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past President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has called on the executive and

legislative arms of government to work on giving the citizens a ‘Bill of Rights’ similar to the Brit-

ish Magna Carta, passed some 800 years ago.

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Editorial Marking World Environment Day

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ast Sunday, June 5, 2016, the international community marked the World Environment Day (WED). The day is usually set aside to create global awareness about environmental problems facing the world.

Since 1973, World Environment Day has been celebrated as an annual event to raise the global awareness on the importance of healthy and green environment in the human lives, as well as to make everyone responsible for saving the environment. It is one of the principal vehicles employed by the United Nations (UN) to stimulate worldwide awareness of the environment while calling for political attention and action.

The theme for this year’s celebration is “Fight against the illegal trade in wildlife”. It focuses on saving the life of wild animals like elephants, rhinos, gorillas, whales, sea turtles, orangutans, pangolins, rosewoods, helmeted hornbills, tigers including other species. The most important purpose of WED is to take strong actions to restrict illegal trade of wildlife, which is putting the biodiversity of the planet into danger. It would be noted that the campaign started as part of addressing the huge environmental issues like wastage and losses of food, deforestation, increasing global warming and others. Moreover, the occasion reminds people all over the world on the need to change destructive negative habits towards environmental issues, even as it encourages them to make their surroundings safe and clean.

In Nigeria, the war against environmental degradation has been moving at glacial pace, while the vast majority of people continue to engage in practices that endanger the environment, tourism and livelihood. For example, those living in coastal communities have continued to use dynamite and cyanide for fishing, thereby wreaking

havoc on fragile marine ecosystems, even as Illegal logging continues despite several deadly floods and landslides resulting from deforestation.

It will be recalled that the United Nation Environment Programme, (UNEP), in a recent report stated that many of the earth’s ecosystems are nearing critical tipping points of depletion or irreversible change. Basing its findings on the high population growth and economic development, it said that if the current trend of consumption and production remain the same coupled with a population, expected to reach 9.6 billion in 2050, the earth would need three new planets to sustain our current wasteful ways of living. There is no gainsaying the fact that a healthy environment is a key factor for sustained economic growth.

Unfortunately, Nigeria’s environmental laws have not substantially moved forward. We are yet to effectively and appropriately meet the three core functions of environmental laws, namely: preventive, compensatory and remedial functions. Furthermore, our environmental governance is still seriously challenged by problems of unequal inheritance in federalism, insufficient public participation, and lack of cooperative governance. The resultant effect is that environmental decision making, standard setting and enforcement strategies are operating in chaos.

This is why we are calling on the National Assembly to enact legislative and regulatory action to promote an effective environmental programme.

We hope that World Environment Day will be a good time to remind Nigerians that natural resources are finite and that this planet can only take so much abuse. Therefore, citizens should care about the environment before food sources are depleted, health care costs soar due to air pollution and take care of our towns and cities before they are overrun by garbage.

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“Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.”

“Behind the ugly terrible mask of misfortune lies the beautiful soothing countenance of prosperity. So, tear the mask!

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

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News Analysis Tuta Absoluta, Lai Moh’d and Nigerians Segun Adio

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Federal Government is as confused as Nigerians on the actual cause of the scarcity of the tomato. For some months now, Nigerians have groaned under the acute shortage of the key ingredient in their menu.

In markets across the country, the commodity is now not only scarce, but where it is available, the price is far above the roof and beyond the reach of the average Nigerian.

Of course, the present leadership, as change agents, would not sit idly by and watch the citizens go malnourished. So, recently, Agriculture minister, Audu Ogbeh, surely speaking the mind of the Federal Government, declared to Nigerians that something called Tuta Absoluta (otherwise called Tomato Ebola) was responsible for the scarcity.

Tuta Absoluta – there is nothing one will not hear in this country.

Anyway, Ogbeh explained further that the Tuta Absoluta is a pest now ravaging six of the 36 states of the Federation. He had assured Nigerians that the government was already working to contain the scourge.

Chief Ogbeh is not a known expert in information management. He seemed to have been too truthful in acknowledging the presence of a pestilence in the land. While Nigerians were

trying to comprehend Tuta Absoluta, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, rubbished Ogbeh’s position.

Doing what he knows to do best, Mohammed attributed the cause of scarcity of the commodity on Boko Haram insurgents. He reasoned that the problem of insecurity had forced many farmers to abandon their trade and out of the zone where tomato is heavily sourced.

The minister has since come under the sledge hammer of some people for linking mere tomato scarcity to insurgency.

He has a point, no doubt, but his position is not only verbose, but smells of the usual politicising of critical issues. He is short of linking scarcity of tomato to the previous administration.

Granted that many farmers had fled and left behind their farmlands, the minister should explain why the commodity had not been scarce since the advent of insurgency in the country over a decade ago. Why wait till a couple of months ago before effect of insurgency had to hamper bumper harvest of product?

By the way, whose theory should be believed between Chief Ogbeh and Lai Mohammed? Most Nigerians would take the former’s explanation. There is no doubt that the government as a team is quite confused on the true state of things. In all, subjecting all issues to politics will not do Nigerians, nor the administration any good.

FG closes case against ex-governor Dariye Andrew Orolua, Abuja

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to prove its case of N1.162b fraud against Chief Joshua Dariye, former governor of Plateau State, the prosecution counsel on Monday closed its case. Dariye is standing trial over alleged diversion of about N1.162bn Ecological Fund meant for the state.

The witness, Mr. Mohammed Kawu Mohammed, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), told the trial judge, Justice Adebukola Banjoko of an Abuja High Court sitting in Gudu District that the anti-graft agency took possession of a property belonging to Dariye located at Asokoro in Abuja.

Mohammed who was attached to the Assets Forfeiture and Recovery Section of the ECFCC, told

the court that his team took over the property in 2012 following an interim forfeiture order from a High Court adding that EFCC leased the property and realised the sum of N67 million as rent for the period it took over.

However, while under cross-examination by the defence counsel, Mr. Garba Pwul (SAN), Mohammed said he was not part of the investigative team that probed the former governor in 2007, saying:”I did not participate in the investigation of Chief Dariye. Therefore, I have no idea of how the charges came up.

“We took over the property and warned the tenants not to relate with the defendant or any other agents. The money we recovered on the property is in the EFCC recovery account” he said.

Justice Banjoko adjourned trial till June 10.

el-Rufai after my life, says Shehu Sani ÏÏÏThe

Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district in the National Asembly, Senator Shehu Sani, on Monday, described the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, as a desperate, saying the governor should be blamed if any harm befalls him.

In a statement to newsmen in Kaduna, Senator Sani said that after the condolence visit by the governor over the death of his mother, el-Rufai has continued to use local radio stations against him.

According to him, the governor is a Lilliputian who cannot take or stand criticism.

The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to a hate speech and threat to life made by Governor Nasir el-Rufai against distinguished Senator Shehu Sani in the governor’s circus christened as Town Hall meeting in Giwa Local government on 4th June 2016.

“The governor reliably and evidently referred to Senator Sani, Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed, Isa Ashiru Kudan as “ants he will match and crush”. We could have easily dismissed or ignore this statement as tantrums of an accidental governor, but we decided not to take things for granted in view of his history and his allergy to criticism.

“Also fresh in our mind is the mass killings and burial of members of the Islamic movement in Zaria last December. We view his unguarded and provocative utterances as nothing but a hate speech and a direct threat to the Life of Senator Sani and others whom the governor perceived as his “enemies”.

“We hold Governor Nasiru elRufai personally responsible for any harm done on Senator Sani.

This statement is to publicly alert security agencies and the General public that in the event of any injury or assassination of Senator

Shehu Sani, no one should be held responsible but Governor Nasiru el-Rufai.

“In Kaduna, a journalist, Dickson was jailed and a University lecturer Dr. John Danfulani was jailed and suspended for criticizing the governor, “It will interest the general public to know that after the dubious condolence visit by the Governor over the death of the Senator’s mother, Governor el-Rufai continued to use state funds to sponsor attacks against The Senator on Local radio stations. He has even recently granted a personal interview on TVC television channel where he rained invectives against the distinguished senator. “el-Rufai is a man desperate to outshine PMB and all out to crush human beings he calls Ants on his way. “el-Rufai claimed he wants to make Kaduna great again but he actually wants to make it grave again, proven by his lethal threats against his perceived opponents.

Electoral Act ready by end of 2016 — Saraki Olufemi Samuel, Abuja

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President, Senator Bukola Saraki on Monday assured that the National Assembly would ensure passage of a new Electoral act by the end of 2016 saying the new Electoral Act is necessary to guide the conduct of the next general election, the pro-

cess of which he said would soon start.

He made this known during a summit on election organised by the Senate Committee on INEC in collaboration with Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) The Senate President urged the stakeholders to take a new look at the role security personnel including the Police, the Department of

State Security and the Military have been playing in Nigeria before, during and after elections.

Saraki added that the current National Assembly was prepared to provide the missing gaps through interventions, as according to him, the Public Hearing has offered lawmakers to draw inputs from stakeholders on electoral matters.

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Kogi gov’ship poll: Faleke to appeal tribunal verdict dismissing petition Ï ƆƋƋ ƈƋ ƉƑƗ ƌƆ Ɛè dedicates victory to Kogi people Lateef Ibrahim, & Andrew Orolua, ƄƑƉ

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Nigeria needs Bill of Rights, says Jonathan Continued from page 1 ture at the Bloomberg Television Centre in London before an elite audience of Nigerian professionals and diplomats.

Jonathan’s remarks were made known on Monday in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the former President’s Special Adviser on Media, Ikechukwu Eze. As the statement was being released, the former president also spoke with Bloomberg TV where he said he is currently under investigation for corruption.

“Of course, obviously, I would be investigated. In fact I am being investigated. Investigations are going on. I would not want to make certain comments because government is working,” he said in the television interview.

According to the statement,

Jonathan said such a Bill of Rights would end discrimination and tribalism, and promote equality, enabling everyone to work towards the common goal for the development of the nation.

“A Bill of Rights, like the British Magna Carta, passed some 800 years ago, enshrined the principle of Habeas Corpus; so that no person is deprived of his liberty without a trial of his peers,” he said.

“A Bill of Rights, like that introduced by America’s founding fathers, which stated ‘the people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, to write, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable.’”

Borrowing an ancient Roman phrase, “Civis Romanus sum,” meaning, “I am a Roman citizen,”

Mr. Jonathan said the phrase meant more than its literal interpretation.

He argued that the phrase, which was attributed to Cicero, meant that every Roman was entitled to all of the rights and protection of a citizen in Rome, irrespective status and class.

“Wouldn’t it be good for us to aspire to a Nigeria where we too could apply that same principle, ‘Civis Nigerianus sum,’” Mr. Jonathan asked.

“When each of us could say, I am a citizen of Nigeria! We would be able to look beyond where each of us comes from, and look past our tribal origins. We would be able to evaluate each other on our merits, rather than our religion, or region.

“We would be free to think or do as we wished, as long as we observed the laws of the land, without

fear that the land would withhold our rights under the law.”

By confessing Nigeria, Mr. Jonathan said each citizen would be judged by their merits and not by tribe and everyone would have access to education that would help them succeed in whatever path they choose.

Continuing, he said, “You would be part of a proud culture, one that others want to invest in. You would be safe in knowing that society judges you by your successes and failures, rather than your place of origin.

“You would be equal before the law and your protection is enshrined in the laws of the country.

You would be an asset and a valued member of your country; one who is worth investing in; who can reContinued on page 12

LƈƋƈƐ Ɛ Ə Ƒƍ Ɛ ƏƆ ƐƆ Ɛ Ƅ ƌƄ ` ƅƊ Continued from page 1 listed key places in the country for attacks, warning occupants of the listed buildings to “vacate urgently”.

Some of the buildings the group threatened to attack are the Force Headquarters, Defence Headquarters (DHQ), NNPC towers, CBN Headquarters, National Assembly, military formations across the country, among others.

Vowing to lay the foundation for the breakup of the country, the militant group said former President Goodluck Jonathan should not be

brought into the rebirth of militancy in the Niger Delta.

The statement reads: “The followings occupants of these buildings should as a matter of urgency vacate them immediately IN THEIR OWN INTEREST to save their lives because our fight is not for ANY HUMAN BLOOD but to destroy all those infrastructures that were built with our oil and gas monies in this country. We will make Federal Government and oil companies to suffer as they have made the people of Niger Delta region suffer over the years.

“We shall fire these Missiles’ si-

multaneously at the night, as this will enable every Nigerian to see the movement of the MISSILES and equally to believe us of our seriousness attached to the final breakup as predicted by the United States of America (USA).

“We equally advise the diplomatic community to be neutral on this issue as wrong comments against us will be seen as saboteurs. Where they are staying presently will not be affected which is not part of our targeted areas of destruction in the country.”

The militants boasted that the deployment of troops and war arse-

nal in the region cannot stop them from operating, vowing to embarrass the air force.

They also warned oil companies from repairing destroyed pipelines.

“We shall embarrass the selfacclaimed Nigerian Air Force with their recent deployment of fighter aircraft, helicopter gunship and surveillance aircraft when at this digital age, countries are talking about missile development, and they still condescend so low of their present obsolete equipment.

“Note, we are going to destroy Continued on page 12

running mate to the late All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Kogi State, Abubakar Audu, has declared that he will appeal Monday’s by Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja.

The three-man tribunal headed

by Justice Halima Mohammed in its ruling unanimously dismissed the petition filed by Faleke, challenging the election of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, for lack of merit.

Speaking to journalists in his Abuja residence on Monday, Faleke said although he would have to consult with his lawyers, he will be appealing Justice Halima Mohammed’s ruling.

Faleke said: “I watched the verdict of the tribunal on TV, one thing I can say is that, the judges have delivered their own judgment. I will consult my lawyers, upon which I am very certain that we will appeal the judgment.”

“I am not a lawyer but I can say that it (the judgment) is not in tune with our constitution,” Faleke added.

He said the court was wrong to have ruled that he had no locus standi in the case.

Reacting, Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, hailed the judgment of the tribunal, which upheld his victory at the poll.

He said the decision of the tribunal has further justified his election as governor of Kogi State, adding that the victory belongs to the people of the state, the APC and lovers of democracy across the nation.

Earlier, on Monday, the tribunal sitting in Abuja dismissed the petition filed by Faleke, challenging the election of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, for lack of merit.

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N3.1b fraud: Judge hands off Suswam’s trial over allege compromise Andrew Orolua, Abuja

ÎÎÎJustice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court Abuja Division, on Monday, washed off his hands on the trial of former Benue State governor, Mr. Gabriel Suswam, following allegations in the social media that he had compromised on it.

Suswam and his former Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Omadachi Oklobia, are standing trial on charges bordering on diversion and laundering N3.1billion state funds.

The case came up on Monday for the continuation of the testimony of the fourth

prosecution witness, Abubakar Umar.

At the resumed trial, Justice Mohammed complained in the open court about the allegations in an online medium, (the Saraha Reporters) which he said maligned his person with the allegations of compromise by the defendants to give judgement in their favour.

Justice Mohammed claimed that his image as a judge and that of the Federal High Court as an institution had been brought to disrepute in the eyes of the ordinary Nigerian by the publication.

“My attention has been drawn to a publication stating that the first defendant

in this matter entered into a financial agreement with me to give him a soft landing in this case.

“The court had been caught in between two devils, because whichever side was favoured in this judgement at the end of the trial, the issue of the publication could be used to justify or rubbish the decision.

“It is in the interest of justice that I stepped down from the trial for another judge to adjudicate on the matter in the interest of public confidence.

“It is correct to say that the publication should not be taken seriously because it is the trend, these days, to accuse the judge handling a

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Suswam matter of all sorts of wrong doings.

“It has happened to the learned Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Court of Appeal.

“My worry which is fun-

damental is that “justice or the fairness of it is not as the judge or the prosecution or the defense see it, no, it is that a reasonable man sees it as being fair”, Justice Mohammed said.

pressure group, Buhari/Osinbajo Initiative for Demonstrating Change, has described the activities of Niger Delta Avengers as politically motivated and urged the federal government not to negotiate with them.

Speaking with journalists in Abakaliki, the National President of the group, Comrade Chinedu Ogah, said that the aim of the Niger Delta Avengers was to cripple the nation’s economy.

He said his body would resist the call in some quarters for the federal government to negotiate with the militants.

NURTW boss begs Oshiomhole over ban on members Titus Akhigbe, Benin

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Peaceful protest by some students on privatisation of public schools by the Oyo State Government in Ibadan… on Monday.

of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Najeem Yasin, has appealed to Governor Adams Oshiomhole to lift the ban placed on members of his union from revenue collection at motor parks in the state.

Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Governor in Benin City, Yasin said that “the main objective of our presence in Edo State is to formally conduct the reconstitution of Edo State Council of the union, which could not hold for almost

one year due to circumstances beyond the control of the union’s national secretariat.

“We want to use this medium to express our desire to solicit a review of government’s position with respect to our union’s operations. As a follow up to our numerous appeals regarding this matter, we deem it absolutely necessary to, once again, personally meet Your Excellency, in order to apologise on behalf of our teeming members in the state and to crave your indulgence to reconsider and remove the restrictions that interrupted our motor park operations.

Airforce, NAMA to enhance Airspace safety

Blasphemy killing’ll serve as litmus test to Buhari’s govt –Bishop

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Anglican Bishop of Nsukka Diocese, Rt. Rev. Aloysius Agbo, has said that last week’s unlawful killing of Mrs. Bridget Agbaheme by suspected Islamic mob over allegation of blasphemy at Wambai market, in Kano State, would serve a as litmus test to President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration on issue concerning religion in Nigeria.

Agbo told journalists, in Enugu on Monday, that Buhari should ensure that justice was done by bringing the perpetrators of the heinous crime to justice, in order to promote peaceful co-existence.

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Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) have held high-level deliberations on collaboration and synergy in the areas of security of navigational infrastructure, calibration of navigational aids, training of personnel and exchange programmes.

Speaking when he led a high-powered delegation on a courtesy visit to NAMA headquarters in Lagos, the Director of Air Traffic Management Services, Nigerian

Air Force, AVM. C. T. Gudi. noted that as a dependable ally, NAMA had always collaborated with NAF in critical areas like strategic airspace surveillance, air traffic control, airspace security and training of Air Force personnel.

Gudi stated that the professional and technical expertise provided by NAMA in the Air Force’s operations and training remained invaluable, stressing that their visit was therefore “to deepen this existing cordial relationship and operational synergy, especially given the numerous

benefits accruing to the nation in terms of safety and security of the airspace.”

Gudi who specifically appreciated NAMA for providing on-the-job training for Air Force personnel who graduate from the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, also appealed to the agency to always consider the Air Force while planning for ad hoc trainings and seminars on Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) and other such programmes, which fell in between the major courses at NCAT.

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“If it’s handled with ‘kid glove’ many people in the country and outside may be forced to believe the rumour, in some quarters, that this administration is making an attempt to Islamise Nigeria.

“The way this issue is handled will either avert or encourage people hiding under the guise of religion to commit crime”, he said.

Agbo condemned the killing its entirety, adding that no matter what her offence might have been there was a better way to seek redress.

“Perpetrators of this crime must face the law of the land, to serve as deterrent to others.

No matter what her offence was, it’s not enough to kill and behead her.

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Ondo Guber: SDP ready to provide best alternative – Duyile ‘Tosin Ajuwon, Akure

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Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ondo State, Chief Korede Duyile, has said the party would be ready to provide the best alternative and choice for the people of the state ahead of the November 26th governorship election in the state.

According to him, residents

of the state are already tired of the mis-governance under the current administration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the failed promises of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the federal level.

Duyile, in a chat with newsmen shortly after attending a public function held in Akure, the state capital, said the pros-

pects of the SDP is very high being the third force ahead of the guber poll in the state.

He stated that the SDP, which is largely known by its symbol of a white horse representing “strength” would participate actively in all the process in the November 26 governorship poll in the state and confirmed that the party would field a credible

candidate that would win convincingly in the coming governorship poll and provide the best alternative for the people in the state.

His words: “Our prospects are very high given the current political environment in the state and the realities on ground because the government of the CONTINUED ON PAGE 9

Edo Guber: Ex-minister accuses NASS members of buying PVCs for Obaseki Ï ƋƆƍ Ǝ ƏƂƊƆƎ ƅ ƍƊ è ƍƄ ƕƓ ƅ ƍ ƋƍƆƊ ƍƆƄ

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Protests, strike: Oyo orders closure of all schools Stories by Akinjide Akintola

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Tom Okpe, Abuja A former minister of state for works and governorship aspirant in Edo State, Chris Ogiemwonyi, has accused some members of the National Assembly caucus from the state of buying up the Permanent Voters Card (PVC) from accred-

ited delegates ahead of the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

At a press conference, the former minister, who was represented by his campaign director of planning, strategy and operations, Akemokue Lukman, said: “The issue has to do with the attempts by people who are

in high places of governance, lawmakers to smuggle in a gubernatorial aspirant under the platform of APC into the candidature of the party through the back door.

“These they intend to do by disenfranchising the voters and the statutory delegates schedCONTINUED ON PAGE 9

Oyo State Government has ordered the immediate closure of all primary and secondary schools in the state to protect lives and properties of the entire citizenry.

This was sequel to protests by some youths believed to be members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) who allegedly attacked the state NLC office following demonstration by the over detention of their leaders.

The government linked the closure to the attempt by some members of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Nigeria Union of Teachers to “expose our staff and students to danger arising from the on-going court action against their members”.

There had been tension in the state over alleged plans by the government to sell some government schools to private investors, an allegation that the state has denied.

According to a government statement last night, “Today’s incident whereby some students and members of the public were once again coerced by labour to disrupt school sessions and engage in an unwarranted public protests and wanton destruction of property is highly condemnable.

“Members of the Public will recall that members of the two bodies (NLC and NUT) and their hired collaborators last week disrupted the stakeholders’ forum organized by the government on the proposed particiCONTINUED ON PAGE 9

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Ondo: SDP poised to unseat PDP ‘‘Duyile, expressed optimism that the SDP would be at the helms of affairs of governance in Ondo State next year February after the party might have succeeded in winning landslide in the forthcoming governorship poll.’’

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PDP) has not impressed the people while that of the APC which slogan is change has turned to shame.

“So, if the two political parties which are supposed to provide good platform for the people are not fit, then the people would look for an alternative and the SDP would provide such best alternative and choice for them”, Duyile said.

He added that the party would be willing to conduct free, fair and transparent primary for its aspirants and the emergence of the candidate that would flag the party’s banner in the state governorship poll slated for November.

His words: “We are going to have a credible candidate by conducting a transparent (election) primaries and the party’s manifesto which I wouldn’t want to reveal now is clearly far above that of other political parties in the state.

“Our constitution states a democratic process through transparent primary election for the emergence of our candidate to choose among the aspirants under our platform” he said.

According to him, the duo of Olu Agunloye, a former Minister of Power and steel, and Pius Dawodu, a lawyer and both from Akoko Area of the state have shown interest to contest and flag the SDP banner as its candidate in the guber race.

He added: “The two of them would subject themselves to the rules and regulations of the party but if by chance they agreed among themselves, then we can pick a candidate”.

Duyile, expressed optimism that the SDP would be at the helms of affairs of governance in Ondo State next year February after the party might have succeeded in winning landslide in the forthcoming governorship poll.

He, maintained that if the electoral umpire display high sense of professionalism and give room for free level playing ground, the SDP would remained unbeatable in the election.

The party leader also admonished the headship of all security agencies in the state to avoid being compromised by unscrupulous politicians and their political parties as the campaigns for the election draws nearer.

uled to take part in the primaries.

“The lawmaker called the delegates to his house, requesting, threatening and intimidating the delegates to submit their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) to him, with an intention to disenfranchise the voters and use the PVCs for outward purpose,” he alleged While condemning the act, the minister said such is not acceptable to the generality of APC members in Edo State and the country at large.

Already, all aspirants for the state’s governorship election were at the party secretariat on Monday, returning their forms in preparation for screening and subsequent primaries.

The aspirants included Godwin Obaseki, Egnr. Chris Ogiemwonyi, Gen. Charles Ehigie Airhiavebere (Rtd), Mrs Tina Agbarha, the only woman aspirant, Dr. Pius Odubu and Bar. Keneth Imansuagbon. Others are Prof. Osunbor, Blessing Agbomehere, and Arch. Austine Ifenre Emuan, Emmanuel Arigbe-Osuala and Peter Esele.

Responding when confronted with the allegation of disenfranchisement, Godwin Obaseki, said “I don’t think Chris Ogiemwonyi can say that, he is too responsible to say such a thing, I was in Auchi yesterday where Hon. Philip Shuaibu hosted about 400 delegates and we were

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all seated there and they all (delegates) have their voter cards.

So, for someone to make such an unguarded statement, it is rather unfortunate, and this is what we are trying to discourage that people must run a campaign that is clear and truthful.

Airhiavebere who was in company of the only female aspirant in the race, Mrs. Tina Agbarra declared that “I will not be in the category of people that will step down. And in any

case, where is the face of democracy in this country, how can we grow democracy, how can we consolidate democracy”? he queried.

“I contested in 2012, I was in the PDP, we were nine and the delegate population was 792 and I scored 407 of the votes. The man that came behind me had 187 that is Kenneth Imasuagbon, we have all moved to the APC. At that time, I was not even encouraged even in my own home.

APC to religious leaders on Ramadan: Promote harmony The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday joined Muslim faithful across the country in rejoicing with them over the beginning of the Holy Month of Ramadan in which the Holy Qur’an revealed as a blessing and mercy to all mankind.

In a statement issued by the APC National Secretary, Mai Mala Buni on behalf of the Party, religious leaders were enjoined to always promote religious harmony, tolerance and peaceful co-existence between and among various religious affiliations and also enjoined Muslim faithful to rededicate themselves to the worship of God and service to humanity.

As Muslims commence the mandatory Ramadan fast, Mai Mala Buni also urged Muslim

faithful to use the period to pray for the peace, development and prosperity of the country.

He assured Nigerians that the implementation of palliative measures and social safety nets contained in the 2016 National Budget will ease the economic hardships in the country.

His words: “As President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration works assiduously to build a new solid foundation, credible image and pull the country out of the present hardships, the APC appeals for patience and cooperation from Nigerians. The APC calls on Nigerians to pray and support the administration as it continues to develop and implement socio-development initiatives for the good of the country.”

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Odigie-Oyegun bags UI 2015 Alumni Award “Though disarmingly humble, the revered septuagenarian has continued to put his footprints on the sands of time. Moulded like the Old Roman General ‘He came, he saw and he is still conquering.’’

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On Saturday, June 11, the University of Ibadan Alumni Association will confer the 2015 Alumnus of the Year Award - the Association’s highest honour – on one of the institution’s outstanding graduates, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, National Chair-

man of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and first Executive Governor of Edo State.

Chief Odigie-Oyegun, CON, is the first to be honoured by the University of Ibadan Alumni Association. He is a 1963 graduate of the University of Ibadan,

where he studied Economics.

The Luncheon and Award ceremony is scheduled for Bishop Richard Finn Auditorium (Catholic Centre), University of Ibadan, Ibadan-Oyo State.

Former Vice President and Turakin Adamawa, Atiku

Abubakar, GCON, is Chairman of the occasion. Former Minister of External Affairs and former Nigeria Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, CFR, is Special Guest of Honour. Former Governor of

Abia State and Founder/Chairman SLOK Group, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, MON, and Chairman Eko Hospitals and Onya Ozoma of Onitsha, Dr. Amaechi Obiora are Guests of Honour. Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka is Chief Host.

A statement co-signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Award Planning Committee, Dr. E.O Adewoye and Mr. Temidire Olumoyegun read in part: “Since leaving the University, Odigie-Oyegun has worked in the Nigerian public service and greatly contributed to the growth of the nation. He later became the first Executive Governor of Edo State. Indeed, since his foray into politics, Chief Odigie-Oyegun has continued to excel and only recently in concert with his esteemed colleagues in the Party led All Progressives Congress (APC) to win the 2015 Presidential election.

“Though disarmingly humble, the revered septuagenarian has continued to put his footprints on the sands of time.

Moulded like the Old Roman General ‘He came, he saw and he is still conquering’.

“In appreciation of his service to our dear Nation and for truly identifying with the aspiration and goals of our University and Alumni Association, we are indeed proud to present him as our Alumnus of the Year 2015.”

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patory management of some public secondary schools.

“The decision of the leadership of the NLC to declare total strike without existing labour dispute or ultimatum to the government contravenes all known labour laws and conventions.

“It is quite unfortunate that labour leaders at the national level, who ought to know better, also failed to avail themselves of the opportunity of meeting with officials of the state government to clear apparent misconceptions about the intention of the government.

“The state government wishes to state for the umpteenth time that it never had any intention to privatize, commercialize or cede any of its public secondary schools to any individual or group .

“Rather, the intention of the government is to partner willing stakeholders in the participatory management of a negligible

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number of the public secondary schools, which may not be more than 10 per cent of the existing 631 schools in the end.

“Discussions are still ongoing with stakeholders on the matter and this informed the invitation extended to those concerned, including labour, NUT and other members of the public to come and contribute to the discourse before a final decision is taken by the government.

“The reality of today is that the government alone cannot solve the myriads of challenges confronting education and other critical sectors in the state.

“The unpatriotic role being played by the disgruntled labour leaders and their external collaborators will not proffer solution to the dilapidated state of infrastructure, poor performance of students in public examinations, low morale of teachers and unconducive teaching-learning environment.

“Government will like to remind them that the era of brig-

andage and wanton destruction of public property has become history in the state and we will resist any attempt by any person or group, no matter their status, to draw us back into the dark era.

“The forceful cooption of innocent school children to partake in today’s baseless streets protest anchored on outright falsehood and rumour is rather unwarranted, shameless and evil.

“We want to use this medium to again advise parents to warn their children and wards not to allow themselves to be used for any unlawful gathering or protest, because law enforcement agents have been placed on red alert to disperse any unlawful assembly.

“Workers who have been directed to embark on strike over a matter that is still in the conception stage should have a rethink and report at their duty posts, while the government intensifies efforts to clear arrears of salary”, the statement stressed.

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Aspirant absolves Oshiomhole from imposition as Osunbor returns form Tom Okpe, Abuja Former Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and governorship aspirant in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Edo State, Hon. Emmanuel Arigbe-Osula, has dismissed allegations that the state governor, Adams Oshiomhole has foisted one of the aspirants on his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The aspirant who was at the National secretariat of the party in Abuja last Friday to pick his Expression of Interest Form also noted that the party cannot afford to lose Edo State.

The governor had recently come under attacks from partisan interests, who accused him of publicly displaying preference for one of the aspirants, Godwin Obaseki.

His words: “Edo State cannot afford not to have an APC government not after the hellish things we went through before Oshiomhole got in.

“Gov. Oshiomhole has not anointed any candidate; otherwise there would have been no need for primaries. I am close enough to him, and if there is anything like that, I guess I

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would even be the anointed candidate.

“In the first year in office we would provide 50, 000 private sector jobs for the people and this we intend to do on a yearly basis for the next four years”, he stated.

According to him, Edo people do not have to wait for every four years to get a bag of salt and other food items from politicians, promising to make the people the driving force of his administration.

He also promised public-sector reforms in order to reposition it as the engine room of government. “The public service is to bring funds to government and not depleting the coffers as some agencies have been doing.

Most of the agencies in Edo have the capacity to generate funds for government if they would truly execute or discharge their core mandate, and this is where reforms are necessary”, he said.

Also, former Edo State Governor, Professor Oserheimen Osunbor an APC governorship aspirant returned his nomination and expression of interest form on Friday reiterating his confidence in picking the party’s ticket to run as APC Flag bearer for the Edo Governorship con-

test.

Osunbor, who was at the party National Secretariat in Abuja to submit his nomination form in preparation for the party primaries coming up on June 18 said he cannot be intimidated by any aspirant.

On whether he is not threatened by the alleged anointed candidate of the governor, Godwin Obaseki Osunbor said: “No, he is not a threat, if he were a threat I won’t come to submit my nomination form”.

The former governor who was sacked by a court judgment in 2009 that gave Governor Adams Oshiomhole his first chance to be Edo State Governor added that politicking has been going on well and the familiar terrain he has thread in the past is smooth for him to run on again.

It would be recalled that Osunbor had earlier claimed that he is the most qualified aspirant among all the APC aspirants saying none of the contenders can stand his intimidating credentials.

The number of aspirants for the APC ticket in the state gubernatorial race is swelling by the day as a total of 12 persons have picked the APC nomination form so far.

Yoruba monarchs salute Lagos Assembly for promoting language Alade Tasma Oonı of Ife, Oba Enıtan Ibıdapo Ogunwusı and Alaafın Oyo, Oba Lamıdı Adeyemı III have elogised members of the Lagos State House of Assembly for promotıng Yoruba Language. The two leadıng Yoruba monarchs were specıal royal fathers at the Yoruba summıt aımed at promotıng the speakıng of Yoruba language as well as makıng ıts teachıng compulsory at prımary and secondary levels ın both publıc and prıvate schools ın Lagos State, put together by the Lagos State House of Assembly.

They expressed theır happıness and haıled the Assembly’s ınıtıatıve ın promotıng and preventıng Yoruba language from goıng ınto extınctıon, saying: “Our language ıs our ıdentıty and culture”.

In a lecture, a Yoruba cultural ambassador, scholar, playwright and actor, Professor Akinwunmi

Ishola saıd all hands must be on deck towards the contınuous promotion of Yoruba Language stressed that people are better known by their language and culture.

Though physıcally present but due to old age the lecture was delivered on hıs behalf by Professor Duro Adeleke from the University of Ibadan. Professor Ishola who emphasısed the three recognised languages ın Nıgerıa to ınclude; Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa saıd the essence of speaking one’s language can not be over-emphasised.

He explaıned that India and Arab countries that were colonised by the British, did not neglect their local languages but have liberated themselves through theır languages.

“We should speak Yoruba in our institutions. Yoruba is one of the languages recommended to be taught in our schools to promote unity and it occupies a prominent

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position amongst languages in the world.

“If you lose your language, you would lose your culture. Language of a people has to do with their culture, language, mode of dressıng, hairstyles and other things,” he said.

He explained that Yoruba is rich in greetings sayıng Yoruba has ways of greetings for all occasions. He dısclosed that ‘Ifa’ Oracle was sent to the United Nations Education and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO) in 2004 and that it was recognised as be-

ing rich in culture in 2005.

He suggested that Yoruba Language should be made compulsory in all primary and secondary schools in the state and that it should be a general study in colleges of education, polytechnics and universities, and that books written in foreign languages be translated into Yoruba Language.

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi agaın commended the organisers of the programme and said obas in Yorubaland would do all thıngs possıble to support any move to promote the Yoruba Language, insisting: “our language is our ıdentıty and culture”. The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi urged Yorubas to see themselves as leaders stressing that God has blessed the Yorubas in so many ways and regretted that Yorubas are not promoting their culture and language due to in-fighting and disunity, this, he saıd, is causing a lot of setbacks to Yoruba Language.

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Pray for Buhari, Presidency urges Nigerians Ï R ƈ Ƅ Ɖ Ɛ ƅƐ ^ƏƆ ƈƗƆ Ɛ Ƈ Ə ơƠ Ɨ ƕ Ï z ƕ 01 ƗƈƗ ôƐ ƌƆ Ƌ ƐƆƏ ƈ ƆƐ ƏƆƅ ƒƆƏƕ Ƌƈ Ɛ – Says VP Egena Egena ƄƑƉ

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Presidency on Monday called on Nigerians to pray fervently for President Muhammadu Buhari who is on a 10-day trip abroad during which he would seek treatment for a persistent ear infection.

This is even as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is expected to act as President for the period Buhari would be away.

Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media

and Publicity, urged Nigerians to prayers for Buhari in a statement, saying: “Rather than going into frenzy, I will urge Nigerians to show goodwill and patriotism; they should pray for him and wish him well.

“Things about health, life and death are in the hands of God, but I believe that all is well. God will take care of him and take care of the country.’’

Adesina said President Buhari was seeking further treatment for his ear infection abroad and dismissed reports that he was ill.

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The presidential aide said Buhari was going to London to spend part of his annual leave.

He explained that the president would use the opportunity of his vacation to see an ENT specialist for a persistent ear infection.

According to Adesina, President Buhari effectively performed his presidential duties until he left Nigeria for London on Monday.

“The buzz going round town is that the president is “ill”, but “ill” will be a misnomer; it should not be the right word to use.

“The President is going for 10day rest and during that period, he will see specialists who will look at his ear; he has been treating that ear locally for some time.

the ones they have deployed to Escravos, Forcados in Delta State; Bonga oil field, Agbami offshore and Brass in Bayelsa; Bony in Rivers; Qua Iboe Terminal in Akwa Ibom State, and Opuekeba in Ondo State if they fail to remove them before time. Our crack team has taken inventory of their equipment. Even the present suffering from a rare ear disease known as Meniere’s disease by President Muhammadu Buhari will not win any sympathy to save our action against the Federal Government. The name Nigeria as a country will come to an end this week”, the group in the statement said.

Meanwhile, the militant group, on Monday, alleged that former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, has fled to Libya.

The group said though the Military can’t locate Tompolo, they have identified where he is presently.

General Akotebe Darikoro, Commander, General Duties; General Torunanaowei Latei, Creeks Network Coordinato; General Agbakakuro Owei-Tauro, Pipelines Bleeding Expert and General Pulokiri Ebiladei, Intelligence Bureau of JNDLF, made the claim in a statement.

“Presently, Tompolo is in Libya and we’ll get him dead or alive for betraying us in supporting the Federal Government against us,” they said in the statement.

The group said: “Nigerian Military has weak intelligence gathering mechanism hence they could not identify our modu oparandi.

Nigerian military is only good in carrying AK47 to harass innocent people and raping young girls and women.”

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“Ultimately, it means that you would be an ambassador for Nigeria, and you would be able to proudly go around the world and say, I am a citizen of Nigeria.

“Isn’t it true that we are all citizens of a proud Nigeria – home to great civilizations, such as the NOK and Igbo Uku, which date back over 4,000 years? We are one of the oldest cultures in the world.

“We are a civilization that had faced challenges, fought wars, and reformed our systems. We have

always prevailed through difficult times. We are a civilization that now stands at a crossroads, a key time when we must make a decision to move forward or go back.

“It is my belief, that no matter what location, no matter what faction, no matter what tribe, each one of us can come together as citizens of the future Nigeria.”

Citing Ralph Nader, an American Green Party politician who said, “There can be no daily democracy, without daily citizenship,” the former president said Nigerians needed a shift in their mindset to consider the rights of everyone when making government and in-

vestment decisions.

Rather than spending money on resources that would run out, he advised that the country should invest in people who he described as “constant elements in the socioeconomic transformation of society.”

With a projected population that would surpass that of the United States by the year 2050, he called for huge investment in the Nigerian people to avoid the crisis associated with having a growing but poor population.

Mr. Jonathan advocated increased funding of education to empower and ensure the future of

the country and the citizenry.

He said a future with highly educated citizenry would translate to safer cities, stable economy, and more businesses.

“When young people don’t have access to education, their future is jeopardized and statistics show that they may be prone to antisocial and criminal activities,” he said.

“I am proud of the fact that my administration established federal universities in every one of the 12 states that did not previously have them. Now, for the first time in our country’s history, every state has a university established by the federal government.

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Army boosts personnel’s counter insurgency intelligence Chijioke Kingsley Jos

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L-R: Guest Speaker/Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Julius Okojie; Vice Chancellor, University of Jos, Prof. Hayward Mafuyai and Chairman, Association of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Prof. Adebiyi Daramola, at the AVCNU sensitisation workshop on academic ceremonies in Jos… on Monday.

Ogbe-Ijoh-Aladja crisis deepens, residents flee homes, three feared killed Nosa Ogiugo Asaba

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all attempts by the Delta State government, including stakeholders to restore peace in the lingering communal clashes between Aladja community and OgbeJoh community in Udu Local Government and Warri South Local Government Areas respectively, no fewer than three persons have been reportedly feared killed last weekend.

While the search for the peace seems to have turned bloodbath, the peace also seems

to be elusive as Ogbe-Ijoh youths have allegedly continued with their hostility and have attacked one Sunday Damijo, a native of Aladja community, allegedly leaving him with severe injuries.

But the Acting Police image maker in the state, Mr. Charles Muka, confirmed that the Police were working hard to restore peace to both communities, disclosing that three persons were arrested and are currently helping the Police on their investigation.

He said: “We cannot confirm if the three persons allegedly attacked have died, but we are aware they were attacked and

we are doing our best to bring a lasting peace.”

Speaking to our correspondent, the victim, Sunday Damijo said he took a lady passenger to Ogbe-Ijoh on his motorcycle to the health centre, adding that while he was waiting, some youths from Ogbe-Ijoh allegedly attacked him, and left him with deep cut wounds in his head.

Investigation revealed that Ogbe-Ijoh youths have refused to thread the path of peace as two buildings belonging to Aladja indigenes have been demolished, while some residents of Aladja community have fled their homes for fear of the unknown.

On Sunday night, sources said there was sporadic shootings allegedly sponsored by youths believed to be from Ogbe-Ijoh, but an elder statesman in Ogbe-Ijoh, Chief Paul Mulkoro dispelled as untrue, stating that the crisis degenerated when youths from Aladja community allegedly beat up two youths from Ogbe-Ijoh.

Expectedly, the communal clashes which also involved boundary dispute between the two communities have been unabated in the past six months, a situation several persons had been allegedly killed and houses burnt inn a swift reaction.

Detained Oyo labour leaders regain freedom Remi Oladoye Ibadan

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labour union leaders in Oyo State, on Monday, regained their freedom as students of secondary school took to the streets protesting against the new education policy of the state government.

As early as 7 am on Monday morning, hundreds of progovernment protesters from

various local government across the state, stormed the Iyaganku area to counter the planned action of the workers union who were directed by their leaders to resume at the court and stay until their leaders were released.

The pro-government protesters raised placard with a lot of inscriptions condemning the actions of Olojede and others who they also described as an agent of misinformation.

Adekola Oladeji, a pro-

government protestant from Egbeda said they came to support the government decision, particularly in telling the world that Ajimobi is a good leader who meant well for the people of the state, adding that his government is not using veto power on them, but unfortunately the NLC is taking it the other way round, “that is why we are here to seek for peace so that NLC should engage in dialogue with the government.”

Ogundeji Sola Ayoola from Atisbo Local Government said, “We have had series of government in Oyo state and I want to tell you that we do not have any government that is as effective as this government, this government is ready to dialogue with the people on this issue, the labour people should allow peace to reign, everyone will enjoy at the long run.”

Nigeria Army, on Monday, tasked personnel to be equip with the Intelligence Preparation on the Battle Space (IPB), in other to meet with the current challenges on the growing insurgency in the various parts of the country.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the five days training programme, organised to boost security personnel intelligence on counter terrorism and insurgency, the Acting General Officer Commanding, 3 Division Nigeria Army, Brigadier General Elvis Njoku, stated that the training is imperative as personnel could be called upon to lead troops to quell the growing trend of the insurgency, either in the SouthSouth region were we have the Niger Delta Avengers, or the South-East, with the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), or the North-East with the Boko Haram terrorist group.

Adamawa lawmakers probe LG salary delay Tom Garba Yola

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State House of Assembly has constituted a seven-man Ad-hoc committee to look into the problem of nonpayment of salaries in most local governments of the state.

The committee came up as a result of a motion moved by the Deputy Speaker, Mr Sunday Peter, under “Matter of Urgent Public Importance”.

Sunday Peter raised concern over non-payment of council staff, local health workers and teachers for several months, adding that as representatives of the people from the grass roots, the House needed to intervene in finding solution to the problem.

Other speakers at the Monday plenary including Mohammed Mahmud (APC-Mayo-Belwa), Emmanuel Tsamdu (PDP-Madagali), and Hassan Barguma (APC-Hong), lamented the plight of council workers and urged the house to intervene.

The House Speaker, Kabiru Mijinyawa, who presided over the plenary where a resolution was passed for an ad-hoc committee, listed seven member committee with the deputy speaker as chairman.

The committee is to submit report in one week.

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Terminal operators should embrace dialogue

R Martins Nwamadi

oget’s Thesaurus Dictionary defines Dialogue as colloquy, parlance, repartee, Talk. Aristotle Socrates and Plato were the greatest minds in ancient Greece. Socrates (C. 469-399BC) left no writings but much about him was through the dialogues of Plato. His legacy is the Socratic method of reaching an answer through a dialogue of questioning, and arriving at the truth by discerning the difference between opposite points of view. Nations dialogue over contentious issues, families dialogue over property, especially when the upkeep allowance is no more realistic. Corporate organisations or public agencies dialogue with unions over unpaid emoluments. Dialogue is therefore acceptable as conflict resolution mechanism.

Therefore, there is dignity when parties dialogue to resolve issues that hitherto looked confrontational. And this is why Churchill once said that, “our destiny sometimes depends upon the most trivial of the decisions.”

Recent moves by terminal operators to sue the Federal Government calls for caution. The commercialisation of port operations in Nigeria in 2007 saw the leasing/concessionning of 25 port terminals to private operators with lease agreements ranging between 10 to 25 years. One of the concessions was to Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis. If we critically undertake a stock taking in the past nine years, the 16 terminal operators that have worked in Nigeria and equally examine their investment portfolio, there is no gain saying that they actually invested heavily in equipment, human resources and automation.

Their presence to a certain extent changed the face of shipping and its operations in Nigeria. We must therefore commend them for believing in Nigeria and bringing their foreign expertise to bear in our port operations. However, they too must acknowledge that their return on investment compared to other climes will reveal a marvel. It must be positive + positive return. If a study or comparative analysis is conducted vis-à-vis their parent companies, it will definitely show that terminal operators are enjoying the best of times in Nigeria I was a bit worried to know that terminal operators instituted another court case against the Federal Republic of Nigeria. While some cases have been vacated or struck out for some reasons, some are still ongoing. In addition, what are the bases of all these litigations?.

Challenging the Federal Government’s appointment of a regulator that will bring sanity to the ports. When the Nigerian Shippers’ Council was pronounced as Port Economic Regulator, apprehensions set in. Recall that in 2007 port concessionning agreement, there was a clause stating that there must be a regulator to ensure sanity of purpose. Nevertheless, the Federal Government in its wisdom or lack of it could not appoint one at inception. So, in February 2014, the Federal Government pronounced Nigerian Shippers’ Council as Port Economic Regulator and followed it up with an order titled: Ports Economic Regulator Order 2015 and published in the Federal Republic of Nigeria official gazette No 34 Vol. 102 of March 27, 2015, as government.

Notice No 40.

The NSC Act provides sufficient brick wall for economic regulation in section 3. Most importantly, it outlines the basic responsibilities of improving

the regulatory regime of Nigerian ports for the control of tariffs, rates, charges and other related economic charges. It also requires NSC to enforce fair trade practices to protect rights and balance interest of providers and users of port services. The Act also allows NSC to mediate and establish modern dispute resolution mechanism and to minimise high costs of doing business at Nigerian ports.

From the above, one would appreciate that the numerous litigations by terminal operators is not against the Nigerian Shippers’ Council as an institution of change but the must curious challenge is why it should look into the “gold mine” we have been digging unhindered since 2007.

This is why, it is advisable that terminal operators toe the line of decency and engage the regulator in a dialogue.

Experience shows that those who question the veracity or otherwise of government institutions and its laws often end up the losers.

Look at the judgments entered into or against FAAN by Bi - Courtney Nigeria or the MTN/ NCC row. MTN had to invite the President of South Africa to come and dialogue with Nigerian leaders over the impasse. Also, as part of the dialogue process, MTN withdrew its litigation on the matter. Also, recall, how some banks caught over financial sleaze or FOREX round tripping opted for dialogue with CBN to mitigate their penalty.

It is not likely for any corporate entity to sue a government agency regulating its functions and get away unhurt.

This is why I advise the terminal operators to withdraw all impending cases and extend an olive branch to NSC for a new era of rapprochement. Politicians of all hues will always say that there

are no rights without responsibilities.

This is used to justify the taking away of rights and privileges of people to claim benefits, unless they meet their responsibilities.

Nigerian Shippers’ Council as an organic entity can only live when the terminal operators and all port users survive and grow. I am sure that if the concept of dialogue is applied, the council would take another look at the contentious issues especially the tariff hike, and port charges. As at today, cost of inflation and sourcing of FOREX are negatively impacting on port operations. All these will be taken into consideration if the parties come to a round table. Agitation for enhanced wages and the global recession occasioned by energy costs will be part of the review process. Volatile issues are resolved amicably and warring parties go home dignified without loosing or bruising their egos. Anon once said that; “Contra negantem principia non est disputandum, meaning; You cannot argue with someone who denies the first principles.”

The Federal Government and its agencies are giagantic institutions and as father of all, they patiently listen to the cries of their children who confidently turn to them. Wisdom is being wise at the right time.

I therefore urge terminal operators to critically review the journey so far and examine if they have chosen the right path or enter into dialogue. The Federal Government wants your survival because you play a critical role but not in a hostile environment.

Remember when you quarrel, always leave room for making up.

Nwamadi is a journalist based in Lagos

Re-inventing dialogue with Labour Ministry Polycarp Onwubiko

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t is heartwarming that the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) heeded the rational admonition of the Labour Minister, Senator Chris Ngige, to call off their strike before government would resume discussion with it.

It is unfortunate that the two umbrella labour bodies, NLC and TUC fell apart on the option of strike action but this time they should stream line their perspectives and reach a reasonable consensus with the government on how to ameliorate the pangs of the increase in petroleum prices.

The most important thing is to prevail on the federal government to immediately review revenue allocation so that more money will go to the states to enable them implement the inevitable new minimum wage.

It amounts to an illusion to expect the states to pay the envisaged new minimum wage with the subsisting revenue allocation.

The pervasive unemployment situation in Nigeria calls for creative ways by the Labour Ministry to solve the problem. This is because the ministry occupies a strategic position with enormous challenges to live up to one of the cardinal election manifestoes of the APC-led Federal Government.

It is the expectation of Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari will manifestly be committed to ensuring that every facet of the Nigerian economy is resuscitated to impact positively on the lives of the downtrodden.

Therefore, economic diversification must be seen as a desideratum and it calls for immediate amendment of the laws that prevent state govern-

ments from exploring and exploiting the natural and mineral resources in their domains.

According to Buhari, one of the main thrusts of his government is to create the enabling environment to position the private sector to create jobs. The Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige in a forum expressed the readiness of the ministry to synergise with public and organised private sectors to create the institutional frameworks for job creation and good welfare packages for the employed.

It has become imperative that jobs have to be created to absorb the evergrowing army of productive individuals yearning to contribute to national development.

It is pertinent to note that the untimely demise of the Minister of State in the ministry Barr. James Ocholi on March 6 2016 in a ghastly road mishap

robbed the administration of a resourceful personality. In his tribute, vice president, Yemi Osinbajo said that within government and the party, Ocholi was highly regarded. “We have lost someone we held in high esteem”.

Recalling some of the official engagements of Ocholi, it became obvious that he and the substantive minister were selected as if by premonition of the President.

The late Ocholi intervened to avert industrial action in the health sector. He prevailed on the aggrieved workers to sheath their swords, which enabled him to study the antecedents, which at the end of the day enabled the President to proffer lasting solution to the protracted industrial unrest.

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he Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN) Games in Ebonyi state has been concluded with the Christian Centre of Nigeria (CCN) male team beating the Catholic Secretariat team 1-0 in the football final.

The match which was held inside the Abakaliki Sports Stadium was witnessed by a crowd of about 5, 000 fans

CCN emerges winner of YOWICAN

games competition in Ebonyi with top government and religious dignitaries.

The Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon Francis Nwifuru represented Chief David Umahi, the State Governor while top Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Stalwarts in the state also attended.

The CAN female team also beat

the Catholic Secretariat female team in the Volley Ball final as the Organisation of African Institutional Churches (OAIC) won the third position in the football event while the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) won the same in the volley ball event.

The State Commissioner for

Youths and Sports, Mr Charles Akpuenika, noted the competition was a further attestation of the state government’s resolve to revamp sports in the state.

“His Excellency, the state governor approved and sponsored the State’s Sports Summit which gave rise to organization of several of sports

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competition and youth programmes in the state.

He noted that such competitions and events include: the International Youth Week Celebration, the U-17 Governor’s Cup competition for the 13 Local Government Area of the state and the Ekubaraoha Urban Football Competitions among others.

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Wolves sack players who refused to lie over unpaid

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ivers United technical manager Stanley Eguma believes Wednesday’s Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) game against champions Enyimba is a game his charges cannot afford to lose.

United have surprised many with their impressive form this season and currently sit in second place on the standings

following a 1-0 win over Lobi Stars in their last NPFL game on Sunday.

Eguma wants another big performance against the People’s Elephant on Wednesday in what should be a compelling contest in Umuahia.

“The game is a big one as Enyimba are direct rival this season.

“Playing in Umuahia can be likened

to playing at a neutral venue (Enyimba traditionally play their home games in Aba).

“My only problem with playing in Umuahia is the pitch (at the Umuahia Township Stadium).

“There is nothing anyone can do now though so the only option open to us is to work hard and see that we come back to Port Harcourt with some points,” Eguma

told supersport.com.

Rivers United stunned Enyimba 1-0 in the reverse fixture in Port Harcourt on February 21 but Eguma says he does not expect Wednesday’s fixture to be quite as straightforward.

“Having lost the (reverse fixture) in Port Harcourt, Enyimba will come all out against us seeking a pound of flesh.

Dogo labels MFM tie ‘revenge match’

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asarawa United head coach, Kabir Dogo has said his side are coming to Lagos to revenge the first term defeat at newcomers, Mountain of Fire Miracles Ministries (MFM) FC. The Solid Miners will be the guests of MFM FC in Wednesday’s Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) matchday 21 clash at the Agege Township Stadium in Lagos.

The Lafia-based side were stunned 1-2 by the Lagos outfit in top-flight

matchday 1 clash in Makurdi.

Dogo said his are boosted to challenge for the whole three points at MFM FC with the heart-warming 2-1 win against the Nigerian champions, Enyimba.

“We are coming to Lagos to revenge the NPFL first day match loss to MFM FC at our adopted home in Makurdi.

“We lost 1-2 to MFM FC, a painful defeat and a dent on our image, so we are heading to Lagos to recover wholly the three points.

“The players are 100% ready for the

clash and quite boosted by the heartwarming victory against champions, Enyimba.

“Already we understand that the second stanza of the league will be quite a different ball game compared with the first term.

“The second stanza is certain going to determine the champions as well as the relegated sides so we are throwing into the ring everything to ensure we are counted positively among our competitors.

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everal players including Markson Ojobo and Solomon Babatunde were fired by Warri Wolves after they refused to sign the indebtedness form issued by the LMC as the Nigeria league club had yet to pay them three months’ salaries.

AfricanFootball.com specially gathered that some other players, mostly the home boys, like Goodluck Onamado and Joseph Eyimofe agreed to go along with the club’s script by signing the form even though they have not been paid for the past three months.

“The players who refused to sign the form to show the club is not owing them any salaries were promptly eased out of the club,” a top source told AfricanFootball. com.

Both Ojobo and Solomon Babatunde are now believed to have joined Rivers United.

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he Spanish coach will take his new side to the Allianz Arena for a game on July 20 in what is scheduled to be the first match of his three-year reign at the Etihad.

Guardiola, who officially takes over his job on July 1, has planned a competitive preseason for his

new club with games against Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal already confirmed.

The 45-year-old revealed he would leave German champions Bayern in December before being confirmed as the new City boss on Feb 2.

He won three Bundesliga titles and two domestic cups during his three years in Munich, although some claimed he failed during his time at the club due to his inability to win the Champions League.

“Playing Bayern Munich is always a great occasion and this match has the added excitement of our

new head coach Pep Guardiola returning to play with Manchester City against his former club,” City chief executive Ferran Soriano said “Bayern will provide fitting opposition as our team continues its pre-season preparations and we will be able to connect with our fans in Germany.”

to decide Leicester City future after Euro 2016 T

he midfielder confirms he has received offers to leave the Premier League champions but insists he won’t make a decision on where his future lies until after the Euros N’Golo Kante insists he will not make a decision on his future until after Euro 2016 but confirms he has received offers to leave Leicester City.

The 25-year-old was one of the Premier League’s standout stars this season, playing a key role in the Foxes’ remarkable title triumph.

Kante is currently preparing with the France squad ahead of the Euros and the midfielder says he will only announce where his future lies once the tournament is over.

“I am a Leicester player,” said Kante.

“For now, I have not taken a decision even if I have been made offers.

“It will be great to play in the Champions League. I will decide my future after the Euros.”

Everton agree compensation Coutinho

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verton are a step closer to making Ronald Koeman their next manager after agreeing a compensation package with Southampton, according to Sky

Koeman

Sports The Blues are expected to hand the Saints £5 million to prise the Dutchman away from St. Mary’s to take charge at Goodison Park ahead of next season.

Majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri has been relentless in trying to persuade Koeman that his future lies away from the South coast club, and is rumoured to have offered him a £6 million-a-year contract to move to Everton.

The 53-year-old is believed to already held talks with Everton’s board about agreeing to take over from Roberto Martinez, who was sacked last month.

However, Koeman’s agent Rob Jansen stated at the weekend that talks were still continuing between the parties and that no resolution was imminent.

Those discussions appear to be nearing a conclusion now, though, after Southampton appeared to agree to let the Toffees officially hold talks with Koeman.

Carneiroturns down £1.2m

settlement fee from Chelsea T he 42-year-old former club physio’s employment tribunal began on Monday, while Jose Mourinho is expected to give evidence Former Chelsea physio Eva Carneiro rejected a settlement offer of £1.2 million before her employment tribunal, official documents have revealed.

Carneiro’s tribunal began in Croydon on Monday with the case expected to run over seven to 10 days.

The 42-year-old doctor was publicly criticised by

Mourinho for running on to the pitch to treat Eden Hazard in the closing stages of Chelsea’s draw with Swansea City on the opening day of the season last August.

Carneiro, who was called “impulsive and naive” by Mourinho, was then stripped of her first-team duties before she left the club in September.

Carneiro is claiming constructive dismissal against Chelsea and also has another case against Jose Mourinho for alleged victimisation and discrimination.

Mourinho was not in south London on Monday but is expected to give evidence.

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he full-back, who is on the verge of joining Juventus, has backed his Brazil team-mate to play for Barcelona after facing another season without European football at Anfield Dani Alves has suggested Philippe Coutinho should quit Liverpool in favour of a “top Champions League side” and feels his Brazil team-mate could play for Barcelona.

Coutinho enjoyed another stellar season at Anfield, sweeping the board at the end-of-season awards for the second consecutive season, but will be without European football once again.

Alves respects Liverpool’s history but recognises that Coutinho should be able to play at the top of the game on a regular basis amid links with Paris Saint-Germain.

Football is about living the moment,” Alves told Yahoo Esportes.

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Euro Campaign Russia’s Igor Denisov — Fernando Santos out of Euro Denisov

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ussia have woken up in their home from home for the first time in what they hope will be a month or more. However, their excitement upon arrival has been tempered by the news midfielder Igor Denisov will miss UEFA EURO 2016 with a thigh injury.

The team landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport on Sunday evening, the plane taxiing to a quiet part of the airport to allow the squad to disembark in low-key fashion.

They shook hands with various dignitaries – from the Russian Embassy and UEFA – before being whisked away on the team bus.

Although Denisov made the trip with the squad, he has now been ruled out of the tournament with a thigh problem picked up in the 1-1 friendly draw with Serbia on Sunday.

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ortugal coach Fernando Santos is counting on Cristiano Ronaldo to use another impressive season with Real Madrid as a springboard to a strong Euro 2016 campaign.

His presence is a boost for Portugal, who lost 1-0 to England in a friendly last week and take on Estonia on Wednesday in Lisbon in their final warm-up game.

Santos had wanted to give Ronaldo and Real defender Pepe a chance to a catch their breath before they joined the team.

“They needed to rest,” Santos told Spanish sports magazine Marca.

“It’s better for everyone that they arrive happy and with that extra bounce after achieving their aims.”

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Ireland duo Lafferty and

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orthern Ireland duo Lafferty and Cathcart take part in training Kyle Lafferty and Chris Cathcart both took part in Northern Ireland’s first training session in France on Monday as they recovered from the bruising friendly against Slovakia.

Michael O’Neill, the Northern Ireland manager, withdrew his leading striker and the central defender during the goalless draw in Trnava on Saturday as a precaution against further injury.

Lafferty reported a tight calf, and also showed the referee the stud marks on his chest following a challenge by the Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel, while Cathcart was substituted after taking a knee in the back.

The pair were involved in Northern Ireland’s first session at Parc Montchervet, however, the small town 40 kilometres north of Lyon where O’Neill’s squad are based for the first European Championship in the country’s history.

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Ronaldo scored 51 goals in 48 games in all competitions for Real this season.

“If he is so important for Real, you can only imagine how significant he is for Portugal. Certainly the same o r even more.

“When you have players that score 50 to 60 goals per season, and who can always score, they are of vital importance. It’s impossible to quantify.”

Ronaldo’s fitness is a concern, with tendonitis preventing him from being at his best at the 2014 World Cup when Portugal crashed out in the group stages.

“There’s always talk that all the players must arrive 100 percent,” Santos said. “But that is never the reality.

Keane

obbie Keane has given Martin O’Neill a boost after he took part in training a week ahead of the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2016 opener against Sweden.

Keane missed Ireland’s tournament warm-up friendlies against the Netherlands and Belarus at the end of May and O’Neill revealed that, due to a calf strain, there were doubts over the

LA Galaxy striker’s fitness leading into the game against Sweden, which takes place on Monday, June 13.

Nevertheless, the 35-year-old joined the squad for training in Dublin on Monday, with his left leg heavily strapped and O’Neill revealed that the striker is “ahead of schedule.”

While Keane re-joined the group for the session at Abbotstown,

Stoke City attacker Jonathan Walters and Norwich City’s Robbie Brady sat it out and trained individually.

Ireland take on Sweden at the Stade de France on Monday, June 13 before facing Belgium on June 18 and concluding their Group E fixtures against Italy on June 22.

‘Spain will

learn from W/Cup woes’ S pain can learn from their 2014 World Cup nightmare and become the first side to win a third successive European Championship, coach Vicente del Bosque said.

After capturing the European title in 2008 and 2012 and a first World Cup in 2010, Spain did not cope with the pressure of being favourites in Brazil and were knocked out in the first round.

“One has to differentiate between an aim and an obligation,” Del Bosque told Marca on Monday.

“To win the title cannot be an obligation. There is always an important lesson to be learned when you lose.”

Spain lost their first two games in Brazil, including a 5-1 drubbing by the Netherlands who they beat 1-0 in the World Cup final in South Africa.

The players were accused back home of being complacent and overconfident.

“It was not a humility issue but a sporting one,” Del Bosque said.

“We lost against teams that were superior to us on the pitch. We never made excuses. We never thought we were superior or unbeatable.”

Spain, who also won the European title in 1964, open their campaign next Monday against the Czech Republic in Toulouse.

“We go into the tournament with the maximum ambition and that is to defend the title that we achieved four years ago,” Del Bosque said.

“It’s the same situation that we were in at Euro 2012 but with a bit more responsibility because we now have to defend two straight titles.”

Del Bosque picked out the traditional heavyweights as his team’s main rivals.

“There is World Cup holders Germany and tournament hosts France who have a very strong team,” he said. “Then there is Italy with their competitive gene.

We cannot forget England, Belgium, Croatia, Poland.”

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I formerly known and addressed as SHOETAN MOSES CARTER. now wish to be known and address as SHOETAN MOSES DAMILARE. All former documents remain valid the General public should please take.

I FORMALLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALADE OLUFUNKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OYNWOLE VICTORIA OLUFUNKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

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CORRECTION OF NAME

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

ALEGBE TEDDY

UPERE KALU AWA

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MRS. ONYENWE CHIBUIKE MIRACLE

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PRINCE MONDAY

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JOHN-AFRICA ISRAEL

CORRECTION OF NAME

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OGUNBADEJO OLUWAFUNMILAYO CHRISTIANA

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Trustees : 1. REV. EBIRIM LINUS CHIJIOKE. - General Overseer 2 . ORIJI CHARLES UCHENNA. -Secretary 3 . EZE SUNDAY CHIKA. -Treasurer 4. EBIRIM IHECHI LILIAN. -MEMBER 5. ONWULIRI ONUABUGHICHI. - MEMBER Aim and objective 1: To preach the word of God Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguyi Ironsi Street, P.M.B. 198, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

Signed: General Overseer

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INDUSTRIOUS MEN ASSOCIATION, LAGOS BRANCH

ENINYA HOME EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE.

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 No. 1 of 1990.

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.

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Trustees (1) HON. JOY ODELIGBO AGI, PH.D, MNI. (2) HON. JOSEPH UKPOKWU. (3) HON. CHRISTOPHER O. SIMON.

AIMS 1. to foster unity, love and progress among members 2.to encourage hard work and reward excellent among members 3. To carter for the needs and welfares of members

Aims/ objects: Economic empowerment of vulnerable and marginalized in the society through provision of resources.

(2) to improve quality of life of these groups.

Any objection to the registration should be addressed to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, P.M.B 198 Maitama Abuja, within 28 days from the date 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: Sunday udoh oruk....... Chairman

Signed: Secretary

IDEATO INTERNATIONAL MARKET SHOP OWNERS ASSOCIATION. 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. Sir Gabriel Ikebudu .

2.Barr Paulinus Aluchuru.

3. Sir Anthony Okpara.

4.Sir Samuel Ihionu.

5.Mr. Patrick Ekeledo.

6.Chief Bartholomew Ubah.

7.Sir Everist Okpo.

8.Chief Elebeke Uche Cletus.

9.Chief Ikeh Cajetan Onyinyechukwu. 10. Mr Enwenum Chukwuemeka.

Aims and objectives.

1. To Promote And Encourage Rural And Urban Community Development.

2. To Protect The Interest Of Members.

3. To Promote Humanitarian Services.

Any objection to the registration should be addressed to the RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, P.M.B 198 Maitama Abuja, within 28 days from the date of this publication.

Signed: Barr Paulinus Aluchuru Esq & Solisitor

LOSS OF DOCUMENT Notice is hereby given to the general public that the title land document of the underlisted Named person has been lost/ Stolen. All efforts made to trace the document proved abortive. The information as to the document is as follows: location: Amuwo Odofin scheme , Lagos Name of Acquisition: Aremu Alabi File/C of O no: 92/92/1982 Plot no: 2025 block 55 Any person(s) with useful information about this missing document should contact the underlisted phone no. 07080841093. The genera public is hereby warned that anybody who transacts business with any persons) on the aformentioned document did so at his/her own risk. General public please take note.

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Court grants convicted Omatseye N500, 000 bail pending appeal Peter Fowoyo.

ÎÎÎRespite, on Monday, came

the way of ex Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Raymond Omatseye, who was convicted on charges of contract scam, as a Federal High Court, in Lagos granted him N500, 000 bail.

The court had found Omatseye guilty of 24 out of the 27 counts preferred against him.

Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia granted him bail pending the hearing and de-

termination of his appeal at the Court of Appeal.

“I have looked at the processes filed by appellant but I have a discretion which must be exercised judicially and judiciously.

“In the applicant’s affidavit, he deposed to the fact that his child suffers from a severe medical condition, which is an uncontrollable epilepsy seizure, which has put the family under serious strain.

“I will admit the appellant to bail on the single ground of been a father.

“Even a mad woman will

come after you if you toil with her child.

“The applicant is hereby admitted to bail in the sum of N500, 000 with two sureties each in like sum.

“One of the sureties must be a level 16 officer in the civil service, who must deposit his international passport with the court’s registry,” she held.

Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia had on May 20, sentenced Omatseye to a prison term of five years for awarding contracts above threshold while in office.

She, however, discharged

and acquitted him of three out of the 27 counts bordering on bid rigging.

Ajumogobia found Omatseye guilty of the offence of awarding contracts above stipulated threshold, and accordingly convicted him on counts 1 to 20, 24, 25, 26 and 27.

She, however, discharged and acquitted him on counts 21, 22 and 23 of the charge.

In challenging the verdict, Omatseye had prayed the court to grant him bail pending the determination of his appeal lodged at the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division.

Omatseye

Bank staff defrauds customer N2.4m Pita Chikwem, Minna

ÎÎÎA resident of Minna, the

Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abubakar; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. David Lawal; Acting National Chairman, Save Democracy Group, (SDG), Hon. Ghali Na’Abba; Akwa Ibom State Deputy Governor, Moses Ekpo and Director-General, SDG Africa, Dr Ifedi Okwenna, during the 2016 Nigeria Democracy Day lecture/launch of the book titled ‘Strategic Framework of Action for Political Developments in Nigeria’ held in Abuja… recently.

Umahi redeploys Ramadan: Pray for Edo election, Commissioners, Oshiomhole tells Muslims appoints SAs ety and renewed commitment Titus Akhigbe, Jacob Ogodo, Abakaliki

ÎÎÎEbonyi

State Governor, Chief Dave Umahi, on Monday, redeployed the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mrs. Elizabeth Ogbaga to the Ministry of Border Peace and Conflict Resolution.

Umahi also redeployed the Commissioner for Border Peace and Conflict Resolution, Hon. Obinna Nwachukwu to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

In a statement issued by his Principal Secretary, Mr. Clement Nweke, Umahi said the redeployment was with immediate effect.

Benin

ÎÎÎGovernor

Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has urged the Muslim Ummah to use the holy month of Ramadan to offer prayers for continued peace in the state and success of the gubernatorial elections holding later in the year.

In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Peter Okhiria, the Governor said that the Ramadan offered the faithful the opportunity to reconnect to their maker.

According to the statement: “I congratulate the Muslim faithful as they begin this year’s Ramadan fast, which is one of the five pillars of Islam.

The Ramadan offers the faithful the opportunity to undertake personal restitution, pi-

to Allah, They should also continue to do good to all men, especially the less-privileged.

“I appeal to the Muslim Community to offer special prayers for the continued peace and progress in the state and for the peaceful conduct and success of the gubernatorial election holding later in the year.

Gov. Oshiomhole

Niger State capital, Mrs. Constance Orisakwe, has brought a direct criminal complaint against one Yahuza Hassan before a Minna Magistrate Court for allegedly defrauding her of N2.4 million.

This was contained in a complaint letter to the court against Hassan the account officer of Diamond Bank Plc., Minna signed by Mr. Ihemeatulam Gavers of Lord of Justice Chambers, Minna, the complaint’s solicitor and made available to newsmen on Monday.

The summons with case number CMC/DC/ CR/78/2016 reads, “direct

criminal complaint of breach of trust by a banker. Contrary to Section 315, forgery contrary to Section 364 and false personating contrary to Section 179 of penal Code Cap. 94 law of Niger State.”

The document prayed the court to issue a criminal summons for criminal breach of trust, forgery and impersonation against the suspect.

It said that the suspect managed account number 0060100231 and 0069362645, respectively, with the bank belonging to the complainant, who is a trader.

The letter alleged that the suspect fraudulently made withdrawals of a total sum of N2.4 million from the complainants account without her consent.

You can’t solve Niger Delta crisis by force –ex-Rep Pita Chikwem, Minna

ÎÎÎThe Federal Government

has been advised not to use force in resolving of the ongoing Niger Delta, because it would worsen the matter.

A former member of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Bala Adamu Kuta, who gave the advice, in Minna, on Monday, while fielding questions from journalists, said using military force to quell the militancy in the region would only aggravate the problem and throw the country into more problems.

Kuta, who represented Shiroro Munya and Rafi local government areas in the National Assembly between 2007 and 2011, urged President Muham-

madu Buhari to reconsider the current policy and sIn the same vein, Kuta said that the Niger Delta militants should down their arms and meet the government on the conference table where the issues militating against the development of the area would be discussed and amicable solution found.

“What peace and dialogue cannot solve taking up of arms and ammunition cannot be the solution”, Bala Adamu Kuta declared.

“The way out of this problem is not the use of force but dialogue; both parties should come to the negotiating table and understand each other”, he said.

On the part of the militants the former legislator said they should realise that continued

bombing of oil installations would not be in the interest of the region and the country because their area would be exposed to more pollution and other dangers that would affect the life of the people they are trying to defend.

He said the commencement of the cleanup of the Ogoni land, last week, by the Federal Government should be an assurance to the militants that the Federal Government was determined to correct the wrongs of the past in the area.

DELE JOY MERCY I formerly known and addressed as VINCENT STELLA MERCY. now wish to be known and address as DELE JOY MERCY DATE OF BIRTH. 22/9/1982. All former documents remain valid the General public should please take note.

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Briefs Herdsmen attack: Nimbo community pleads with FG to extend stay of military Niger gov Moses Oyediran Enugu

ÏÏÏThe Nimbo community in Uzo-

Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State has appealed to the Federal Government to allow the joint security presence of army and police, currently in the community to remain for at least one year when normalcy must have fully returned and confidence of residents restored.

The community stated this through its Town Union President, Mr. Matthias Ekere, that the gesture would ensure full recovery from psychological trauma they suffered as a result of the April 25 Fulani herdsmen attack.

“On behalf of the community, I commend federal government, state and local governments for their quick interventions after the attack.

Nimbo people are grateful and will continue to be law-abiding,” he said.

He pleaded with the Federal Government not to be in a hurry to withdraw the security agents as their presence alone would hasten quick recovery of his people from psychological fear of that attack.

“The presence of army and police in the community after the attack have given people a sense of protection to go back to their farms and move about in the community freely.

He expressed appreciation to re-

ligious bodies, political organisations, government agencies, social groups, the media and other wellmeaning Nigerians, who had visited Nimbo community at this time of grief, noting that their visit gave the community a sense of belonging and hope.

“Your words of consolation, prayers and your presence show the volume of love and care you have for Nimbo people.

“Almighty God will replenish your pockets in million folds on the relief materials and money you donated to the community at this difficult moment of our history”, he said.

Ekere said that all cash monetary donations to the community were lodged in a bank join account opened by the community, adding that this was to enable those who made pledges to redeem them.

“The community has agreed that when the money will be shared, families who lost their loved ones will get the highest share, followed by those injured, and then those who lost property and the remaining by the entire community.

Ekere, however, urged Federal Government to find lasting solution to the constant clashes between, communities, farmers and Fulani herdsmen.

Lagos State Government has intensified efforts at monitoring its various Primary Health Care Centres (PHCs) across the state, indicating that it would not tolerate any act of laziness from them.

This came to the fore during an inspection tour of the health centres at Epe area as part of government’s move to reposition the centres, make them functional and accessible to grassroots people.

Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary Healthcare, Dr. Femi Onanuga, who paid the centres an unscheduled visit, said functional Primary Health Care Centers were strategic to making health care delivery available to people at the grassroots, adding that such centres normally help to decongest the secondary healthcare facilities.

The PHCs visited by Dr. Onanuga and his team were Epe,

Pita Chikwem Minna

ÏÏÏThe Governor of

Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello, on Monday, enjoined Muslims to get closer to Allah by engaging in acts that would fetch them eternal salvation and Aljanna Firdausi.

Bello said at the commencement of 2016 Ramadan month-long fast, adding that it was a unique month in which prayers were answered and sins forgiven.

He urged them to engage in deep personal worship and supplications in other to seek the favour and blessings of Allah in this world and hereafter.

“The period of Ramadan brings all Muslims closer to Allah in purity.

And to attain high spiritual value in the eyes of Allah, we must remain firm, honest and committed to goodness because it is a time of giving to the less-privileged in other to get eternal blessings from Allah.

World Bank, others vote $100m for Basic Education in Nigeria A cross section of participants at the etiquette training, organised for adults by Consima protocol and finishing school, in Abuja… on Monday.

Mojoda, Afuye, Eredo, Odomola, among others.

Onanuga, who frowned at some unwholesome activities in some of the PHCs, such as staff not reporting for work on time, bushy environment, among others, said the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led government thought it wise to pay unscheduled visits to PHCs across the state, in order to have accurate understanding of their workings, shortcomings and find ways to salvage the situations where necessary.

He said since January 2016, when the monitoring exercise began, over 90 PHCs of the 276 PHCs and health posts had been visited.

He expressed satisfaction with the level of progress at the PHCs, saying that the gaps identified would be bridged.

Onanuga warned that government would not hesitate to sanction health workers who showed

nonchalant attitude to their work.

He urged the staff to report to work at all time and be punctual, warning that government would not hesitate to sanction recalcitrant workers bent on tarnishing the image of the state government.

The Executive Secretary, Epe Local Government, Ahmed Seriki, said the council was doing much to support the state government in repositioning the PHCs in the area.

He said that two PHCs were currently running 24-hour service and that the council was about upgrading the Afuye PHC to provide 24-hour service.

However, the Medical Officer of Health, Afuye PHC, Dr. Bello Moshood, said that the council had not been giving the centre some imprest to clear the overgrown bushes at the centre and appealed for support.

Augustine Okezie Abuja

ÏÏÏThe World Bank and sundry

Lagos reads riot acts to unruly PHCs staff ÏÏÏThe

seeks prayers for economic recovery

Ambode

development partners have jointly made a donation of USD100 million to ensure the successful take off of the newly launched “Nigeria Partnership for Education Project (NIPEP)”, with a pilot take off in five north-western states, namely Sokoto, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa and Kano.

Speaking, in Abuja, on Monday, during the launch of the project, with a focus on improving access and quality of basic education with emphasis on girls education, the Team Leader of Global Programme on Education, (GPE) and representative of the World Bank, the Grant agency, Dr. Olatunde Adewole, said that the education project was purely a Nigerian one with external support from funding agencies and development partners Adewole maintained that the project was aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s basic education system and improving equitable access with particular emphasis on girls, adding that quality education differentiates the lives of those who attended schools and the ones who didn’t.

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Still on the Onitsha massacre

Wale

Fatade ÏÏÏ

On the evening of May 29, Channels Television confronted us with statistics and figures on the programme – Politics Today. A disturbing one, at least for me, was the fact that killings in the first year of President Muhammadu Buhari have been the highest compared to former presidents Obasanjo, Yar’Adua and Jonathan.

Remember, we are talking about killings in the first year of these governments and not the total time they spent in office. The data analyst wanted to gloss over this grim fact but the presenter called his attention to it.

But I’m sure neither Seun Okinbaloye, the programme presenter, nor Chido Onumah, a friend and brother, could be clairvoyant enough to know that the next day, May 30, would witness more killings. Onumah had fixed May 31 for a public presentation of his new book, ‘We are All Biafrans’, in Abuja.

As at now we are not sure of the number of casualties that resulted from the Onitsha, Anambra State killings by men of the Nigeria Army on May 30. De-

Pro Biafra protesters

pending on who is telling the story, the figures range from “at least five” in the words of our soldiers or 30 according to the Biafra activists. The fact, however, is that soldiers killed some citizens they are paid to protect. Under this government, this is the second major incident involving our army as the Shiites killings have still not been probed nor anybody court martialled for killing over 300 Nigerians.

Some accounts suggest that the army invaded a

Catholic church in Nkpor, Onitsha and shot at a peaceful gathering of people in memory of those that died during the civil war. The Biafran war broke out on May 30, 1967 following the declaration of Biafra by late Odumegwu Ojukwu, then a colonel. Families and relatives of those who lost their loved ones in the war have marked this successively since the end of the war in 1970 quietly. The growing agitation by majority of those who were born after the war who

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have nothing to be ashamed of or reticent about has led to loud and boisterous celebration in recent years.

Add to this the incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu, the face of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), who has not been released contrary to court orders, we have a perfect recipe for a major conflagration. This background is necessary as the press release churned out by the Nigeria Army claimed they acted in “selfdefence”.

Further to this is the way

and manner our president responded to a question on Kanu last year at a televised interview. Also, the president declared imperially on May 9 at the Emir of Katsina palace that “Nigeria is indivisible.” Why he had to make that declaration in his home state and at the emir’s palace will be something for presidential scholars and watchers to ponder as the ghost of the civil war has refused to go away. “A few individuals who were not even born at the time of the war are

now out agitating for secession. I fought in that war to unite Nigeria and there is no way I will allow such to happen while I am alive. I will not take it lightly with anybody agitating for selfsecession. I am ready to die defending this country.

I cannot fight for the unity of this country and somebody just comes out overnight and chases me out of it. That is not possible.”

These were the president’s words at the gathering.

So for our president it is a matter of personal honour as a soldier who fought in the war and also as a general who must crush the enemies to a pulp. Interestingly under Buhari, our country has voted publicly at the international arena to support the Palestinians and the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, which operates a government in exile. We support self-determination abroad but crush it at home. By the way, I’m against the breakup of this country but that is just my view out of the millions of Nigerians who are supposed to determine this. The political leaders in Igbo land too are doing themselves a great harm by pretending this is an agitation that will go away.

They can continue to play the ostrich but they will be the first casualties of this agitation as their legitimacy will be swept away and made redundant. The Biafra agitators need to up their game as well as the campaign needs better coordination for the world to truly hear what they are saying.

Driving peaceful dissent underground could be counter-productive just as it has not really worked. I hope our soldiers and the government are listening.

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President has no power to ban governor from travelling abroad Robert Clarke: – Clarke Chief Robert Clarke, a Senior Advocate read law at the University of Lagos and was called to the Nigerian Bar over four decades ago. In this interview with PETER FOWOYO, he stated that although the president does not have the power under the constitution to ban a governor from travelling abroad but, due to security reason, he can direct the security agents not to allow the governor travel outside the country. Chief Clarke also spoke on the creation of state police, the crisis rocking the Kogi state House of Assembly, the fight against corruption and sundry other issues.

Does the President have the constitutional power to ban a governor from embarking on a foreign trip?

Well, according to the constitution of Nigeria the president has no power to ban any governor from travelling abroad. However, circumstances might dictates a situation where for security of the nation the government might feel that the governor’s visit outside Nigeria is a security risk and he cannot ban but, what he can do is to stop him at the point of embarking on that trip, the security might disrupt his departure that is what I think can happen. But whether the president can ban a governor from travelling abroad is not provided for in law. But since Section 5 of the constitution vested all executive powers in the president, in the exercise of that executive power base on security reason that will affect the nation, he might direct

the security agents not to allow him to travel. That is just the situation that can arise.

Is it fair for the president to declare a state of emergency in states where there is civil unrest when the power to control state apparatus is vested in the hands of the executive?

According to the constitution the chief law officer of the state is the governor there is no doubt about that. But we have a scenario in Nigeria where the instrument of controlling the police is vested in the Inspector General of Police who takes directives from the president. Whereas in law, a governor is in charge of the security in the state but in fact, in exercising that power, he has to go through a commissioner of police who is not subject to his control in relation to the hierarchy or the dictates of the police force. So if a governor directs a commissioner to do something in

the state the fact is that he will first get a clearance from the Inspector General of Police and depending on what situation is on ground, there might be a refusal on the part of the commissioner. So actually the governor is in charge of the security of the state but in fact and let us be realistic, it is not so a times.

In view of this scenario you painted, there have been agitations for the creation of state police. Would you support this view considering the fact that it could be tools in the hands of those in control of power against political opponents?

You see, you are a young man.

This question you are asking me has been from the 50s in Nigeria.

It has been one of the contentious debates. During the constitutional conference before independence, it was an issue. The then Action Group (AG) led by Chief Obafemi

A Senior Advocate read law at the University of Lagos

Awolowo, was campaigning seriously that states should be allowed to control their police forces. The NCNC and the NPC who are the other major political parties opposed it that there must be a uniform police force. But then we have what we called the Local Government Police, the Northern region has its own called ‘Dandugaz’ whereas there was a centralized police hierarchy where states or region then were allowed to have their local police, they called them Native Authority Police.

However, since the incursion of the military in Nigeria, the first thing the military did and I remember, it was the Aguiyi Ironsi government then, they abolished all this Local Government Police and Native Authority Police because it was an instrument, let us be honest about it, it was an instrument being used by the government to attack the opponents. I remember vividly the case of Adelabu. Adelabu was sentenced to imprisonment by Local Police Authority, charged to a Local Government Customary Court, he was jailed, he had to appeal before he was set free. So when the military came in, they abolished Local Government Police and Native Authority Police but that did not stop the agitation till today that state government must be allowed to have their own

police force. Their reasons are cogent, good but, it depends on which divide you are. The proponents of that is that policemen are better within the locality they are born, they know the people, they know the family harboring this or that so that if you have problem in Yoruba land, it is better you have Yoruba police who will know the family but, if you bring an Ibo man to Yoruba land as a police man he might not be able to effect proper police work. It depends on which divide you are. But as far as the constitution is today, the police is still a centralized police. Whether it should be decentralized or not is between you and I depending on which divide you are.

So on which divide are you?

Well, personally speaking, people who are saying it should be decentralised are correct to a certain extent because what they see as authoritarian use by the federal government there is no doubt that when they too have that control knowing what Nigerians are capable of doing , it will still be the same thing. A governor of a state we have seen it, if not because the police are centralized would have use the police to destroy the opposition so, it depends on which divide you are. For me, I believe CONTINUED ON PAGE 27

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the police force should still be centralized.

The Nigerian Army said it acted in self- defense when it killed BIAFRANS and MASSOB protestants in the South East. What is your view about the human rights record of this administration?

We lawyers have a principle that we take to our hearts that facts are sacred. It is when you are ceased of facts that you will be in a position to comment on issues.

I am not ceased of the facts of these incidents you are telling me about whether policemen killed or the BIAFRANs revolted are not within my knowledge, I cannot say who is right or wrong or whether the army are right or wrong. The other question on the human right record, well, it also depends on which divide you are. Human rights activists will tell you the government is not conforming with human rights that certain people are being detained after courts have granted them bail but if you follow the scenario, you will find out that there is not much in that statement in refusing to release an accused person in a courts after he has been granted bail, what they have carefully done, is to carry that same accused person, preferred charges against him and take him to another court. So, the bail of one court does not subsist for the bail of all courts and people fail to realize that. What this government is doing is not actually an affront to due process of law but it is a clever maneuver because we are in difficult times. You and I know what we are hearing about how the money of this country has gone down the drains, you and I are suffering today, we have no electricity, no water, no good health system because two, three or four politicians have derailed the economy of this country and when there is a concerted effort to bring them to book, human rights activists will still say the government should follow due process.

I don’t see anything wrong with what the government is doing because due process you cannot envelop it into a small jacket, when the court grants bail and the prosecutor carries the same person on a fresh charge to another court and that court says I am not granting you bail, it is within the

law. The grant of bail is within the discretion of the court so there is no breach of fundamental right as far as I can see it.

Are we really in a democratic dispensation if the President can deploy soldiers to where there are civil unrest without consulting the legislatures? Is it constitutional for the President to do that?

Maybe if you have been privileged to listen to Femi Falana SAN on Channels television and I was called in the following day to rebut what he said. Section 187 or 188 of the constitution, I cannot remember clearly now, empowers the president as the Chief Commander of the armed forces to deploy them. The constitution also allows him not only to deploy them but delegate the powers he has to the military whenever any situation of unrest arises in Nigeria, the president has the power under the constitution to ask the military to go there and quell it.

Even without consulting the National Assembly?

He doesn’t have to. As I have told you section 5 of the constitution vests all executive power on Mr. President that section 5 of the constitution is so important and many people don’t appreciate the extent of the powers of Mr. President and the constitution specifically provides that the president can deploy not only deploy soldiers, he can give them instructions, not only that he can delegate part of his powers to them under the constitution. He has very wide powers over the army.

The House of Representatives took over the Kogi state House of Assembly and many viewed it as unconstitutional.

What is your take on this?

Well, that is an area I don’t want to offer an opinion because despite what has been happening in that state, I was reading in today’s newspaper that a group of 5 minority members of the state House of Assembly are still being led in the chambers by armed soldiers.

That situation is becoming abnormal as I know and I don’t want to comment more on it because I don’t feel it is proper for soldiers following a minority of 5 legislatures to go and assume proceedings in the hallowed chambers of the legislatures. My comment will stop at that.

How will you assess this gov-

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Clarke ernment fight against corruption? Is it being fought within the ambit of the law?

As I said, every act of investigation, every act of prosecution, every act of conviction is in due compliance with the process of law. You are given your day in court, you are allowed to ask for bail if you are taken to court and the court grants you bail and they have been following it. Do you have any incidence where you think due process has not been followed? You might wish to point to the BIAFRAN case, Nnamdi Kanu. Well, he has been charged for treason and treason is an offence that you cannot be granted bail. You are young, Obafemi Awolowo, the most popular Yoruba man was charged for treason in 1963 he was not granted bail throughout his trial and the

heaven did not fall, nobody carried placards on the streets that Awolowo must be freed, it is not unusual. Once you are charged for treason, you cannot be granted bail so, there is nothing wrong in not granting him bail.

What is your take on this administration’s 365 days in office. Would you say the President has performed well?

Let me borrowed what Professor Wole Soyinka said few days ago that he is not saying the administration has done wonderfully well but he said and I accept his saying that with the huge amount of rubbish left for him that he’s trying.

I will also agree that the present administration come in at a time when this country is at its lowest.

Lowest in moral, lowest in monetary output and they are trying

their best, let us give them time. In another year if you come to me I will be able to give you answer.

If you are asked a yes or no answer, what will be your response?

You are asking for an answer to a human problem, it cannot be yes or no. Anybody who does that must have some problem because there are many aspects of problem; you have to look at all the aspect of governance. We have no electricity, why? Is it because government is not trying? It is because of sabotage, we have no petrol, is it because of this government? It is because of sabotage so when you look at all the scenario playing out, it is difficult to say yes or no.

Under this administration, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has conducted quite a number of inconclusive elections. Do you see the umpire conducting free and fair elections in 2019?

Let me say this, it is a shame to us in Nigeria. I have visited Ghana when they were holding general elections; you will not believe that elections were being held, no policemen on the street. I have gone to Benin Republic when they were holding presidential elections; you won’t even know that people are voting. Nigeria has a history of thuggery and why? Because politicians are not here to look after your interest, they are here to look after their pockets so that you find young lawyers, young doctors abandoning their profession to go into politics because there people are stealing money and therefore it is a do or die battle so you can’t blame electoral commission for anything, we have to blame ourselves first. Why can’t we conduct a peaceful election when our neighbors in Ghana, Benin republic and other African countries are conducting elections?

“I don’t feel it is proper for soldiers following a minority of 5 legislatures to go and assume proceedings in the hallowed chambers of the legislatures. My comment will stop at that”

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‘What smart technology will really mean for business’

FG to build 6 Science, Technology Museums, fund SHESTCO Silicon Valley

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Smart technology (IoT), is simply about connecting devices, but while the focus has been on technology that facilitates the creation of smart households, its business applications are endless.

According to BI Intelligence, it is projected that by 2020, 34 billion devices will be connected to the Internet.

While we have heard many international examples of the use of smart technology, in Africa there are more and more examples of the technology being tested and implemented.

Smart technology has the potential to change everything and every business needs to consider what these will be and how it will affect them.

Here are six ways that smart technology will affect your business: An Opportunity To Think Bigger – Much Bigger While some businesses may see smart technology as a threat, others will be able to see the opportunities.

The change in focus should not be just about connecting devices, but understanding how

the new technology will create information that can then become a commodity for the business.

Marketing Will Change The opportunities for marketing will be different, as a more targeted approach will become the new norm.

Business will now be able to avoid spending budget on large spray and pray campaigns and create a personalised customer experience on a set of smart connected devices or screens.

More Efficient Real-Time Operations The connection of all devices and business processes will give decision makers a real-time view of its operations.

This will provide an opportunity for smarter decisions to be made based on more accurate data Making Smarter Products Innovation is the name of the smart technology game and with connected devices; businesses will be able to create smarter and more useful connected products.

Security Will Become Top Of Mind A drawback to this revolution is the increased security threat that they pose. As hackers find new ways to breach current security precautions, a threat analysis will

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be required.

A More Efficient Workforce Smart technology has the unfounded reputation that its implementation will replace jobs - this is not the case.

The introduction of smart technology in a workplace allows for an increased productive and efficient workforce.

There is no doubt that smart technology will have a significant impact on business. Certain employment positions may fall away, but

these will be replaced with more opportunities for different positions.

In a time of seismic technological change and digital invention, smart people creating the smartest technology will reinvent and simplify business.

The full Sage product portfolio will be on show at Sage Summit, the world’s largest gathering of entrepreneurs and leaders of Small & Medium Businesses, taking place in Chicago, IL, on July 25-28.

Internet Society urges African policymakers to key into internet opportunity Tony Nwakaegho

The Internet Society has urged African policymakers to key into the opportunity offered by the expansion and growth of the Internet across the continent.

The Internet Society made the call for the adoption of policies and frameworks that expand access and create greater demand for the Internet at the ongoing 4th annual Africa Internet Summit (AIS) in Gaborone, Botswana.

The Society equally advocated for greater collaboration by all Internet decision-makers in creating an accessible, trusted Internet for the benefits of all Africans.

The African Internet Summit assembles the Information and

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Communications Technology (ICT) business and technical community to discuss current Internet issues and challenges.

Among the challenges that the Internet Society will address is the need for a policy framework to further Internet development

throughout the region.

However, rapid urbanization, increased consumer spending power and international investments have propelled economic development in Africa over the past decade, resulting in some of the highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rates in the world.

Africa has also accomplished major strides in Internet access with close to a third of the population connected.

“Africa sits at a tipping point for Internet expansion and the continent is poised to help drive growth of the global Internet.

But to make the opportunities for social and economic gains a reality, it is paramount that the right policies are in place.

“Policymakers have a

critical role to play in creating an environment that enables investment in Internet infrastructure and ensures that the Internet is used to address Africa’s development challenges,” said Dawit Bekele, Africa Regional Bureau Director for the Internet Society.

In addition to urging policymakers to act, the Internet Society will shine a light on digital trailblazers during a “Connected Women in Africa” panel session on June 6th.

The session explores how to get more women involved in developing and using Internet technology across Africa, as well as highlighting women who are already bringing about significant change through their work with the Internet.

Federal government has disclosed that it will build a Science and Technology museum in each of the six geopolitical zones of the country.

Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, minister of Science and Technology, who disclosed this in Abuja, explained that the idea was to stimulate children’s interest in science and technology.

“The science museum is very important. We want our young people to have interest in science and technology. A Science and Technology and Innovation Museum will do a lot for us.

“One, all the natural phenomena that happen – lightning, rainfall – we will have explanations on them there.

“All these little equipment and so on, we will put it in a way that children will start developing interest from early age.

“Then adults will also like to go in because we also showcase major achievements of science and technology across the country.

“It will take us time to get it built but it is very important; there is no major country that does not have many of those.

“So, we need to start again with one; then as funds become available, we do more. We will start in Abuja.”

Commenting on SHESTCO Silicon Valley, the minister said the Federal Government would soon begin work at the site as funds had already been allocated for the project.

“We are going to start a technology village. The money allocated is not much, but we thank President Muhammed Buhari and we are assuring of more support. We will start work; our intention is to have it in the six zones. But we will have to start with one,” Onu said.

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People should stop, think before they connect online - Afon What is Cybersecurity Association of Nigeria all about?

Cybersecurity Association of Nigeria is a non-profit organization (CSEAN) made up of Information security professionals, centred on a collective purpose and vision to be a vehicle championing the cause and awareness of Information security best practices, acting as an agent of change to address Cyber Crime phenomena through engaging, government, intellectual minds, business and political leaders.

As Cyber Security protagonist we look to hold healthy debate, to expand the audiences’ knowledge, awareness and understanding of the issues around Cyber-crime among others.

We have heard a lot about cyberthreat even when there is a law in place in Nigeria to deal with such crimes, what is your Cyber Security Association of Nigeria doing about this?

I will say that the law is in existence, but it is the implementation that is lacking. So there is a lot to be done by government for the implementation of that law. It is not enough for cybercrime when people commit crime online and they get apprehended, but there are stipulated numbers of years to spend in jail or fine imposed on them. The problem now is that people commit crime online on daily basis but the law enforcement agencies in this country are not equipped enough to apprehend and prosecute this cyber criminals.

As the President of CSEAN what has your body suggested to the government as the way forward to stem this tide?

We have been trying to sensitize the government on the need to equip the law enforcement agencies. There is the need for the government to spend a lot of money in acquiring tools that can be used to track cybercriminals online.

As part of our own efforts as an Association, we organized training for the Nigerian Police Force last year on the latest trends in terms of cybercrime as part of our contribution to the government.

The youths in this country are mostly engrossed in cybercrime via their exploration of the internet to siphon peoples’ resources instead using the internet to create and generate

Mr Remi Afon is President of Cybersecurity Association of Nigeria. He is a solution oriented Cyber Security Specialist with notable success executing broad range of corporate IT initiatives while participating in planning and implementation of information security solutions in direct support of business and government objectives. He spoke with Tony Nwakaegho in this interview during the launch of Stop, Think and Connect initiative programme at the just concluded DigitalSense Forum in Lagos. Excerpts:

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wealth legitimately. What is your take on this trend?

It is good that DigitalSENSE Africa Media is organizing this forum on Internet Governance and Cyber Security, and the youths are involved in order to sensitize them. Like you rightly said a lot of Nigerian youths are involved in ‘yahoo yahoo’ internet crime by using that same brain. It still boils down to government, because government needs to come up with a scheme that instead of these youth using their skills in a negative way they should be able to encourage them and bring them in to protect the government and also protect organisations. Other countries like China have done it in the past with a scheme whereby cybercriminals are being converted back to do good things even after committing that offence. American too employed some ex-hackers to protect their government. So government should be able to do that rather than leave them roaming about the streets and committing that crime. They should be able to track them, and give them the orientation so that their skills which they are using to fight people get information to steal money, that kind of skills could be used to protect the government and organisations.

How will unsolicited and

malicious information being sent to Individual’s emails in form of spams be checked by CyberSecurity Associations globally?

First of all it will be difficult to stop that, as it will continue to occur. What is very important is awareness, people should be aware and there should be a national awareness security programme which my Association- Cyber Security Association of Nigeria has started with a campaign on that, which we launched today during this DigitalSense Forum programme. We tagged the campaign: “Stop, Think and Connect”. What we are saying is that people should stop, think before they connect online because there are so many dangers online and they have to be very careful and be aware of those dangers. Once people are aware of the danger online even when people send official email to them, they will be able to identify those emails and not be victim of cybercrimes.

What much is Nigeria losing in term of this cybercrime?

Nigeria is losing a lot to cybercrime. The only problem we have is that there is no reporting.

I can tell you categorically that the Banks are suffering as they are losing millions of Naira on daily basis. I can also tell you categorically that individuals

are equally losing millions of Naira on daily basis if you aggregate it together. I can tell you categorically that even telecommunication firms are being hacked and they are losing money but these are not being reported and as long as they are not being reported we are not going to have the statistics of the lost that is taking place.

That is the reason why we are also advocating for the law for reporting so that people will know the significance and the economic implications on hacking in this country.

Do we have a good data base in Nigeria where information could be stored for use?

Obviously, there is a need for data base. In this country we don’t have a source of data base and that is the reason why you see a lot of people gathering and collecting data from different sources. For instance the Nigerian Identity Management Commission (NIMC), INEC, Banks through CBN, Telecommunications companies all collect data. There is no data protection in this country to start with, so when people steal data they just get away with it. There should be a law to protect peoples’ sensitive data such that there will be onus on organizations to protect and make sure that those documents are secured and not stolen. I will give you an example, talking of data protection and lack of data in this country, you look at the issue of criminal records, there is no criminal records in this country so how do you know who is an ex-convict in Nigeria and United Kingdom. If you don’t have data protection that means there is going to be a continuous production of criminals at the helm of our affairs. First and foremost we need data and secondly we need criminal records to be taken care of.

What is your assessment on the programme that DigitalSENSE has put in place that is tailored towards that development of the youth and other issues in the cyber space?

This is a fantastic programme that DigitalSENSE has organized and I must give

them kudos for that. But my advice to the organizer is to get more participants in the area of corporate organizations to get involved in this kind of programme because they are also sensitizing people on the benefit of IPV6 which a lot of people don’t even know about.

That is quite fantastic thing that they have done.

Is your Association also providing solutions to checkmate whatever is going on in form of cybercrime in Nigeria?

Absolutely, my Association has been doing that by way of advising government and organisations on the control measures they need to put in place, by sensitizing people on what they need to do, as well as providing information to people, government and organisations in terms of dangers online.

You mentioned that ‘Stop, Think and Connect’ is a campaign initiative to create awareness about cybercrime.

What awareness impact has been created through it in Nigeria?

We have just launched it here during this programme in Lagos, and that is going to be rolled out in all Universities and Secondary schools. We have launched it in some other States, but this is the first time we are launching it here in Lagos. We will take the campaign to all the Universities and Secondary Schools in Lagos State, and that is how we will spread the message all about.

What is your advice to the students whom you are preparing this campaign for now?

My advice to the students is that they should be productive in whatever they do, for example the students that are here in this programme have learnt a lot of things regarding the opportunities that are there, so they should engage their time productively instead of using it negatively online. They should think of how they can add value to the society, the internet has provided that opportunity for them so they should go ahead and garb that opportunity.

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Ekeh declares Nigeria ripe for eVoting during elections Tony Nwakaegho Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh, chairman of Zinox Group, Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest integrated Information and Communication Technology (ICT) conglomerate, has declared that Nigeria is ripe to develop its democratic culture through the full deployment of electronic voting during elections.

Ekeh made the call at a recent retreat organized by the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral and Political Parties Matter in Abuja.

In attendance at the retreat were Yakubu Dogara, speaker, House of Representatives; Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); Senator Abubakar Kyari, Senate Committee chairman on INEC; was represented by Senator Abu Gumel; Chairperson of the House Committee on Electoral and Political Parties Matter, Mrs. Aisha Dukku as well as other distinguished members of the committee.

Ekeh, who was the keynote speaker at the retreat, disclosed that with the rapid pace of global technological advancements, Nigeria stands to reap a lot of benefits from the deployment of e-voting.

He stressed that the initiative will go a long way in reducing litigations in the electoral system and strengthening the faith of Nigerians in the electoral process.

Ekeh who delivered a paper titled New thoughts, ideas and innovations

Leo Stan Ekeh, chairman of Zinox Group speaking at NASS retreat, Abuja, recently.

on use of ICT in elections affirmed that the gains recorded with the use of the card readers in the 2015 general elections goes a long way to show that with the adoption of e-voting, the country will take a huge leap towards sound democratic governance.

“In your life, there must be a little bit of disruption for you to move forward. The country is ripe for transition to electronic voting. A lot of us are in this business because technology does not lie – it’s either you are right or you are wrong. With the use of the card readers in the last general elections, we saw a significant reduction in electoral fraud and other electoral malpractices. However, a few challenges were also encountered as no technology can be said to be 100 percent perfect.

“A country cannot move forward where the elected leaders who take

decisions are not the choice of the people. It’s like running a company and you are a shareholder in that company. If your son is not qualified to lead, you will be destroying that company by manipulating the system to favour that son. So, this was the essence of our submission to INEC on the adoption of electronic voting – that things should be done professionally with your support and that of the entire nation.

“Today, there are about 774 local governments in the country and each one with about 10, 800 polling units, some of which are in the riverine areas. Even if INEC purchases 1000 vehicles, it will still find it difficult logistics-wise to cover all the areas and this leaves the process open to manipulation by emergency contractors as INEC lacks the requisite man-power.

“If finally adopted and implemented, electronic voting will ensure that you now have reasonable infrastructure to handle this. While you have the mobile units and active screens at the polling units, the database of registrants or eligible voters is sitting at the national database of INEC. Once a voter’s number is entered at the polling unit, it pulls up the details of the voter from the list of registered voters. Verification will no longer be a problem and during voting, once a voter clicks on the icon of a chosen party, the same information hits the INEC back-end. This will go a long way in reducing litigations as INEC can provide verifiable evidence in court.

“With this technology in place, voters will no longer have to travel back to their wards to cast their votes.

Furthermore, INEC can also monitor the entire process easily as each electronic voting device is equipped with a tracker and can be configured to shut down immediately voting ends,” he stressed.

Ekeh traced the country’s transition towards electronic voting, examined the benefits and challenges of the Direct Data Capture (DDC) machines used during the 2007 elections and the meticulous process which eventually culminated in the use of the card readers for the 2015 general elections.

“When Prof. Jega came on board, a decision was made to do a proper data capturing of eligible voters.

We started the process and I must thank the National Assembly as

they supported us despite being a local company. We designed the technology and ended up working for everybody in deploying the Direct Data Capture (DDC) machines nationwide including the 600 servers.

These helped promote the concept of one man, one voter card, streamlined the electoral process and also reduced multiple registration, ineligible and under-age registrants – we did a lot of these from the back-end. As a result, we were able to deliver a strong database which reduced arguments and other related issues.

“From there, we moved to the use of card readers. Back then, there were calls for proposals for electronic voting which the National Assembly to a large extent didn’t consider as the country was seen as not ripe to embrace the technology then. Most of the issues encountered with the card readers had to do with the National Assembly and the budget for INEC as well as the late release of funds after election dates had been set, among other disruptions. So, INEC had no time to conduct a mock election using the card readers. I had recommended a regional mock then as this would have helped smoothen the process.

“I would like to plead with the National Assembly to support INEC in its effort to adopt electronic voting.

Until we embrace this disruption, the nation will not move forward in this regard because the government is the decider of the future of the people” he said .

NCS to induct over 500 IT/ICT professionals, others In the quest of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) leadership’s agenda to grow the membership base, the society is set to induct over 500 newly registered members at the 26th national conference that will hold from July 19th to 21st, 2016 at the NAF Conference Centre, Abuja.

Professor Sola Aderounmu, NCS’ president confirmed the record increase in membership to Daily Times in Lagos, adding that such drive was in line with the present National Executive Council (NEC) determination to assiduously work towards increased membership, increased membership due collection and open channels for willful donations and employment creation for the teaming Nigerian youths.

He said that within the last 12 month about twelve corporate entities have registered as new members of the Society.

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Prof. Aderounmu said that NCS intensified advocacy campaigns are already yielding results with the government ready to work with them to block non-professional from executing projects across the nation.

He pointed out that top on his

agenda is to lead NCS to the path of more advocacy; research and development in IT and establishing physical presence for the Society.

He noted that NCS is not relenting in pursuit of various programmes to engender IT penetration in rural areas and the use of indigenous software.

NCS, according to him will continue to make case for the establishment of Software Development Commission (SDC) as part of efforts to position the country as the IT hub in Africa and aid e-Governance approach through IT support systems.

The NCS President added that capacity building among members is a sine qua non‎ in achieving the set goals; therefore, NCS will introduce computer based testing tools to assist organisations, the

Government and even the general public.

Commenting on the NCS 26th National Conference, the NCS President said that he was confident that the present economic downturn in the country will not impact the conference adding that critical stakeholders are already itching for the sessions.

The NCS Conference is primed the largest annual gathering of Nigeria’s leading IT professionals and stakeholders comprising employers, investors, businesses, agencies, vendors, organizations, innovators, researchers, educators, thought leaders and consumers cutting across all sectors – all under one roof, at the same time.

The focus of the NCS 26th National Conference is to examine pertinent considerations through

a multistakeholder forum in achieving IT enabled Security to advance and achieve sustainable development.

In a related development, Professor Sola Aderounmu, President of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has received the 2016 “Special Recognition Award: For Promoting Advancement of Information Technology Professionalism in Africa”.

The award was presented to him at the Africa Information Technology and Telecom Awards which held in Ghana recently.

Professor Aderounmu received his award from Ghana’s Chief Regulator and Director General of the National Communications Authority (NCA), Mr. William Tevie.

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NCC receives European award for best practices in regulation Stories by Tony Nwakaegho Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has again received the 2016 European Society for Quality Research Award for Best Practices in regulation from the European Society for Quality Research (ESQR).

This European Award for Best Practices is coming less than two weeks after the Commission in Ghana received the 2016 “Africa Telecom Regulator of the Year Award” at the Africa Information Technology and Telecom Awards.

The Nigeria’s telecom regulator received the international award in Brussels, Belgium at an event that has sixty-three countries in attendance.

Receiving the award on behalf of the executive vice-chairman of the commission, Mr. Tony Ojobo, director of Public Affairs, said the recognition bestowed on NCC speaks volumes, in spite of all the regulatory challenges.

He congratulates the EVC, Prof. Umar Danbatta and all the hard working professionals at the commission.

The European Society for Quality Research (ESQR) recognizes and

Tony Ojobo, Director Public Affairs (L) receiving the award on behalf of the Commission in Brussels, Belgium.

highlights outstanding business results, best practices, quality awareness and achievements by companies in regional and global markets.

The ESQR Awards recognize organizations’distinctive performance improvement, organizational excellence, customer focus and

encourage them to share their best practices experience and knowledge with other organizations.

The recognition is an independent assurance for organizations, stakeholders and customers, and it motivates the organizations employees to strive for sustainable excellence.

ATCON identifies data sovereignty for local data center growth, cybersecurity Association of telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has identified proactive data sovereignty policy framework as indispensable condition for cyber and national security drives.

Mr. Olusola Teniola, made the remark in his maiden press conference as the newly elected president of ATCON, adding that the most tactical approach to tackling cyber security involves developing local content and localization of data hosting infrastructure.

He explained that in the knowledge economic order championed by the internet, data is the precious currency every country, including Nigeria, must guide jealously.

Data sovereignty, according to Wikipedia, typically, implies the concept that information which has been converted and stored in binary digital form is subject to the laws of the country in which it is located.

Similarly, Ovum reported recently that the global migration to cloud-based IT systems is forcing governments to update data privacy regulations to meet evolving data sovereignty requirements.

Ovem said that the data privacy regulatory landscape is seriously concerning global businesses, as twothirds of businesses expect to have to change in their global business strategies to accommodate new data privacy regulations.

L-R: Olusola Teniola, president and Ajibola Olude, executive secretary, Association Of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria, during a media chat in Lagos, recently.

Also, over half of businesses think they will be fined due to the pending General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe; while more than 70 percent of businesses expect budgets to rise to meet new data sovereignty regulations.

However, Teniola said that ATCON recommends local content development as critical to protect, control and locate sensitive information so that individuals and businesses can meet these emerging demands.

“The internet is very huge and the components parts are quite dynamic than most people envisage. For us not to remain prey to other nations, it is our belief in ATCON that cybersecurity can best be championed via local content and local hosting of data. When we have the right ideologies and policy framework, then we can talk about infrastructure capacities.

As a matter of fact, data sovereignty vis-àvis domestication of data hosting will lead to investment on data centres and other infrastructure”, he added.

Teniola, who succeeded Engr. Lanre Ajayi also reassured the new executives of the desire to work “tirelessly to take ATCON as an institution to an enviable position through execution of programmes that would aid telecoms industry growth. For me, the Association has once again proved to the whole industry that it believes in corporate governance”.

Stakeholders urge govt to use unlicensed spectrum for broadband penetration As the Federal government seeks to achieve a 30 percent broadband penetration target by 2018, stakeholders in Information and communications technology have urged the government to consider making available more unlicensed spectrum for the provision of broadband internet particularly in the rural areas in view of the protracted process of realizing National Rural Telephony Project (NRTP).

Engr. Lanre Ajayi, immediate past president, Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) said that spectrum generally, should be unlicensed but because it is limited resources that are valuable made some of the spectrum to be licensed.

Ajayi explained that unlicensed spectrum is used for the benefit of the people and need not to be given commercial value.

He cited Wi-Fi which he described as an unlicensed frequency that smartphones and laptops use for internet connectivity at hotspots.

“Government should make available more frequencies as unlicensed for use in the rural areas in the provision of broadband internet just as United States is doing”, he stated.

His statement is coming against the backdrop of a recent report by Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) which estimates that growth of devices relying on unlicensed spectrum is extremely strong. CE devices that rely most heavily on unlicensed spectrum, which include Bluetooth and radio frequency identificationenabled devices, have a cumulative annual growth rate of roughly 30 percent from 2011-2016. Consumer demand for products like these is now, in turn, driving the need for even more unlicensed spectrum.

Mohammed Rudman, managing director, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria agreed that though unlicensed spectrum such as Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) bands operating on 2.4 ghz among others, are mostly used by university community and research centres among others.

“It could be deployed in small communities for internet connectivity just as it is in United States of America. Presently, such unlicensed frequency is being used in some towns in Jigawa and Kano states to provide internet connectivity within those towns,” Rudman said.

Chima Onyekwere, chairman, Linkserve a pioneer internet service provider, said that unlicensed spectrum has been proven over time to be stable in service provisioning and also suitable for providing internet connectivity in rural areas, but noted that such spectrum are not designed for profit making which means that for it to be made available for rural broadband internet government needs to subsidize it for the operators.

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igeria’s under-23 team, the Dream Team VI, on Monday came from a goal down to defeat Honduras 3-1 in their latest game at the Suwon Invitational tournament.

Honduras took the lead in the fifth minute through Alberth Elis and held on to the lead until the second half.

Azubuike Okechukwu equalised for the Dream Team VI in the 61st minute and went in front for the first time in the game 19 minutes from time.

Godwin Saviour scored from the penalty spot in the 69th minute after Ndifreke Effiong

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was fouled in the penalty area.

Saturday Erumiya added some gloss to the result when he netted in spectacular fashion from range in the 87th minute to complete a comprehensive victory.

The win represents a welcome relief for head coach Samson Siasia who suffered two losses in his opening two games of the tournament, against South Korea and Denmark.

The Suwon Invitational tournament is part of preparations for Nigeria’s under-23s for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in August.

Giwa plans to sabotage Nigeria’s World Cup hopes, Pinnick alleges P Pinnick

resident of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has accused Chris Giwa and his group of trying to make sure the country do not qualify for the 2018 World Cup after they proved a major distraction for Nigeria not to qualify for next year’s AFCON. Giwa has for the past two years laid claim to

the leadership of the NFF and on Friday he forced his way into the office of the football federation, claiming he has a court order to take over the NFF. Pinnick has now hit out at Giwa saying he and his group aim to sabotage Nigeria’s quest to qualify for a sixth World Cup. “Giwa is a major distraction and their main aim, from A to Z, is to ensure Nigeria do not qualify for

the next World Cup after we promised Nigerians we will,” Pinnick said at a press conference in Abuja on Monday.

“It’s a shame!”The draw for the qualifying tournament for the World Cup will be staged on June 24 in Cairo, Egypt.

The qualifiers begin in October and will run till November 2017.

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Forcados breach does not stop pipeline repair –TFS tells Shell Ï MGM1 ƕƄ ƆƄ Ɔ Ɛ ƉƐƄƊƄ Ǝ Ɔ Ɖ ƎƄƕ ƅƏ ƕ Opeoluwani Akintayo Workers of Trans Forcados System have said the latest breach of the Forcados pipeline does not stop Shell from carry-

ing out repairs on the pipeline.

The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), by breaching a section of the Shell Nigeria operated Trans Forcados System on June 2, 2016, had forced Shell to evac-

uate its workers from the Zone, saying no quick repair can be done there because the breached pipeline was under the water.

Shell has since formally stated that it cannot put a definite date on when the repairs would be

completed, as the job of fixing an undersea pipeline is more technically complex than the routine repair of onshore lines.

On a counter note, some officials of TFS who claimed anonymity, told Business Times

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Nigeria to host first Aerospace show, Aviation Expo

NASS sets agenda for revival of Capital Market The National Assembly on Monday vowed to give expeditious passage to legislation aimed towards reviving the Capital Market as part of moves towards boosting the dwindling national economy Both the Senate President Bukola Saraki and the House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara however, called on stakeholders to come up with draft bills that would provide adequate legislative instruments to fasttrack the necessary change and reforms expected in all critical sectors of the country.

Saraki and Dogara, made the declaration on behalf of the federal lawmakers at the ongoing two-day capital market stakeholders forum organized by the National Assembly Joint Committee on Capital Market and Institutions.

Saraki disclosed that economic reform bills that will make Nigeria investors’ friendly are already at critical stages at the upper legislative chamber.

Such Bills, he said include, Independent Warehouse Regulatory Agency Bill, Secured Transactions in Movable Assets Bill, Franchising Bill, Companies and Allied Matters Act (Amendment) Bill, Nigerian Ports and

that the damaged pipeline can be fixed faster than claimed by Shell.

“What they have sabotaged is an onshore section of the pipe”, says an executive of one of the

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L-R: Mr Olumide Olayinka, Member, Board of Trustees, RIMAN; Tinuade Awe, General Counsel/ Head Regulation, NSE; Mr Jude Monye, President, RIMAN and Dr. Gregory Jobome, Member, Board of Trustees, RIMAN at the Closing Gong Ceremony at the Exchange … on Monday.

Power generation recorded six total collapse in May - Reports Last Friday, it was reported that Nigeria’s power generation system hit zero megawatts six times in May this year, the highest level since 2009.

According to industry data, power supply to households and businesses across the country dropped significantly in May as the national grid recorded six total collapses and one partial collapse within the period.

The data further revealed that the national grid collapsed eleven times in the first five months

of 2016, compared to six and nine times for the whole of 2015 and 2014 respectively, the report says.

The report says that the most recent total system collapse was recorded on 1 June, 2016.

On Friday morning, it was reported that 11 power plants, including the Shiroro Power Station in Niger State, were not operating.

Other plants that were not operating included Afam IV & V, Geregu I, Omotosho I, AES,

ASCO, Trans-Amadi, Rivers IPP, Gbarain, Olorunsogo I and II. According to the ministry of power, the total national power generation stood at 2,604.5MW as of 6am on Friday, down from a peak of 5,074.7MW on February 2, local media reported.

Generation from Egbin, the nation’s biggest power station, stood at 181MW, down from 1,085MW on March 15.

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The first ever international Aerospace show, Airport Expo aimed at attracting $50b Investment into the country’s aviation industry is to be held in October this year.

The Executive Director of the International Aviation Management and Security (IAMS) Mr John Nwosu who disclosed this to aviation correspondents in Abuja said the event will bring together participants from all over the world adding that it was intended to attract 50-billion-dollar worth of investment into Nigeria’s aviation industry through its international business forum.

Nwosu said that the potential in the country’s aviation sector was yet to be harnessed, adding that Nigeria controlled the largest aviation market in the Central and West African region. `”The benefit of this programme for Nigeria is that it will attract investment into this country.

For example, the Airport Expo that was held in Dubai in 2013 generated over 20-billion-dollar investment, while this one will be done in five phases and we are expecting 50-billion-dollar investment” According to him, the first international Aerospace Show, Airport Expo and Business Forum will be held in Lagos and Abuja in October.

IATA uncovers 230 illegal taxes on air tickets

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has discovered nearly 2000 government- imposed aviation taxes and charges in their data base

-of which 230 are statutory taxes imposed on tickets, outgoing Secretary-General of the body, Tony Tyler, has said.

He disclosed this at the just concluded IATA’s 72nd Annual General Meeting in Dublin, Ire-

land.

The IATA boss also bemoaned the high taxes imposed on aviation sector, saying the phenomenon militates against the growth of the industry. He lamented that the number seems to grow

with each government budget cycle, stressing that Norway is the latest country to add to the industry’s tax burden.

Tyler stated that most increases are incremental, adding that it is not unusual for the net

impact of government taxes and charges to reach 20 per cent or more of the cost of travel, which he said, is nearly four times the airlines’ average net margin.

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companies pumping crude into the TFS. “This is a regular occurrence and can be fixed in a short time while the main repair continues”.

The repair of the 48” Crude Loading Line is being undertaken by Nigerstar 7 and was initially scheduled to be completed by end of May 2016.

However Shell officials note that the line could be commissioned before the end of June 2016.

In another development, Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas company, NLNG, has rubbished reports making the rounds that it was involved in the N115 billion loot recovered from unnamed ex-air Chiefs.

The NLNG described as “erroneous” a report titled “N115b Loot: Ex Air chiefs, Politicians top refund List,” the report which quoted an unnamed public official stated that ‘$3.1 billion intercepted in the accounts of NNPC and NLNG was yet to be moved to the Central Bank of Nigeria in line with the Transaction Single Account (TSA) policy’.

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State and Trans-Amadi IPPs, in Rivers State, were idle.

According to the report, due to an increased mix of gas shortages and pipeline vandalism, the Niger Delta had left about 4,400MW of the nation’s power generation capacity idle as of Friday.

Gas constraints prevented 3,661.1MW from being generated, while 355.6MW and 380MW could not be generated due to line constraints/load rejection

by DisCos and water management/maintenance, respectively.

The Chairman, Network of Electricity Consumers Advocacy of Nigeria, Tomi Akingbogun, commented: “We hear that most of the problems arise from the transmission lines because many of them are weak.

Director, Trade Promotion and International Relations, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Dele Alimi; Ambassador of Switzerland, Eric Mayoraz; President, LCCI, Mrs. Nike Akande; Consul General of Switzerland, Mr. Yves Nicolet and Director General, LCCI, Mr. Muda Yusuf during a business meeting at the Commerce House, Victoria Island, Lagos … on Monday.

are a force for creating jobs and spreading wealth, asking, “Why then are we taxed as punitively as the sins of alcohol and tobacco”?To him, many governments are simply not doing the mathematics, hinting that the UK government pockets £3 billion a year from its Air Passenger Duty (APD).

Pricewatercooper estimates that the UK economy would be $18 billion more prosperous if the tax were abolished, adding, “One can only wonder why the tax still exists.” Meanwhile, Ireland abolished its departure tax in 2014.

Nigeria losses $1 billion to poor NECA tells banks to ignore FG roads annually – Dangote over workers’ sack Charles Okonji

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President, Dangote Group has stated that the nation losses $1 billion annually due to the poor condition of roads in the country.

Dangote, who made this statement recently during the commissioning of Itori/Ibeshe 26km concrete road in Ogun State, noted that construction of concrete roads was a more viable alternative to asphalt roads, stressing that concrete roads were about 20 per cent cheaper than conventional asphalt roads, and lasts longer as it does not develop potholes.

He explained that cements which constitutes raw materials for construction of concrete roads was locally available compared to bitumen which is imported.

“Roads play an important role in the social and economic development of any nation. I am happy today to announce that in another CSR initiative, we are reconstructing the Ijora Apapa Wharf Road in Lagos State, using cement concrete.

“I am sure those of you that are

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familiar with the road will appreciate just how critical it is to the evacuation of goods from Apapa Port. The assistance of your Ministry is required to enable us to complete the engineering design and preliminary works for the early take off of the construction of this road.

“Within the next 18 months, we expect to complete the project and bring succour to Lagostians. This concrete road that we are commissioning today, is just one out of the several corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives that we have put in place for our host communities.

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has said the Federal Government was not in a position to order banks not to disengage staff.

It said the directive last week by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, to banks to halt further sack of its workers was faulty.

Ngige gave the directive last week following the sacking of over 1,400 staff by two banks.

NECA, through its Director General, Olusegun Oshinowo, said over the weekend that it was not in the place of Ngige or the Federal Government to issue such order.

NECA, therefore, told banks, financial institutions and other employers of labour to ignore the directive.

Oshinowo said the country’s labour law did not empower Ngige to issue such a directive.

He said the directive was only populist, but uninformed.

He said: “The minister seems

not to have shown understanding of the fundamentals of industrial relations and labour laws in Nigeria and thus has acted ultra vires.

“Employers have rights, which include the right to hire and fire, within the rules governing such employment contract and are employers’ prerogatives, which are not subject to ministerial directives.

“Where an employer has found it necessary to carry out retrenchment, it would respect the laws of the land and the laid down procedures for redundancy.

“Employers’ expectation from the Minister of labour and employment is that he will work hand in hand with other government ministries in the establishment of the desired enabling environment to ensure business sustainability, competitiveness and job creation.

“The Ministry of Labour and Employment is expected to respect the rights and interests of employers and workers alike on issues that relate to labour and industrial relations.

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Harbours Authority Bill and Nigerian Railway Authority Bill.

“I hope that when you leave here at the end of the two days, what I will like to see is a working document with a clear timetable, listing the draft bills that you want us to pass.

“The 8th National Assembly understands the issue that Nige-

ria is going through. And I can assure you to give us those bills, we will turn them around and pass them as soon as possible,” he stated.

The Nigerian stock market lost more than N1.63 trillion in January this year due to profit-taking and currency volatility.

The drop represented 16.50 percent to close at N8.225 trillion from the N9.850 trillion in Decem-

ber.

Dogara in his remarks said the House of Representatives was is in the process of tightening regulations in the stock market to ensure that the investments are protected from fraudulent operators.

He said this has become imperative in view of the fact that the nation is in dire need of investors to bring in their resources to diversity its sources of income.

His words: “We strongly believe that the Capital Market is a major tool for wealth creation and mobilisation of funds to grow and diversify the Nigerian economy.

We want to emphasise that any proposed legislation must find a way to protect ordinary Nigerians, some of whom have invested their life savings in the market from fraudulent market players.

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Nigeria’s trade balance declines by 22.6% in Q1 2016 – NBS Stories by Motolani Oseni Nigeria has recorded a negative trade balance in the first quarter of 2016 which stood at 22.6 percent lower than the preceding quarter.

This was released by the National Bureau of statistics (NBS) in a document tagged, “Foreign Trade Statistics for the First Quarter of 2016.”

The report said that the total value of Nigeria’s merchandise trade at the end of first quarter of 2016 stood at N2.7billion.

It said that from the preceding quarter value of N3.5 billion, this was N793.5 million or 22.6 percent less.

A development was said to have arisen due to a sharp drop in both imports and exports.

“Exports saw a decline of N671.1 billion or 34.6 percent, while imports declined by N122.4 billion or 7.8 per cent.

“The steep decline in exports brought the country’s trade balance down to N184.1 billion, or N548.7bilIion less than in the preceding quarter.

“The crude oil component of total trade decreased by N716.7 billion or 46.6 per cent against the level recorded in fourth quarter of 2015,’’ the report said.

Similarly, the reports said that Nigeria’s import trade by direction

L-R: Agricultural Consultant, Valerie Ekperigin; Managing Partner Red&Greens Agricultural, Isioma Emina; Trainee Butcher, Mohammed Pius and Executive Director Red&Greens, Kenneth Okonkwo during the official opening of Red&Greens Agricultural Processing Facility in Lagos…at the weekend. Photo: OLAWALE ROTIMI.

showed that the country imported goods mostly from China, with an import value of N345.5 billion or 23.8 percent of total imports.

It said that China was followed by the United States at N127.1 billion or 8.7 percent while India with N89.4 billion or 6.1 percent.

“Netherlands followed India with N73.8 billion or 5.1 per cent and United Kingdom with N61.4 billion or 4.2 percent of total imports.

“Imports by economic region revealed that the country consumed goods largely from Asia with import value of N611.2 billion or 42.0 per cent,’’ it said.

The report further said that the value of the export trade totaled N1.269.9 billion in first quarter of 2016.

“This is showing a decrease of N671.1 billion or 34.6 per cent over the value recorded in the preceding quarter.

“Year-on-Year analysis shows that the country’s exports dropped

by N1.395.2 billion or 52.3 per cent as against the export value recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2015.

“The structure of Nigeria’s export trade is still dominated by crude oil exports, with the contribution of crude oil to the value of total domestic export trade amounting to N821.9 billion or 64.7 percent,’’ it said.

ACCA identifies attributes of successful professionals Through its major new international study, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has identified what makes the perfect professional in successful modern businesses.

ACCA, Intellect; creativity; emotional intelligence; vision, experience, technical skills and a mastery of the digital world are seven key skill areas sought by employers now and in the future Speaking at the launch of the report, Country Head, ACCA Nigeria, Toyin Ademola, said that the accountant’s role has been revolutionised over the past decade, with finance professionals becoming leaders, trusted expert counsel and key strategic advisers to organisations whether in the public or private sectors.

She noted that an optimum blend of skills, experience and intelligence is now needed by professional accountants.

According to her, with this metamorphosis comes a requirement for a whole new set of skills. On top of technical excellence, professional accountants now require creativity, emotional intelligence and the vision to lead.

“With input and insight from over 2000 business and finance professionals around the world, Professional Accountants the Future is the most in depth analysis of the profession and where it is headed – ever conducted”, says Ademola.

n ƆƎƓ ƈ ƃ ƉƉ Ƃ ƍ ƎƄ ƑƆƎ ƅƏ ƕ Ɗ Ƅƍ Ǝ Ƃ Ǝ ƃ ƋƆƎ Ɖ Ï jn ƋƉ Ǝ ƈƄ ƐƄƍ As part of a strategic alliance move to expand its business scope and strengthen its capital base, Unity Bank Plc has formed an alliance with Black Trituium, an equity and investment fund manager, in an effort to reposition the Bank.

Daily Times gathered that Black Trituium is poised to make significant equity investment, which is targeted at supporting the bank’s retail strategy whilst meeting the investment objectives of the fund managers.

The Black Trituium is an Equity and Investment fund manager, managing funds for individuals and institutions such as Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC).

The TUC has said it will acquire 57 percent stake of the

lender and becomes the majority shareholder very soon.

President of the congress, Comrade Bala Kaigama, gave this hint recently while speaking at the 10th Triennial National Delegates Conference of TUC. The TUC Boss said the acquisition was one of the congress efforts to re position the congress from being spectators to investors and guarantee the welfare of its members.

According to Kaigama, “Through the TUC economy, we are on the verge of acquiring major shareholding in Unity Bank Plc. We have a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the management and the process is on.

We will tag it as Nigerian workers’ bank and will let Nigerians know that we have a

bank in place.

To build a better Nigeria, we, in TUC, shall move from just being spectators in the Nigerian economy to becoming investors in the Nigerian economy.

The collaboration with Unity Bank is expected to expand the retail and SME platform of the Bank.

However, investment analysts see this as a unique opportunity that has the potential to broaden the Bank’s customer base and provide long term stakeholder value.

Furthermore, given the cur-

rent economic outlook, this strategic alliance is a proactive response that is a value investment with immediate benefits that will enhance the capacity of the Bank to meet the needs of its banking public.

The alliance will support government initiatives aimed at driving growth in the real sector through SME and retail products, with particular focus on the Agricultural sector, among many others.

External Reserves Date

Gross

Liquid

Blocked

%

6/2/16

26,372,681,186

25,721,814,572

650,866,614

2.47%

6/1/16

26,377,096,590

25,725,893,783

651,202,807

2.47%

5/31/16

26,387,286,124

25,735,985,326

651,300,798

2.47%

5/27/16

26,422,899,284

25,771,305,329

651,593,956

2.47%

5/26/16

26,439,683,894

25,787,999,945

651,683,949

2.46%

5/25/16

26,455,651,003

25,803,940,683

651,710,320

2.46%

5/24/16

26,483,985,711

25,832,247,122

651,738,589

2.46%

DTN Exchange Rate Monitor Currency

Official Rate

Parallel Market

USD

197

356

EUR

225

391

GBP

285

506

NOTE: The parallel or black market rates stand for the most common. However, there could be slightly higher or lower among distinct traders.

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Nigerians enduring hard times to end corruption, says NLC Stories by Joy Ekeke Organised Labour in Abuja has relayed to the Federal Government that Nigerian masses were only enduring hard times in the hope that it would end corruption.

Speaking at the 10th Triennial National Delegates Conference of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, its President, Mr. Bobboi Kaigama, also lamented the exposed cases of corruption by actors in the last administration.

According to him, “Presently the economy of the country is in a very bad shape. We are in a period of stagnation with its attendant slow economic growth, high unemployment and rising prices. The country’s currency, the Naira is in a free fall. There is insecurity posed by Boko Haram insurgents, problem of herdsmen and Niger Delta militants, and a host of other ills bedevilling the country. In spite of all these challenges, however, we cannot afford to give up the struggle. But I see hope coupled with signals of a brighter future for our unborn generations. We will surely get there.”

According to him: “The theme of this Conference, “Labour and National Re-orientation: The Change we want” is apt and well crafted to reflect our present

Ayuba: situation and steps needed to be taken to reshape the country and favourably reposition it to rank among the best in the comity of nations.

In a 15 page speech, Kaigama chronicled the socio-economic and political crises facing the country and concluded that cor-

NLC president ruption was the bane of the nation’s development.

He said: “The several mindboggling corrupt cases we have at hand are eloquent testimonies to the fact that but for providence, the country would have since ceased to exist. Some people have cornered a large chunk of the

Ngige proposes labour agreements review to quell Health Ministry crisis The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has waded into the labour crisis rocking the Federal Ministry of Health.

A statement issued by Ministry of Labour and Employment in Abuja on Saturday said the matter had been resolved at a reconciliatory meeting hosted by the minister in Abuja on Friday.

The statement was signed

by Mr Samuel Olowookere, the Deputy Director, Press, Ministry of Labour and Employment.

The statement said the minister has called for a review of some previous agreements reached between the Federal Government, the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), and other labour unions.

The statement said that Ngige prevailed on labour unions in the Ministry of Health to shelve their industrial action and al-

low the Permanent Secretary, Mrs Amina Shamaki, to return to duty.

It said the parties in the dispute also agreed to take relevant actions to resolve pending issues that led to the protracted dispute.

The statement said the minister made the call when the newly elected NMA executives, led by the President, Prof. Mike Ogirima, paid him a courtesy visit.

The statement quoted Ngige as saying that some of the agreements were not implementable and added that the proposed review had become necessary in view of dwindling government revenue.

“I have gone through previous agreements with past administrations and discovered that because budgetary provisions were not made for so many of the resolutions, government

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finds it difficult to implement them.

“I will, therefore, advise that previous agreements be revisited so that those that are practicable would be implemented now.

wealth of the country to themselves and their cronies. In the past, we questioned the rationale behind any individual keeping two billion naira, but today such a question might be considered irrelevant as individuals even keep billions of dollars in soak-away pits, septic tanks and even buried them in the ground.

“The fight against corruption is on and we commend the present administration for the bold and courageous initiative. It is however necessary to state that more still need to be done effectively to sanitise the system.”

Speaking, Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said the Federal Government was aware of the hardships Nigerians were passing through and noted that the government was doing everything possible to lessen the sufferings the citizens were going through.

While reiterating that the rot left by the previous administration was enormous, he said “the present economic circumstances and the attendant hardships must be approached with new reorientation that these sacrifices we are all called to make at this point of our national life are needful to correct the misrule of the last administration and put our nation on a sustainable path of economic recovery.

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to broaden it’s approach in addressing the recent spate of attacks by vandals on the nation’s oil pipeline installations in the Niger delta.

The TUC President, Bobboi Kaigama, said this recently in Abuja at the TUC 10th Triennial National Delegates Conference, with the theme: “Labour and National Re-orientation: The Change We Want.”

Kaigama said the facilities must be upgraded in order to block avenues through which the nation’s commonwealth was being stolen.

He said: “Of recent, revenue from the sales of crude has become so lean due to the activities of vandals.

“The country is presently losing 800,000 barrels of oil daily, a development that has affected the power sector and reduced power generation to less than 1,500 Mega Watts.

“The manufacturing sector is also having a feel of this calamitous situation as companies that

List of members of National Administrative Council of Trade Union Council of Nigeria (TUC) 1.

Bobboi Bala Kaigama (ASCSN)-President 2. Sunday olusoji Salako (ASSBIFI) First Deputy Nat. President 3. Augustine. Etafo (Construction) 2nd Nat. Deputy President 4. Francis Olabode Johnson (PENGASSAN) 3rd Nat. Deputy President 5. Quadri Olaleye (FOBTOB) National Treasurer 6.Benjamin Okewu (ATSSSAN) Financial Secretary 7. Ambi Karu (TEXTILE) Public Relations 8.Moshood Akinade (SSAUTHRIAI) Auditor 1 9. Matthew Alalade (Merchant Navy) Auditor 11 10. Chris Okonkwo (SSAEAEC) Trustee 1 11. Adeyemi Ademola (HAPSSSA) Trustee 11 12. Dada. Joseph. (PPPPSSA) Trustee 111 13. Peter Esele. (Ex-Officio) 14. Oyinkan Olasanoye (ASSBIFI) TUC Women Leader 15. Musa Lawal, Secretary General, TUC 16. Simeso Amachree, Deputy Secretary General, TUC

Pipeline attacks: TUC urges FG to adopt broader outlook cannot bear the burden of running their generators all day long are closing down.

“This is the time for government to be broad in its outlook generally so that all competing interests are carried along and not alienated.

“This way, most of these challenges can be tackled well in advance and appropriate solutions to fix the current challenges.”

Kaigama called on the Federal Government and the Niger Delta militants to embrace dialogue to end vandalism.

Earlier, Ayuba Wabba, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, said labour movement in the country would not relent in its struggle for better welfare for workers and the fight against anti-policies of government.

Daily Times Nigeria Tuesday, June 7, 2016

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The Shell Petroleum Development Company has inspired the University of Benin (UNIBEN) Shell Eco-marathon Team to dream bigger than it set out to do.

OPEC is finished -Analysts The Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has dug its own grave after it failed to agree on oil production quota for each of its member countries, according to Analysts.

During its recently held biannual general meeting in Vienna on Thursday, June 2, where the whole world expected it to put a peg on production output in order to boost price, it failed again.

Analysts say this has shown that OPEC is a dysfunctional organization that has outlived its usefulness.

The cartel has been pumping oil at record levels despite the drop in global crude prices that began in 2014.

“OPEC is finished. OPEC is over,” Oppenheimer’s senior energy analyst, Fadel Gheit said in an interview with CNBC’s ‘Pow-

Shell launches Nigeria campaign on energy efficiency

er Lunch’.

“Shale production has completely changed the way we look at energy and it’s not going to change. The fact of the matter is that OPEC and Saudi Arabia are no longer the swing producers they were only two years ago.”

The OPEC meeting was the second high-profile policy failure in nearly as many months.

In April, a summit in Doha between some of the largest oil producing economies also failed to reach a deal on setting output. The news reverberated through world markets, and left oil watchers looking for clarity provided by the OPEC meeting, which also ultimately disappointed.

The meeting’s outcome “reinforces the fact that control of the market has been handed to the market itself,” said Daniel Yer-

gin, vice chairman of IHS and a top energy expert.

Although prices have rallied in recent months, they remain well below the $100 level crude had enjoyed before the rout.

Now, “the market will dictate where oil prices will be,” said Gheit. He thinks the “new normal” for crude will be $60-$65 per barrel. He predicts that will happen in the next six to 12 months.

Those who think it will get to $80, $90 or $100 are barrel are “delusional,” he added.

Gheit believes U.S. exploration and production companies will be the best-performing stocks going forward. That is because when oil prices crashed, they got creative in cutting costs and improving operating efficiency.

Therefore, the break-even point for those companies has gone down.

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part of Shell’s thought leadership on the Future of Energy.

The primary targets of the campaign are the Energy Engaged Millennials (aged roughly between 18 and 34) who are expected to lead the debate on energy efficiency.

“The campaign is an important contribution to the debate on the future of energy, especially in Nigeria,” said Osagie Okunbor, Managing Director of The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria.

As part of a global effort to encourage debate on how a rapidly expanding world population can meet its energy needs, Shell has launched a major public service campaign in Nigeria.

Using traditional and social media advertising and other targeted activities, the 2016 campaign, christened #makethefuture, follows from the ‘Let’s Go’ outreach and seeks to promote advocacy and partnership for Bright Energy Ideas as

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OPEC daily basket price stood at $45.58 a barrel Thursday, 2 June 2016 “Like everyone else, we are keen to see how a growing population will provide for its energy needs. Studies show that energy use has increased globally at the same time that we face the challenges of climate change and reduction of CO2 emissions. The campaign therefore seeks to challenge assumptions and spark imaginative thinking on how to make today’s energy go further and to find cleaner energy for the future,” he said.

The campaign’s key feature is the build-up from the kinetic

football pitch built by Shell at the Federal College of Education, Akoka, Lagos. The pitch is powered by a combination of player activity and solar energy and is the first of its type in Africa, and second only to Brazil globally. It was launched in Lagos in November 2015 as a signpost for Bright Energy Ideas thinking among Nigerian youth, along with their counterparts worldwide. Akon, an international music star partnered with Shell for the launch in line with his vision of powering Africa.

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FX uncertainties deter investors, as ASI drops 0.13 percent Stories by Afolabi Adesola

Following the delay in the release of the details surrounding the proposed flexibility in the foreign exchange (FX) market, the Nigerian equities market resumed the week on a negative note as the NSE All Share Index declined by 0.13 percent to close at 27,598.54 points against 1.66 percent gained last Friday to close at

27,634.42 points.

Market capitalization dropped N13 billion to close at N9.479 trillion against N154.8 billion gathered previously to close at N9.491 trillion.

Diamond Bank shares led the day’s Most Active stocks on Monday as 15 million units of the stocks were traded for N31.7 million. FCMB followed exchanging 14.8 million shares worth N24.4 million while Ac-

cess traded 14 million shares valued at at N78.5 million.

Vitafoam led the day’s declining 24 stocks with a loss of 6.32 percent or 28 kobo to close at N4.15 per share, Diamond Bank Plc trailed with a depreciation of 6.28 percent or 14 kobo to close at N2.09 per share. MayBaker Plc dropped 5 percent or 6 kobo to close at N1.14 per share, Stanbic IBTC Plc fell 4.95 percent or 78 kobo to close at N14.97

per share and Union Bank Nigeria Plc declined by 4.94 percent or 27 kobo to close at N5.20 per share.

Leading the day’s 16 advancing stocks were Union Dicon Plc which added 10.22 percent or N1.27 to close at N13.70 per share followed by Axamansard Plc which gained 5 percent or 10 kobo to close at N2.10 per share, while Ashaka Cement Plc increased by 4.99 percent or

N1 to close at N21.03 per share.

Nascon Allied Industries Plc and McNichols Plc also appreciated by 4.75 percent and 4.51 percent to close at N8.38 and N1.39 per share respectively.

At the end of the day’s trading, investors in 3,695 deals had traded a total of 142.34 million shares for N1.43 million compared to 243.8 million shares worth N2.43 billion exchanged in 3,942 deals previously.

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Cadbury Nigeria reports earnings of N7.1b for Q1 2016

L-R Special Adviser on Sports to Governor Ambode and Chairman of the Lagos State Sports Commission, LSSC,Mr Deji Tinubu and wife with Chairman Planning Committee, Mr Bala Yesufu at the flag off of the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club 2016 held in Lagos recently.

Recently released First Quarter (Q1) results for Cadbury Nigeria Plc. showed that revenue grew (for the first time since Q3 2013) by 5.8 percent to N7.1billion, as against N6.7 billion recorded for the same period of 2015.

The beverage producing company also recorded a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of N693.5 million naira as against a loss before tax of N303.5 million posted for the same period of 2014, as well as a Profit After Tax (PAT) of N672.8 million

compared with a loss of N303.5 million in Q1 2015, this moved earnings per share to 36 kobo per share from a loss of 16 kobo per share.

The top and bottom line growth suggests that the company’s recent investment in its manufacturing plant, which management expects to increase Bournvita production by around 30%, may be paying off.

Another reason for bottom line growth is the 14 percent reduction in operating expenses from N2.03 billion to N1.74 billion in 2015.

Abbey Mortgage Bank erases losses, declares N55.5m profit for FY 2015 Ï&ƌƏƆƎƓ Əƍ ƃƄ 1ƍ ƏƋ Ƌ Ǝ MƟƠƼêƽ ƊƆƉƉƆ Ɖ Ɔ _Ɵ ƼƞƟÕ Abbey Mortgage Bank Plc has released its financial statements for the year ended 31st December 2015, indicating a return to profitability for the full year (FY) period ended 31st December, 2015.

The bank which recorded a loss after tax of N163.2 million in 2014 erased losses to settle at a profitable position of N55.5 million for FY 2015.

Retained earnings still remained in red, but dropped 86.8% from a negative position of N198.1 million to a negative position of N26.1 million.

The bank’s results further showed a 6.2 percent increase in interest and similar income to N1.09 billion for 2015 from N1.03 billion recorded in the same period of 2014, while Net

assets grew by 0.8 percent to N6.61 billion from N6.55 billion posted for 2014.

The bank formerly known as Abbey Building Society Plc changed its name to Abbey Mortgage Bank following the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria and Corporate Affairs Commission, subsequent to its listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in 2008.

The financial service provider is listed on the mainboard of the NSE, with market capitalisation at N5.3 billion and 4.2 billion shares outstanding. The bank shares last traded at N1.25 per share.

Meanwhile, Interim financial statements for Equity Assurance Plc and its subsidiaries has shown that

the group made a loss of N132.4 million for the first quarter (Q1) of 2016. This a 218.2 percent decline from N112.1 million declared as profit in the same period of 2015.

Although revenue increased by 10.2 percent to N1.4 billion from N1.3 billion in 2015, profit before tax fell by 155 percent to a loss of N89.3 million from a profit of N161.9 million declared in 2015.

Net assets for the insurance firm stands at N5.9 billion, 2 percent lower than N6.0 billion recorded for the same period of 2015.

The firm simultaneously released its full year results for the period ended 31st December 2015, depicting a 7.7 percent drop in revenue from N4.85

billion in 2014 to N4.47 billion in 2015, driving profit of N183.3 million made in FY 2014 to a loss of N580.2 million in FY

2015. For the full year (FY) 2015, the group posted a pre-tax loss N487 million against a pre-tax profit of N310.8 million.

Daily Times Nigeria Tuesday, June 7, 2016

B7 Business Interview

Amazon’s bestselling author to revolutionise customer service in Nigeria Jamaican born bestselling author on Amazon.com, Michael Williams in an exclusive interview with MATHEW DADIYA said that the only way the Nigerian government can create million jobs is by providing an enabling environment for the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to thrive. Williams who is the Managing Director of Cross River Tourism Bureau, told Daily Times during the launching of his book ‘The More3 Formula’ that he wants to lead a customer service revolution in Nigeria, so as to inject life into the activities of the SMEs in the country because the sector remains the largest employer in most of the developed economies of the world. He also said that he wants to change the way people think of managing customers describing Nigerians as ‘good managers of circumstances.’

You have worked in Nigeria and understood the terrain in terms of business and customer service, in what way do you think your strategies can change the approach to customer service in both public and private sectors of the economy?

I have a saying ‘I want to start a revolution in Nigeria.’ That is a customer service revolution, I want to change the way people think of managing customers and Nigerians are good managers of circumstances. Let’s see how we can surprise our customers, delight our customers and make our customers go whoa! Such that they start to transform their actual quality of life. Quality of life in Nigeria is poor, and most of it comes down to poor customer service from the power sector, from the government, from the local supermarket and stationary stores and anywhere else. If that customer service was different, your quality of life would be different because, certainly, someone is valuing you, you are getting your light, you are getting your water and you are getting your petrol and you are getting a proper service from the supermarkets with quality goods as well as reasonable prices; that is all what customer service revolution is all about. If that is happening in Nigeria, the quality of life in the country would drastically improve.

Now, whether anybody in government would listen to me to make these changes is another matter. The current President said, his administration is about change, I have seen them arresting people for corruption but what I am not seeing is changes in institution, changes in the systems that would allow these institutions to now give Nigerians a better deal, give them more service, give them more directives for what they have voted for but I don’t see it. I am ever ready to offer my service because I love to be able to help. Maybe somebody in government could call me you never know, I am here to help whenever I am called upon.

How would it impact the economy, especially by creating jobs for Nigerian youths?

If you have thriving small busi-

nesses that are growing, that is what takes care of your employment problem because the government cannot employ much people they are already overstaffed. The big business that can employ a lot of people, some of them are overstaffed with the wrong people.

Small business is the only way to go, America for example, they have the huge companies that most of you know but a lot of people don’t realize that the largest employer in the United States is small and medium enterprises.

All those network of stores, suppliers, and small manufacturers are the businesses that keep the American economy going; they are responsible for over 50 to 60 per cent of the entire employments rate in America, more than the government and more than the big corporation.

What inspired you to write on The More3 Formula, and your interest in customer service?

What inspired me was the experience of my clients and my own experiences on the job too. I had an advertising agency in London and I found out that my small clients were getting more customers from the advertising I was doing for them but they weren’t able to keep them and profit from them.

Meanwhile, the big companies were getting customers from our advertising firm and were able to keep them and profit from them.

Then, I kept wondering what was the difference between the small businesses and the big businesses, and I realized the difference was very simple. The big businesses understand certain techniques – certain things you have to do in order to exceed customers’ expectations. So they were keeping the clients, making them happy including the old clients without losing anyone and that is how you grow. The small ones were getting new customers through the back door and were losing them at the back door because of poor customer service. So, I develop the Three More Formula as a way to capture all these big business strategies and teach the smaller business.

Does this book capture only your experience in the UK or it includes your own experience in Nigeria as Managing Direc-

Michael Williams “I have seen them arresting people for corruption but what I am not seeing is changes in institution, changes in the systems that would allow these institutions to now give Nigerians a better deal” tor of Cross River Tourism Bureau?

Of course, if you read the book you would see that I made references to businesses in the UK and Jamaica where I hail from

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and also Nigeria. And the focal point of the example that I drew was just to show people example of great customer service wherever you are; and most of these businesses are international but they operate here in Nigeria. For example, Virgin Atlantic flies out of Lagos airport but they operate different level of service to most airlines and I talked about the difference in terms of what they do.

What is the book all about?

My book is about business success, from small to medium enterprises, that if they succeed, then they would be employing more people, there would be more money generated, customers would be happier and your quality of life will go up. As quality of life goes up, you now have a higher standard and as you get higher standard for yourselves, you now demand more customer service.

So you keep driving those businesses to do better and as those businesses are doing better, there would be increase in demand, and if there is higher demand, more

people would be employed and the suppliers would also have to employ more people.

This book is currently selling on Amazon, how would you describe the response so far?

I launched it in December 2015, and it went straight to number one in the business category, I am on Amazon.com number one selling book. People can download it for their candle, the hard copy would be available very soon in Amazon, it is currently available in Nigeria, I first launched it in Abuja, and then Calabar and from the 18th of May, 2016, it would also be available in Lagos.

How would you relate the efficacy of this to your stint at the Cross River Tourism Bureau?

We tried with the Calabar festival, the areas that I was in charge of, we definitely improved on our response to sponsors. Before, I came on board, sponsors would give money and it was not clear what the money was used for.

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I did not go into politics for money - Kenny Saint Best Multiple award winning gospel act and Kennis music vice-president, Kenny Saint Best was among the top celebrities who made their intentions known to venture into politics in the run up to the 2015 general election. Though, she lost during the primaries, KSB as she’s fondly called is now a card carrying member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and she appeared in virtually all the party’s activities. In this interview, she opens up on the reason why embraced politics among other sundry issues.

Excerpt: Let’s talk about you and politics, what influenced your decision to go into it?

I reside in Onigbongbo Local Government Area of Lagos State, and for over 6 years, I’ve been part of the local government in area of development basically in area of education, development of the public schools and upgrading of public schools in Onigbongbo local government under the chairmanship of Honourable Idowu Obasa, so I’ve been a part of it. At the state level, I was the main act at the state children’s Christmas party, and I was very active during the 2007 elections that brought in Governor Fashola.

So, I’ve always been q u i t e active in t h e

background of politics, but it was last year that I decided that I can do something about changing the face of youth development in Ikeja and Lagos as a whole. Apart from being a youth coach, youth pastor that requires me to see to the development of the youth, I have a yeaning and pull towards the street and seeing that every girl that comes out to hustle on the street at night should have a privilege to become a better citizen, and be given the privilege of better productivity in the areas of what they can do to improve their lives apart from prostitution.

What makes you feel politics is the way to go to make this kind of change?

Each time I look at it that I’m going into politics, I feel somehow, because of the kind of image politics has in Nigeria, it gives me shivers. I see it more as Public Service and if I look at it more in the area of seeing to getting people developed, human appreciation, and what I see in my local government especially the Opebi axis where I reside baffles me. The rise of prostitution has gone up by almost 1000%. It never used to be this bad; back then, you can count the number of girls you see on one hand, but now especially at that Pekas junction, it seems like a trailer comes to offload them for the night from 7pm. It looks like the street is pulling those more and more all because of money, and what they do depreciates humanity. I think there can be a change, something can be introduced to these girls and let them know that there’s a gift on the inside of them that can improve their personality and make money with their body by working h a r d without having to

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themselves. So really it’s the area of human productivity that’s really pulling me into Public Service, and that’s why I need to get on a platform to get the job done and if that platform is called Politics, then maybe you can call me a politician (laughs).

Coming from your background as an entertainer, do you really think you have what it takes to make any change in politics?

I think what it takes is the passion for change in human beings. It’s like saying why is Pastor Tunde Bakare in politics? Is it that he’s not getting enough money from the pulpit? It is the same call to build humanity, and it’s about spreading the good news through government. Yes, there is a youth ministry, but their attention seems to be more on sports development and we have seen how that has bettered the live sports practitioners, especially in football. It’s only in football that you have platforms for under 13, under 15, under 17, Flying Eagles and then Super Eagles. They don’t have such organised platforms for any other of youth development; we don’t have it for models, fashion or even musicians and actors.

The government can’t boast of any support or effort to grow these industries so much so that it’s the effort of these entertainers that has added to the GDP of Nigeria that has made us to have the highest GDP in Africa. Personally, I belong to Kennis music and 16 years of my life has been dedicated into human development and that is what we still do, but we do not have any structure despite the fact that we can see the potentials.

The money or loan they said they granted the industry, how many people can come out to say they’ve benefitted from it. So, somebody needs to come into government to enlighten them and let them know the amount of tax they can generate if the industry is properly structured, that’s why I’m doing my best from the grassroots. Lagos is the hub of entertainment in Africa, we need to get it right. The best way to curb crime is to create employment and empower the youth otherwise we’ll continue to have people brainwash them into commixing petty crimes for money.

What do you think is the solution to youth unemployment?

The solution is the reason why I’m into politics.

Haven been an entertainment practitioner for

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the past 16 years, I’m an expert in this industry. The government knows how to get professionals to handle other ministries but when it comes to youth and entertainment, they don’t. I still say it everywhere that Nigeria’s GDP rose because of the huge contributions of the entertainment industry, meanwhile we don’t have an entertainment ministry or agency representing the industry as a whole. The industry is so big that it encompasses movies, music, modelling, fashion, make up and more. And when they decide to have entertainment at government events, they only bring cultural dancers as if that’s all about entertainment. The bulk of unemployed Nigerian youths are actually educated, the energy is just lying fallow. This energy needs to be channelled into something positive and productive. At the moment, the energy is in a neutral gear which can only be pushed into positive or negative gears. You can’t just talk about youth empowerment and gather youth together for seminars upon seminars without practical ways of making money. A lot of graduates now have to learn makeup artistry, make small chops, or learn video production to make ends meet, and all these that I’ve just mentioned do not fall into any category in the structure of government.

What if people say you’re going into politics to make money?

Am I broke? Am I poor? I’ve been blessed, because what most people are still praying for and still have on their list of prayer requests, I’ve been given. So, if it is money that’s driving me, it would kill me because I would see so much money and die. If it’s just money, then I’m not going to be fulfilled.

Since you made your intention to go into politics know, what’s been the reaction of people towards it?

People are excited, and they know what I and my family have done in the Nigerian entertainment industry. For instance, Davido has won Best African act awards at 3 international awards and yet no governor or brand has said well-done to him for making Nigeria proud simply because it’s not sport.

Imagine the hype and government support for Blessing Okagbare who won Gold at Glasgow. This is simply because we don’t have a structure to support entertainment.

Now that I’ve decided to stick my neck out to bring Nigerian youth to the point of relevance, people are really about it and giving me all the support. If the government cannot create a ministry for the entertainment industry, they can create an agency for it just like LAWMA and co.

Daily Times Nigeria

Tuesday June 7, 2016

L3 Relationship

Maureen Onuigbo

Questions you should ask before starting a new

relationship Entering a new relationship is a big deal, particularly when your past relationships continually failed. If you are having reservations about starting fresh with someone new, it might be best to reflect on your dating habits first. Here are some questions to ask yourself to ensure that your next relationship is the happiest, healthiest one yet.

1. Am I ready?

Relationships take time and energy. Make sure your current lifestyle is ready for the commitment.

If you have a new job, if you are in pursuit of a dream, or if you are endearing a family emergency, it might not be best to throw another human being into the mix. Wait until you are settled before considering a relationship.

2. Am I truly over my ex?

Do not enter into a new relationship if your answer is NO, and you secretly want your ex back. Rebound relationships are not only destined to fail, they are destined to bruise the emotions of your new partner. No one wants to feel like they are a rebound, and no one deserves to be one. The best way to get over your ex is to work on yourself. Decide what didn’t work in your last relationship, and what personal aspect of your own life need adjusting to make your next relationship a success.

3. What did not work in past relationships?

Perhaps you sacrificed too much for your last partner. Perhaps it lacked trust or honesty. Maybe your relationship didn’t work because of distance. Make a list of all the things that went wrong in your prior relationships and find solutions.

4. What worked in my past relationships?

If you don’t recognize the positive aspects of a functional and healthy relationship, it will be difficult to transfer those ideas into a new one. If your own relationships lack insight, look at the couples around you. Perhaps your own parent or friends have harbored long-term relationships, and can lend some

advice.

5. What kind of relationship am I looking for?

In other words, how serious do you want it to be? This is important, not only for your own sake, but for the sake of your new, potential partner. Are you looking for a fun fling? Or are you ready to settle down? Be sure to discuss your answer with them before the two of you get in too deep. Avoid wasting time by making sure you are on the same page.

6. Do they share my morals?

Just because someone likes the same activities, or the same movies or books or food, doesn’t necessarily mean they are right for you.

You have to dig deeper. Do they have the same beliefs?

Not religion or politics. I mean, how do they treat other people in their life? How do they look at the world? What are they passionate about? And if you are looking to settle down with this person; what will they teach their children? Is it the same thing you would want your own children to learn?

7. What do I want out of this relationship?

Maybe you are looking for support, love or companionship.

Maybe you are looking for a best friend or maybe you are simply looking for a “good time”. It is important to determine these

things before entering into a new relationship. It’s the only way to decipher whether you are in it for the right reasons, and whether or not this person can provide what you desire.

partner?

Confidence?

Sense of humour? Humility? Kindness?

Motivation? Hard work? Does your prospective partner embody most of these characteristics?

8. Do I love myself?

You cannot love someone else if you don’t love yourself. If you don’t feel deserving of love, you might doubt or deny the love you receive from someone else, which can be extremely frustrating for them.

10. Does this person bring out the best in me?

How do you feel when you are with them? How do you behave?

Are you able to be your complete self?

9. What characteristics am I looking for in a

11. Am I really interested in this person?

I, for one, have made the mistake of dating someone just because, I was bored and confused and blinded to the fact that they were completely wrong for me. They were great; but they just weren’t great for me, I was more interested in telling them about myself, than learning about them.

12. Would I be proud to introduce this person as my partner?

When you get into a new relationship, eventually, you will have to introduce them to everyone in your life. Are you excited about this? If the answer is NO, I’d run but if the answer is YES, great.

13. Do my friends and family like this person?

Usually, the people who know you best also know what’s best for you. If they don’t like your new partner, it’s probably because they are seeing something you can’t yet.

14. Do I even want to be in a relationship?

If you’ve been in lots of relationships, if you’ve recently gotten out of a draining one, or if you just love being single, maybe you should be. There’s nothing wrong with that.

But if you have considered all these questions above and feel that you are ready, then go for it!

We are all rooting for you.

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Andrew Garfield returns for a second round of web-slinging action. Dangerous new enemies and family secrets weigh heavily on young Peter Parker as he struggles with his destiny. Jamie Foxx, Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone.(2014) Marc Webb

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M-Net The Duff: The popular kids get a wakeup call in this high school movie. Once a girl finds out that she is being used by her friends, she teams up with a boy and begins a social makeover. Premieres on Sunday 24 April at 7pm and at 7:30pm on M-Net Movies Premiere.

M-Net Edge Motive (S4): Kristin Lehman (The Killing) stars as a feisty Vancouver homicide detective who uses her skills to track down cunning killers with a serial motive. Premieres on Tuesday 19 April at 6pm.

Fargo (S2): An all-star cast brings us another instalment of this Golden Globe and Emmy winning crime anthology. In the season premiere, an unexpected turn of events at a diner disrupts a small Minnesota town. Premieres on Tuesday 19 April at 8pm.

Hannibal (Premiere): Chilling psychological thriller centred on one of fiction’s most terrifying serial killers. In the series premiere, troubled FBI profiler Will Graham is put into the hands of brilliant psychiatrist, Dr Hannibal Lecter. Premieres on Tuesday 19 April at 9pm.

Studio universal She’s The Man: Channing Tatum features in this romantic comedy. When a

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teenage girl Amanda Bynes) decides to disguise herself as her twin brother in order to play on a boarding school’s football team it leads to romantic complications for everyone involved, from her arrogant ex-boyfriend to the star striker she develops a crush on... Laura Ramsey, Brandon Jay McLaren and Vinnie Jones also star. Airs on Wednesday 20 April at 7pm.

The Eagle: A young centurion and his British slave set out past Hadrian’s Wall to Caledonia, attempting to learn the ultimate fate of the Ninth Legion. Historical drama, starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland and Mark Strong. Airs on Wednesday 20 April at 8:50pm.

JAMIE FOXX: Back-to-back Jamie Foxx movies begin with explosive action adventure Stealth (18:00). The US military develop a fighter jet controlled by artificial intelligence, but when it becomes selfaware three hot-shot pilots must stop it inciting war. Josh Lucas and Jessica Biel also star. Military drama Jarhead follows the true story of one Marine, Anthony ‘Swoff’ Swofford, and his experiences in the 1990-91 Gulf War. Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard also star. Watch on 23rd April from 5pm.

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