economics & Political Science in 1987.

Mrs. Suleiman commenced her career as a State Counsel with the Ministry of Justice Sokoto in

1981 and thereafter worked with Continental Merchant Bank from 1988 to 1996 and NAL Merchant Bank from 1996 to 1997. She worked as Secretary Legal Adviser with the Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria from 1997 to 2001. She later became the Secretary and Director of Legal Services at the Securities & Exchange Commission between 2001 and 2008.

Mrs. Suleiman was appointed Honourable Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Federal Republic of Nigeria in December 2008 and went on to become the Honourable Minister of State II, Foreign Affairs Ministry, Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2010. In February 2012, Mrs. Suleiman was appointed Commissioner, Political Affairs, Peace and Security, ECOWAS Commission and completed her tenure at the end of April 2016.

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B7 Real sector digest

How to lift millions of Africans out of poverty Stories by Siaka Momoh A new report by the World Bank finds that reducing the price of food staples by 10 per cent could lift nearly half a million people out of poverty in Kenya, South Africa and Zambia alone African countries have much to gain by encouraging open and competitive markets, particularly as a means to spur sustainable economic growth and alleviate poverty. Yet in reality, many markets have low levels of competition. More than 70% of African countries rank in the bottom half of countries globally on the perceived intensity of local competition and on the existence of fundamentals for market-based competition. Mo-

nopolies, duopolies, and oligopolies are relatively prevalent compared to other regions. In more than 40% of African countries, a single operator holds over half the market share in telecommunications and transport sectors.

This lack of competition has drastic costs. Retail prices for 10 key consumer goods – white rice, white flour, butter and milk among them -- are at least 24% higher in African cities than in other main cities around the world. While these higher prices affect all consumers, the poor are hit the hardest.

A new report from the World Bank Group and the African Competition Forum, Breaking Down Barriers, estimates the gains from tackling anticompetitive practices and reforming

Poverty in Africa

policies to enable competition.

For instance, reducing the prices of food staples by just 10%, by tackling cartels and improving regulations that limit competition in food markets could lift 500,000 people in Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia out of poverty and save consumers more than $700 million a year.

Cartels - agreements among competitors to fix prices, limit production or rig bids - are a serious cause of low competition levels in African countries and have been found to affect products in a variety of sectors, including fertilizers, food, pharmaceuticals, construction mate-

rials, and construction services.

Evidence reveals that consumers pay 49 percent more on average when firms enter into these agreements.

“There have been a notable number of countries adopting competition laws in Africa, and this bodes well for growth and development. However, while the benefits of competition are already clearly observable in Africa, there is still considerable effort required to ensure effective implementation of competition laws and policies across the continent,” notes Tembinkosi Bonakele, Chairperson of the African Competition Forum

headquartered in South Africa.

In addition to explaining the costs of low levels of competition, Breaking Down Barriershighlights the important progress many African countries are making in improving competition policies. For instance, the number of countries and economic communities like EAC, COMESA and ECOWAS with competition laws has nearly tripled in 15 years. There are now 25 functional competition authorities in Africa and budgets for those authorities increased by 39% between 2009 and 2014.

Story sourced from CNBCAfrica.

FG denies awarding contract on egg production The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has denied ever awarding a N25 billion contract to Tuns Farms Nigeria Limited for egg production.

According to a statement made available to Real Sector Digest, it urged Nigerians to disregard the threat and outbursts of a group acting under the pretext of fighting in public interest by trying to sue the Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, over a purported N25 billion egg production contract he was said to have awarded to a firm.

The statement stated: “The self-styled civil rights group, that addressed itself as Centre for Social Justice, had reportedly sued the Minister at the Federal High

Court, Abuja, as published in some national newspapers and an online news medium. The group, acting on mere imagination and insinuation, without any fact check, is seeking to ask the Minister to “release details and copy of the N25 billion contract he signed with Tuns Farms Nigeria Limited.”

“The group has insinuated that the said contract was supposedly aimed at facilitating egg production in the country on a project tagged National Egg Production Scheme, NEGPRO...”

Said the ministry: “It is hereby stated that no contract was awarded to any company or business organisation for the purpose of egg production. Rather, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, on

Tuesday, June 14, 2016, in Abuja, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth N25 billion on National Egg Production (NEGPRO) scheme, with Tuns Farms Nigeria Limited.

“NEGPRO scheme involves many farmers who are in the business of egg production. The selection of Tuns Farms to lead the group of farmers was based on certain criteria, essentially anchored on the track records of performance. Under the terms of the deal, Tuns Farms will recommend eligible entrepreneurs to access the N25 billion facility as well as endorse their loan requirements and application, and monitor their activities within the scheme.”

It explained, “The Bank of Industry has a role in providing

Egg production

finance for the takeoff of the scheme an initiative aimed at increasing egg production in the country to about 50 million table

eggs daily by 2018. The scheme, which would be funded by BoI, would create one million jobs at full capacity.”

Siaka Momoh is a media consultant and publisher Realsectordigest.com and can be reached via siakamomoh@yahoo.com; 08061396410

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THE STREETS IN A SUN YELLOW DRESS LEAVING

RELEGATED TO THE PLACE OF SECOND RATE Ã&#x2018;LOCAL MUSICÃ&#x2019;

.IGERIAN POPULACE AND WHERE THERE IS NO DEMAND FOR

DESTRUCTION IN HER WAKE MAY BE ONE OF THE MOST SATISFYING PIECES OF MUSIC Ã&#x2DC;LM ANYONE IS LIKELY TO SEE THIS YEAR "UT THE SUBTLE MYTHICAL UNDERTONES OF THE ADJOINING VIDEO FOR (OLD 5P THE SECOND TRACK OÃ&#x161; HER INTERNET BREAKING ,EMONADE ALBUM MAKE EVEN MORE SATISFYING REVEALS WHEN THE SOURCE OF HER INSPIRATION IS H I G H L I G H T E D

)N (OLD 5P "EYONCE DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM MYTHICAL 9ORUBA RIVER GODDESS /SUN /LOKUN WHO ACCORDING TO FOLKLORE HAD AN UNPREDICTABLE TEMPERAMENT AND OFTEN DONNED A SIMILAR Ã&#x2122;OWING GOLDEN YELLOW OUTÃ&#x2DC;T /SUN THE GODDESS OF THE WATERS WEALTH SENSUALITY FERTILITY LOVE AND FEMININITY IS A PROMINENT THEMATIC ELEMENT FOR MOST OF "EYONCE S ,EMONADE "EYONCE DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM THIS 9ORUBA GODDESS AS SHE CHANNELS HER INNER /SUN TO DRIVE THEMES OF FEMINISM RACISM *AY : S ALLEGED INÃ&#x2DC;DELITY AMONGST OTHER ISSUES SHE SUCCINCTLY DISCUSED ACROSS THE TRACK COLLECTIVE /F COURSE THE IMMEDIATE REACTION OF THE .IGERIAN INTERNET IS TO APPRECIATE AND THANK "EYONCE FOR AÃ&#x203A;LIATING HERSELF WITH OUR .IGERIAN CULTURE !ND WHILE THAT IS ALL WELL AND GOOD WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING INSTEAD IS CALLING OUT OUR OWN LOCAL ARTISTES FOR NEGLECTING OUR RICH CULTURE IN THEIR OWN MUSIC "ECAUSE UNLIKE "EYONCE IT SEEMS THEY ARE TOO Ã&#x2018;TUSHÃ&#x2019; FOR ALL THAT VILLAGE PEOPLE STURVS #OLONIAL EXPERIENCE TOOK A LOT OF OUR IDENTITIES AS .IGERIANS AND !FRICANS /NE OF SUCH MAJOR IDENTITY LOSSES IS IGNORANCE OF OUR CULTURE IN OUR Ã&#x2018;MODERNÃ&#x2019; MUSIC 4HE .IGERIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY IN ALL ITS YEARS OF GROWTH HAS MOVED FARTHER FROM EVERYTHING OUR ART AND SOUND SHOULD REPRESENT #OUPLED WITH POOR DOCUMENTATION OF THE .IGERIAN SOUND MANY ARTISTES HAVE DISCOGRAPHIES THAT HAVE MERELY THRIVED ON IMPORTED WESTERN MUSIC COUNTER CULTURES 3AVE FOR THE INCURSION OF A NEW &ELA AESTHETIC

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NOT ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE MUSIC TOWARDS RE EDUCATING

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US ON OUR OWN CULTURAL HERITAGE NEITHER HAVE THEY

REPRESENTED BY FOREIGN MEDIA AND PERSONALITIES

DRAWN INSPIRATION FROM THEREIN AS WE CAN SEE WITH

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T O N G U E I N C H E E K 9ORUBA BROKE INTO THE .IGERIAN MEDIA BRIEÃ&#x2122;Y AND EVEN MORE RECENTLY $RAKE S /NE $ A N C E W H I C H F E A T U R E D 7 I Z K I D GAINED BIGGER BUZZ AFTER FANS SUGGESTED THE RAPPER MAY HAVE S P O KE N A T B I T O F 9ORUBA )F WE HAVE NO ONE TO TELL US WE OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF OURSELVES

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Daily Times Nigeria

Friday, August 5, 2016

Movies Romance Channel 107

Studio Universal Channel 112

18:00

11:35

Fri, 5 August | PG 13

Fri, 5 August | PG 16

VLJennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart Star in this touching movie. A self-help author meets a woman at one of his seminars. She could unexpectedly help him, but the timing is wrong. Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston.

(2009) Brandon Camp

23:30 American Crime 00:30 Made In Hollywood 01:15 Zoo 02:00 American Crime 02:40 Behind The Scenes: No Good Deed 03:00 Code Black

04:00 A Most Wanted Man 06:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 07:00 MasterChef Australia 07:42 Behind The Scenes: Walking On Sunshine 08:00 Mom 08:30 Made In Hollywood 09:30 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:30 Preggoland 12:30 Modern Famiy 12:53 Behind The Scenes: The Theory

13:00 MasterChef Australia 14:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:46 Behind The Scenes: Chef 15:00 Blue Bloods 16:00 Sarah Graham's Food Safari

152 Africa Magic Epic 23:27 Ojebe The Servant 00:45 Healthy Snacking

00:55 King Akubueze 02:55 Enuma The River Goddess 04:40 Africa Rising: Behind The Scenes

05:32 Behind The Scenes: The Place 05:38 Behind The Scenes: Secret Room 06:01 Rings Of Fire 07:25 The Burning Ring 09:10 Sorrows And Tears 10:42 Joy Of My Destiny 12:10 Secret Adventure

14:50 Mama Bomboi: Murderer 15:00 Seat Of Wisdom 16:39 Seat Of Wisdom

18:15 Royal Contest 21:41 Royal Contest

Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beloved Mr. Bean gets his first movie. More hilarious and bumbling antics ensue when Bean is dispatched to LA to deliver and extremely valuable painting.

Peter MacNicol, Burt Reynolds, Rowan Atkinson.(1997) Amelia Bryn Smith.

120 BBC Brit Entertainment

118 Telemundo

23:40 The Face Of Destiny 00:30 Elena's Ghost 01:20 Cruel Love 02:10 For Love And Justice 03:00 The Face Of Destiny 03:50 Fearless Heart 05:20 Elena's Ghost 06:10 Husband For Hire 07:00 The Face Of Destiny 07:50 Fearless Heart 08:40 For Love And Justice 09:30 Cruel Love 10:20 Husband For Hire 11:10 The Face Of Destiny 12:00 Fearless Heart 12:50 For Love And Justice 13:40 Cruel Love 14:30 Husband For Hire 15:20 The Face Of Destiny 16:10 Fearless Heart 17:00 For Love And Justice 17:50 Cruel Love 18:40 Husband For Hire 19:30 The Face Of Destiny 20:20 Fearless Heart 21:10 For Love And Justice 22:00 Someone's Watching 22:50 Someone's Watching

TV guide

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101 M-Net West

L8

128 SONY MAX

23:00 Most Shocking 23:25 Top Gear's Ambitious But Rubbish

10:20 Ducks Quacks Don't Echo

23:45 World's Wildest Police Videos

00:18 An Idiot Abroad

11:05 Would I Lie To You?

00:35 World's Wildest Police Videos

01:06 The Cube

11:40 QI

01:25 Freakshow

01:54 Police Interceptors

12:10 The Cube

01:55 Extreme Reality Clips

02:40 David Beckham: Into The Unknown

13:00 Top Gear

02:20 Rude Tube

14:10 Police Interceptors

03:31 Undercover Boss USA

02:45 Sexy Car Wash

15:00 Undercover Boss USA

04:15 Pointless

03:15 Sexy Car Wash

15:50 Would I Lie To You?

05:00 The Cube

03:45 Video Zonkers

16:20 QI

05:45 Would I Lie To You?

04:10 South Beach Tow

16:55 Pointless

06:15 QI

04:35 South Beach Tow

17:50 Top Gear

06:50 Police Interceptors

05:00 World's Wildest Police Videos

19:00 Wastemen

07:40 Top Gear

05:45 World's Wildest Police Videos

20:00 8 Out Of 10 Cats

08:45 Pointless

06:35 Top 20 Countdown: Most Shocking

21:10 8 Out Of 10 Cats

09:30 Undercover Boss USA

07:25 Video Zonkers

22:25 Dragons' Den

07:50 South Beach Tow

155 AfricaMagic World 23:50 Music On Africa Magic 00:51 Behind The Scenes: The Place 01:05 Good Morning Africa 02:05 53 Extra 02:33 Star Gist 03:15 Star Gist 03:45 Jara 04:20 Jara 05:00 Goodmorning Africa 06:00 Deal Or No Deal SA 07:00 53 Extra 07:30 Star Gist 08:00 Jara 09:00 Good Morning Africa 10:00 Lies That Bind 10:30 Lies That Bind 11:00 Lies That Bind 11:30 Lies That Bind

08:15 South Beach Tow 08:40 Most Shocking 09:35 World's Wildest Police Videos 10:30 World's Wildest Police Videos 11:30 Baywatch 12:30 Top 20 Countdown: Most Shocking

13:30 South Beach Tow 14:00 World's Wildest Police Videos 15:00 World's Wildest Police Videos 12:00 Deal Or No Deal SA 13:00 Music On Africa Magic 14:05 Music On Africa Magic 15:00 Music On Africa Magic 16:00 Star Gist 16:35 Deal Or No Deal Sa 17:25 53 Extra 18:00 Jara 18:30 Tinsel 19:00 53 Extra

16:00 Most Shocking 17:00 Top 20 Countdown: Most Shocking

18:00 South Beach Tow 18:30 South Beach Tow 19:00 Baywatch 20:00 Escape Or Die 20:30 Escape Or Die 21:00 XXX; State Of The Union 22:45 Sexy Car Wash