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Digital marketing: How to make money on the internet

By Paul Omorogbe DIGITAL marketing seems to be the new buzzword making the rounds. Wikipedia describes it as an “umbrella term for the marketing of products or services using digital technologies, mainly on the internet, but also including mobile phones, display advertising and any other digital medium.”

Though digital marketing sounds new, understanding

other terms used in its place, which include online marketing, internet marketing or web marketing, tells us the concept has been practised longer than the term has existed.

However, with the proliferation of digital devices, the opportunity to carry out marketing activities on these platforms becomes more appealing.

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Recession: Buhari, ministers, economic experts brainstorm

—P11 •Commence work on 2017 budget •Nigerians demand $2.5bn weekly for importation —Ogbeh

EFCC declares Shema, ex-Katsina gov, wanted —P9

Seek experts' advice, Sanusi tells Buhari —P11

From left, Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai; Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun; the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona; Globacom representative, Mr Folu Aderibigbe and the Bayelsa State governor, Honourable Seriake Dickson, at the annual Ojude Oba Festival, sponsored by Globacom, in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, on Wednesday.

Masquerade invades church, smashes worshipper's head

—P31

Flood kills 60-year-old man in Osun —P31

Abiara's wife for burial Dec 2 —P30

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NASRDA attributes recent tremor in Kaduna to passive sources

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HE National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has attributed the cause of the recent tremor in Jama Local Government Area of Kaduna State to passive sources.

In a press statement, Head Media and Corporate Communications of the agency, Dr Felix Ale, said the nature of the source would soon be determined after the completion of yet another ongoing thorough and further investigation of the incident by experts in the Space Agency.

According to him, the reports had established that the incident were recorded in Kwoi and surrounding villages of Nok, Sanbah and Chori, in Jama Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Sunday, September 11 and Monday, 12.

The current findings was the outcome of a preliminary report by the team of experts immediately deployed to the affected communities from one of the activity centres of the Space Agency: The Centre for Geodesy and Geodynamics for on the spot assessment and to carry out a survey and investigation on the incident.

The team, led by the Head of Seismology division of the Space Agency, Dr Ofonime Akpan, was able to establish that the Seismological Station of NASRDA located at Kujama, in Kaduna State, accurately recorded the incident which made it easy for collation of data and early release of preliminary reports on the incident.

The analysis showed that the first event occurred at

12:28:16.50 seconds GMT on Sunday, 11 of September, 2016 and the event has an epicentre located Latitude 9.825N and Longitude 7.885 E, while Local Magnitude was 2.6 and

Moment Magnitude was 3.0 and Focal Depth was 10 kilometres.

The report further revealed that the second event occurred on Monday, 12 of September,

2016 at 03:10:48.80 seconds (GMT) with Local Magnitude of 2.6 and Moment Magnitude of 2.9 with Focal Depth of 10 kilometre, while the epicentre was Latitude 10.879N

and Longitude 7.188E. This was followed immediately by another event at 03:11:20.00 seconds (GMT) located at an epicentre of Latitude 9.927N and Longitude 7.297E,

From left, actress, Somkele Iyanma-Idhalama; former heavyweight champion, Lennox Lewis; Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Steve Ayorinde and the President of Directors Guild of Nigeria, Fred Amata, during the City to City Lagos party at the ongoing TIFF in Toronto, Canada, on Tuesday.

Boko Haram in new video, threatens Buhari THE Boko Haram sect released a video on Tuesday, celebrating the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha and threatened to “capture” President Muhammadu Buhari.

The almost 13-minute film, posted on YouTube and circulated via social media, showed large number of people, including children gathering for what appeared to be Eid prayers in several unknown locations. The video showed

various groups of people praying in a mosque and in an outdoor clearing on Monday. According to the narrator, it was the day of the Islamic feast.

A preacher was seen addressing the crowd in the mosque and later outside, carrying a sheathed sword that was drawn towards the end of the video. The preacher, speaking in Hausa Language, said he was speaking on behalf of longtime Boko Haram leader,

Abubakar Shekau, who did not appear in the video.

According to a translation by Nigeria’s PREMIUM TIMES, the speaker also stated that the group would “capture Buhari with our hands.”

According to some analysts, the fact that Boko Haram released its own Eid video independently of ISIS was further evidence of divisions within the group.

The Nigerian military claimed to have “fatally

wounded” Shekau in an airstrike in August, but there had been no confirmation from Boko Haram sect of whether its leader was injured or dead.

Nigeria’s armed forces had claimed, on several occasions, to have killed Shekau.

It will be recalled that in a video released in August, Shekau appeared armed with a machine gun, taunting Buhari-led administration.

SSS 2 student kills self over abandonment by boyfriend in Benue Johnson Babajide - Makurdi A Senior Secondary School (SSS) II female student of Dyege Memorial College, Akpehe, in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, names withheld, early this week, committed suicide after she lost her boyfriend to another girl.

Nigerian Tribune learnt that the 19-year-old deceased was said to have taken her life when her boyfriend, a pork seller at Wurukum market in Makurdi metropolis, whom she was pregnant for, left her for another girl, who got pregnant for him.

When the Nigerian Tribune visited the school on Wednesday, many of her classmates were in tears, while teachers were in groups, discussing in hush tones.

A friend to the deceased, who spoke under condition of anonymity, said she might have killed herself because of the action of her boyfriend, whom she claimed to have loved so much.

She said the deceased had accused the boyfriend of impregnating another girl and felt that such act could deny her future plan after finishing her school, adding that at the time she

went to her friend’s residence, she discovered that the victim had vomitted blood and fell from the bed to the floor.

According to her, “my friend had brought a sharp knife the previous night to my house that I should see her off to the boyfriend’s residence, threatening that she was going to deal with the boyfriend. But I advised her not to do such thing by going to take the life of her boyfriend or herself.”

It was gathered that the victim was rushed to a private hospital, Yiman Hospital, Akpehe, where doctor confirmed that she was

brought in dead.

A nurse at the hospital, (names withheld), told newsmen that when the victim was brought to the hospital, she was foaming in the mouth as a result of the substance she might have taken.

Proprietress of the school the deceased attended, Mrs Mercy Dyege, told Nigerian Tribune that she was so shocked when the news of the suicide got to her.

While expressing sadness over the death of her student, Mrs Dyege described the action as barbaric, uncalled for and ungodly, saying she always advised the students to

focus on their studies and devote their lives to God rather than engaging in issues of boy and girlfriends relationship.

When contacted, the Benue State command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Moses Yamu, confirmed the incident, saying investigation had commenced, just as he advised other students to desist from such act.

The PPRO said Labi had reported to the police that her girlfriend drank a poisonous substance, but before the police could get to the hospital, the family of the deceased had taken her corpse away.

Local Magnitude 2.9 and Moment Magnitude 3.0.

The reports revealed that the time of occurrence of these events and intensities of the locations as reported by inhabitants of the communities which included cracks on walls of buildings, falling off of ceiling fans and other items corresponds with the results of analysis carried out by the team of experts from NASRDA’s Centre for Geodesy and Geodynamics.

The Space Agency has, therefore, appealed to residents of the various communities to remain calm, as no stone would be left unturned by the agency to unravel the situation, as more data were aggressively being collected from other seismological stations.

The Space Agency promised to make its detailed reports known to the public as soon as further investigations on the incident were completed.

The Centre for Geodesy and Geodynamics, located in Toro, Bauchi State, is one of the activity Centres of Excellence of the Space Agency located in different geo-political zones of the country.

The centre is charged specifically with the mandate of crustal and coastal deformation monitoring, seismic hazard evaluation and monitoring, as well as research in natural hazards like earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, subsistence, among others.

The NASRDA’s centre has successfully carried out several projects and research for national development, among which are series of investigations on peculiar geo-hazards in Nigeria, which include the application of Laser Technologies for Subsistence monitoring along the coastal lines of Lagos and Port Harcourt, Development of a geo-hazard map showing some areas that are susceptible to natural hazards.

It has also established what is globally known as the Nigeria National Network of Seismic Stations, located in Abuja, Kaduna, Ile-Ife, Awka, Abakaliki, Minna, Ibadan, Nsukka and Oyo town.

This, according to NASRDA, is to improve Seismic data acquisition and encourage more research activities regarding Seismicity in Nigeria, particularly in times like this.

5 news Propak exhibition hosts 30 countries, 150 exhibitors

Gbemi Solaja - Lagos EST Africa’s largest packaging, printing and plastics exhibitions, Propak, will be hosting about 150 exhibitors and over 3000 countries this year.

According to the organisers, the FCMG sector, will welcome 150 exhibitors and over 3, 000 visitors for three days to the Landmark Center, in Lagos.

The exhibition will raise the profile of the packaging and printing industries in particular and hopefully bring countries into focus on the markets.

The exhibition, is also expected to attract global players in the manufacturing and fast moving consumer goods, amidst growing concerns over the dwindling revenue profile of the country from unstable global oil prices, trade exhibitions that paint Nigeria as a veritable investment destination.

“With an unprecedented rise in Nigeria’s middle class, population growth and the dramatic need for employment, the country has no alternative to developing a strong value added

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manufacturing base.”

Afrocet, the conference and exhibition will provide veritable opportunity for policy makers and industry experts to gather and discuss the industry’s roadmap and confront challenges whilst also drawing leading global manufacturers to the region in order to facilitate growth.

The director of exhibition, George Pearson, the biggest international exhibition within the processing

and packaging industry, will bring representatives from 30 different countries from over 100 exhibitors.

He, however, said that “Food processing and packaging element of the Propak’s conference programme will attract particular attention this year.

Stakeholders in the sector are increasingly of the belief that it has the capacity to become Nigeria’s highest revenue earner, if strategically supported and encouraged.

Kola Oyelere - Kano THE acting governor of Kano State, Professor Hafiz Abubakar, has said that the state government expended over N7.8 billion on workers’ salary monthly.

Professor Abubakar said this when the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, paid the traditional Huwan Nasarawa homage to the Government House, Kano, to mark Sallah festivities.

“Under Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje - led administration, ‘we use to pay N60 million every week to feed students of various boarding schools in the

state.”

According to him, the administration also earmarked huge amount of money to the state scholarship board to assist its students in higher institutions.

“To this end, Kano State government has released about N360 million to assist our students studying in the country and abroad.”

Responding, the emir called on government to seek for more assistance on the current economic recession from experts so as to alleviate the suffering of the people and urged leaders to be trustful and dedicated.

Kano expends N7.8bn on workers’ salary monthly —Acting gov

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Kukah to Buhari: Nigerians voted for you to right the wrongs Hakeem Gbadamosi - Akure

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HE Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, on Tuesday, advised President Muhammadu Buhari to write the perceived wrongs of past administrations in the country and face the challenges of governance in order to reduce the hardship in the land.

Bishop Kukah, who stated this during a dinner organised by the Ondo State government, after the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigerian (CBCN) 2016 held in Akure, said “Nigerians didn’t vote a government to complain about yesterday, if we wanted yesterday, the new government would not be there.”

The cleric, who urged the present administration to stop the blame game, said “the previous government did not only do bad things, but did a lot of good things.

“I think the business of government is not our business; our business is, if the previous government did bad, that is why we voted a new government.

“It is really about taking responsibility. No matter how much you praise or abuse Jonathan, he is not the president of Nigeria. I think that people must understand, you take power to solve problems not to agonise.

“As the head of a family, no matter how bad things are— no food in the house, you as a father can’t enter the house crying.

“It is the question of developing the mechanism; you can’t solve the problem.

Even my best friends in the All Progressives Congress (APC) now realise that nobody can sing the song about Jonathan being responsible for the problems we are in.

“We are not asking you to change the whole world, but Jonathan created problems - we are now riding a train between Abuja and Kaduna now, the train wasn’t there before. Things that Jonathan did that can help Nigeria, let’s continue with them.

The bad things that Jonathan did and those who deserve to go to prison should go to prison.

“But sending people to prison will only be useful if it puts bread on the table of people.”

Speaking on the anti-corruption crusade, the bishop noted that the war could only be won if the present administration applied right measures, saying “I have always said, you can’t cure

malaria by just providing tablets; you might provide tablets to cure malaria, but you have to look at the cause of malaria.

“As long as dirty waters and mosquitoes are around, there will still be the disease. My argument has always been that if we are really fighting corruption, we started off with the assumption that corruption is all about people stealing money.

“But stealing money is actually the other end of corruption. The reason we

don’t seem to make much progress is based on the kind of diagnosis; how we diagnose the problem.

“I still believe that unless we get to the root cause of poverty, inequality, which is really the evidence and symptom of corruption; you can talk of fighting corruption all the rest of your life and very little is going to happen.”

While speaking on the high cost of living and the suffering in the land, Kukah said “I think that the extremes are very difficult, but

Nigeria is a hell of a country and Nigerians are a hell of a people. These are trying times and they can actually help to bring out the best in us.

“And I think that really, it bears no repeating that I think the challenge government is facing this— just to be able to explain to people that this suffering has something redemptive about it, because if you know that at the end of this suffering, something good is going to happen, people will be ready to live with the conse-

quences.

“But so far, I don’t think government is communicating effectively with ordinary Nigerians, to know where we are and the state of things. So, this is why you increasingly have a situation where people are not willing to make sacrifices because they still believe that their obligation is to protect themselves.

“I think unless government openly explains and engage people very constructively, what you are going to face is a situation where ordinary

From left, President, Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Most Reverend Ignatius Kaigama; Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko and the Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Ondo, Most Reverend Jude Arogundade, at the dinner to round up the Catholic Bishops Conference, at the Dome, Akure, on Tuesday.

citizens will keep finding the best ways to protect and defend themselves.”

In his own remarks, the state governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, reiterated call for restructuring of the country and the need for a true federalism.

Mimiko, who explained that true federalism remained the only panacea towards the development of the country, also expressed worries that the Federal Government was biting more than it could chew with the larger percentage of the resources at the disposal of the Federal Government to the detriment of the federating units.

He called on religious leaders to keep praying for the country and noted that the problem of corruption facing Nigeria could be addressed by putting in place right policy, noting that inter-religious conflicts might lead the country into more danger that might be difficult to overcome.

The governor said “government has responsibility of bringing these bigots to book. We are not comfortable with what the bigots are doing. What they are doing is most worrisome in Nigeria. Church has major role to play by praying for Nigeria.”

Tackle Nigeria’s multifaceted problems, stop blaming PDP, Babatope, Golu tell Buhari Jacob Segun Olatunji and Leon Usigbe - Abuja A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope and the member representing Pankshin, Kanke, Kanam federal constituency of Plateau State in the House of Representatives, Honourable Golu Timothy, on Wednesday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle the nation’s multifaceted problems and stop blaming the PDP for shortcomings of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration.

The duo spoke with the Nigerian Tribune in Abuja, on Wednesday, in separate interviews, while reacting to a statement credited to Buhari that he inherited nothing from the 16 years administration of the PDP and that the party was responsible for the current nation’s economic recession.

According to Babatope, a former Transport and Aviation Minister, “President Buhari’s statement is laughable; this is amazing, he should address the issue

of hunger in the land, as Nigerians are dying of hunger.

“When the PDP was in goverment, he should tell the whole world how much was the exchange rate. Today, a Dollar goes for N450.

How much was a bag of rice? How much was a litre of fuel? Buhari should face the acts of good governance before the bubble bursts,” he declared.

Babatope appealed to the media, the organised labour, the civil society organisations and elders, including former presidents, to wade into the nation’s current predicament, with a view to allowing Buhari to see the reality on ground and change his style of administration before it would be too late.

In his own reaction, Honourable Golu stated that the president was very unfair to former presidents, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the late Umaru Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan, and the PDP, which provided a democratically conducive environment for him to become a president.

According to Honourable

Golu, “has Buhari forgotten so soon that Obasanjo transformed the telecommunications sector; Yar’Adua and Jonathan transformed the agriculture, railway and infrastructure sectors?

“He is also being unfair to former governor Rotimi Amaechi, Aminu Tambuwal and all those who ran away from the PDP to form the APC and worked for him to become the president.

“He should tender unreserved apology to the PDP and Nigerians in general, and address our problems as a nation. We are fed up,” he stated.

Meanwhile, the PDP has

called on President Buhari to return the nation back to where it was at the time of his takeover and, thereafter, resign from office.

The opposition’s call came following the recession in the country, with the party maintaining that the president had no capacity to revive the economy.

In a statement issued by the spokesman of the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led national caretaker committee, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, in Abuja, on Wednesday, it also lambasted the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, over her recent description of recession as just “a

word.”

The party said “the earlier the president and his team quit, the better for the country,” adding that “there is no better time than now to make this call for the president to return the country to how he met it and quit, or right away quit for a more experienced team to take over.”

Expressing worries about the state of affairs of the country, the opposition party wondered whether the finance minister’s statement “as a result of ignorance, lack of patriotism or in line with President Buhari’s comment that his ministers are noisemakers.”

Kwara generates N1.5bn IGR Biola Azeez - Ilorin AS part of efforts to improve the fortune of the state, Kwara State governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has said the state government now generates about N1.5 billion monthly as internally generated revenue from about N500 million monthly that was generated before the introduction of new revenue

collection strategy through the State Internal Revenue Service.

Governor Ahmed said this at a function organised by members of a socio-cultural group, Third Estate, Ilorin, adding that states must look beyond earnings from the federation account in order to survive present funding challenges from the Federal Government.

According to the governor,

his administration had since changed the process of revenue generation without introducing new taxes to meet the current challenges of infrastructural development.

“I am happy that the consciousness has come to us as a country, as a state and most importantly as a government that we cannot continue to depend on federation allocations.

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40 tonnes of waste evacuated from key blackspots OURS after the celebrations of the Eid-el-Kabir, efforts have been geared up by waste managers to reduce the massive waste and refuse generated in the state, as about 40 tonnes of refuse have been evacuated in different parts of the state already.

Making this known to Lagos Metro, on Wednesday, the Executive Chairman of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr Olumuyiwa Adejokun, through a message made available by his media office, restated the agency's resolve to ensuring prompt and thorough evacuation of wastes generated in the state, which was reputed to be one of the highest in Africa.

To achieve this, the LAWMA boss said the agency was able to identify some black spots across

the metropolis, which were not only densely populated, but where residents seemed to have a knack for haphazardly dumping the waste they generated in unapproved places.

Some of the black spots, according to the agency, included Abule Egba and Oshodi railway lines on the Lagos-Abeokuta Express Road.

"In bid to ensure zero tolerance for waste in all parts of the state, especially after the Ileya festival, LAWMA has intensified waste evacuation operations at notable black spots across the metropolis," the LAWMA boss stated.

"About 40 tonnes of waste have already been evacuated from earmarked black spots at Abule Egba and Oshodi railway lines on Abeokuta Express Road. As of the time of filing this report, work is ongoing around Ajah axis," he added.

However, sympathising with communities affected by the recent floods in the

Olalekan Olabulo TWO brothers, said to be suspected armed robbers, who allegedly used motorcycles to terrorise residents of Isolo and neighbouring communities have been arrested by the police.

The suspects, identified as Sunday and Johnson, were, on Wednesday, arrested by policemen from Isolo Divisional police station.

The two brothers were allegedly on their way for an

operation when policemen intercepted them around Chemist Bus Stop, Isolo.

The image maker in charge of the state police command, Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the arrest of the suspects to Lagos Metro.

Badmos also said "one locally-made pistol and two cartridges were recovered from the suspects."

A police source at Isolo police station told Lagos Metro that "our men were on patrol when they stopped

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state, Adejokun charged residents in the state to shun the act of indiscriminately dumping refuse in open canals, waterways and

other unauthorised places, saying this was the main cause of the flood in the state.

The step taken by

LAWMA so far, according to the agency, was in line with the action plan of the LAWMA boss, who had in a recent press briefing, stated

that the authorities would leave no stone unturned in its efforts to clear waste from all black spots across the state.

PHOTO NEWS

Scene of an accident involving a truck with container and a Toyota Hiace bus, at Ilupeju Oshodi Expressway inward Anthony. The truck developed a mechanical fault while on high speed and swerved into other lane, crushing a moving 18-seater bus with registration number Lagos MUS 684 XC. No life was, however, lost. PHOTOS: OVADJE ELLIOT

Brothers arrested for robbery their operational motorcycle around Chemist Bus-Stop."

The police source added that "they looked suspicious and our men insisted on searching them and when they finally did, they recovered a gun and two cartridges with them."

Badmos said the arrested suspects could not give their address, adding that the case would be transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the state police command for further investigations.

The wreckage of the Hiace bus being towed away from the scene of the accident.

Driver, Okada rider allegedly rape 2 teenagers Ayomide Owonibi Odekanyin

Cars trying to avoid the failed portion of Funsho Williams Avenue on Surulere-Apapa Wharf Link road, on Wednesday. PHOTO: NAN

TWO men, a driver, Innocent (surname withheld), 30, and an Okada rider, Lateef (surname withheld), 27, have been accused of raping two teenage girls, aged 13.

Innocent allegedly committed the offence sometimes in August, in Lekki- Ajah area of the state.

Innocent was a driver to the aunt of one of the 13-year-old girls, who was

allegedly raped.

Lateef, on the other hand, was an Okada rider, who forcefully had sexual intercourse with a 13-year -old girl (names withheld).

"Lateef on September 12, at about 4 p.m at Oja Oba Market, on Lagos Island, forcefully had canal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl. He had sexual intercourse with her without her consent," the police told an Igbosere Magistrate Court.

Both men, however, denied the allegations against them.

However the defendants’ counsels, Darnell Abbe and Emmanuel Ubanney, urged the court to grant them bail in the most liberal terms, but the magistrate declined granting them bail, saying the court did not have the jurisdiction to hear the matter.

Both men were remanded in prison while the case was adjourned till October 5.

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N2bn allegation: Oshiomhole lied against me —Wike

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OVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has declared as false the allegation by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State that he (Wike) spent N2 billion to mobilise militants for the postponed governorship election in the state.

Oshiomhole was reported to have recently said that Wike sent the amount to the Edo State governor-

ship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Pastor Osagie Ize-Nyamu, as part of an arrangement with Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to mobilise militants ahead the election.

Denying the allegation however, Wike, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt, on Wednesday, by his media aide, Simeon Nwakaudu, said Oshiomhole had only confirmed his penchant for lies and inconsistencies.

He said the Edo State governor only made the allegation out of panic over the rejection of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, adding it was completely untrue that he and Senator Okowa mobilised militants to the state.

Wike further said it was shocking that Oshiomhole could still believe in what he said were drama and lies, adding that he was shocked by the allegation as he claimed that he met

Odubu denies rift with Oshiomhole THE deputy governor of Edo State, Dr Pius Odubu, has denied having an altercation with the

governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, over shift of the governorship election from September

quito campaigns across the state as opposed to the APC’s campaigns.

The state Commissioner for Information, Kassim Afegbua, in a statement said, “while we took over the state by storm with our grand finale campaign, PDP governors sneaked into town and held their own rally in a 12 by 13 room size. What does that tell you?

“Secondly, following the arrest of some militants, who are now being arraigned, it was obvious that the security threat was real.

The police and DSS have been able to make successful arrests of militants, who were hitherto recruited to cause violence in the state and their confessions have simply explained the devilish intention of the PDP.”

said: “Our attention has been drawn to the falsehood being circulated by some disgruntled elements on the social media, especially by one Ugiagbe Josh Eseiwi that the deputy governor, Rt. Honourable (Dr) Pius Odubu, is at war with his boss, Governor Adams Oshiomhole, over the shift in date of the Edo gubernatorial election.

“The said post even went further to suggest that the deputy governor had an altercation with the governor to the extent that the governor directed his security details to walk his deputy out of his (governor’s) office.

“This statement is entirely false, a figment of the authors’ imagination and a desperate and continuous move to drive a wedge between the governor and his deputy.

“For emphasis’ sake, Dr Pius Odubu is a perfect gentleman who is imbued with the principles of honesty, integrity, respect for authority and, above all, the fear of God.

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In a statement, the deputy governor’s chief press secretary, Mr Kelly Odaro,

Oshiomhole plotting to change electoral officers —PDP

•Allegation mere lamentation of a drowning party —Govt Banji Aluko-Benin- City

AHEAD the rescheduled governorship election in Edo State, on September 28, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state has disclosed that the state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, is plotting to effect the change of designated electoral officers (EOs) for the election, adding that the governor was prepared to use his office and influence to rig the election in favour of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The party also alleged that Governor Oshiomhole used his Kaduna State counterpart, Nasir el-Rufai, to influence a federal commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postponing the election from the earlier date of September 10 to 28.

State chairman of the PDP, Dan Orbih, who

stated this while addressing journalists at the state headquarters of the party in Benin, on Wednesday, said Governor Oshiomhole ensured that the election was postponed in order to perfect a rigging plan.

He pointed out that the APC, led by the Governor Oshiomhole, was now using the postponement to buy unclaimed permanent voter cards (PVCs) to be used by people who would be brought to Edo State to vote, adding that part of the APC’s plan was to manipulate the electronic card readers so that INEC would resort to the use of manual voting through the use of incident forms.

Meanwhile, the Edo State government has described the PDP’s allegations as mere lamentations that are indicative of the party’s impending loss, adding that it was obvious that the party was jittery going by its mos-

Ex-militant, 31 others paraded by police for robbery Banji Aluko-Benin City

AN ex-militant, General Pere Ojune, was, on Wednesday, paraded along with 31 other suspects by the Edo State police command for crimes ranging from kidnapping, robbery and burglary.

Parading the suspects at the state police headquarters, the state Police Commissioner, Fimihan Adeoye, dispelled rumour doing the rounds that militants from neighbouring states of Delta, Kogi and Rivers infiltrated the state to cause violence just before the Edo State governorship election earlier scheduled for September 10.

Speaking on the arrest of General Pere Ojune, the commissioner of police said the suspect was arrested along with his brother,

Trim Ade, whom he said, delivered a double-barrel gun, a cut-to-size gun and some live cartridges to him.

However, while speaking with journalists, General Ojune, who last week, announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at an event in Benin, on Thursday, denied receiving guns from Trim Ade, whom he described as his junior brother, and fingered political persecution for his ordeal.

He said: “I’m an Ijaw man from Ovia South West Local Government Area. I was a member of the APC and I defected to the PDP on Thursday. On Friday morning, I saw police in my house with my fathers’ son. I saw my junior brother in handcuffs.

and embraced the Edo State governor at the Benin Airport on the day of the governorship campaign.

“Oshiomhole even cornered me and said ‘don’t mind these people, they don’t know that we meet and talk. If Oshiomhole has lost the confidence of his people, he should not blame me.

“He brought the president and 10 APC governors and he was not satisfied.

Only because two PDP governors visited Edo State,

Oshiomole is panicking.”

This was the same man who praised former President Goodluck Jonathan for promoting free and fair election, one man, one vote which saw Oshiom-

hole win a second term.

Anywhere Oshiomhole goes, he insults the former president. When President Buhari leaves office, Oshiomole will do the same to him. he said.

Enogie of Useh community counsels youths on election violence Abiodun Jimoh-Benin City

YOUTHS across Edo State have been urged not to allow political leaders and politicians to use them in perpetrating election violence and social vices at the forthcoming governorship election slated for Wednesday, September 28, 2016 in the state.

His Royal Highness Olomuza Otamere Eweka, the Enogie of Useh community, Egor, made the plea in a chat with newsmen in Benin City, on Monday, urging the youth not to engage in activities that could bring disrepute to their future before, during and after the election.

Olomuza stated that most of the political and electioneering violence being perpetrated across the state were targeted at the youth, whom he described as the

future of the state and country at large.

Furthermore, the Enogie appealed to the state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, to ensure free and fair governorship election on September 28, being the chief security officer of the state, adding that the whole of Edo people were strongly behind him in making sure that the election was held smoothly as expected by the people.

Olomuza, however, called on Edo people to exercise patience over the postponement of the governorship election initially fixed for September 10 due to alleged security threats raised by the police and Directorate of State Security (DSS), adding that he supported the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the postponement.

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Digital marketing: How to make money on the internet Continued from front page

According to a publication by Nielsen Insights Media and Entertainment, “it is increasingly advantageous for companies to utilise social media platforms to connect with their customers and create these dialogues and discussions. The potential reach of social media is indicated by the fact that in 2015, each month, the Facebook app has more than 126 million average unique users and YouTube had over 97 million average unique users.”

The use of digital marketing in the digital era not only allows for brands to market their products and services, but also allows for online customer support through 24/7 services to make customer feel supported and valued. The use of social media interaction allows brands to receive both positive and negative feedback from their customers, as well as determining what media platforms work well for them has become an increased advantage for brands and businesses.

So how does one take advantage of the opportunity digital marketing affords? “In today’s information age, you can reach just about anybody in the world who has internet access if you market your products digitally. Another aspect that has attracted so many people towards digital marketing is the fact that you don’t have to have your own

products in order to get started. In digital marketing, anyone can start earning money just by selling, or even just by trying to sell other peoples’ products,” Albert Owens of VG Business Consultants notes.

According to him, “the most popular and the fastest growing method of selling other peoples’ products digitally is affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketing, in its simplest definition, is a relationship between an online merchant or retailer who has products to sell, and his affiliates, who are willing to promote the merchants’ product or products on their own website or blog.

“In a normal affiliate marketing set up, the merchant provides his affiliates with banners and text ads that back-link to his site. The affiliates will then get these ads posted on their website and they get paid whenever traffic or sales is directed to the merchants’ website. Affiliates, for the most part, are paid on a commission basis, but there are also other web merchants who choose to pay a fixed fee for the affiliates’ compensation.”

Throwing more light on the subject, he said “affiliate marketing is when you create a website and affiliate your site with a particular product. This could be brand name products you buy every day, educational services, or even digital products.

“Then once someone comes to your site, clicks on the affiliate link or banner and goes on to buy something, you as the website owner makes a commission from the transaction.

“Affiliate marketing can also be where you create a digital product (such as an educational course) or a physical product and then sell that product through affiliate marketers. You are either the affiliate marketer or the affiliate product creator,” according to learntogrowwealthonline.com.

Making money via digital marketing will almost definitely require creating a blog, as the Chandigarh Institute of Internet Marketing, India notes. This means digital marketing requires being internet/ technology savvy.

On the institute’s website, it lists ways to make money from Digital Marketing: 1. As a freelancer working on projects for clients that need a digital marketer. Just sign up with upwork.com, www.freelancer. com to see what project opportunities you could get.

2. As a digital marketer for an employer or company.

3. As a blogger who shares articles via a blog or a website creating traffic and then selling advert space for income.

4. Start online e-commerce business.

5. If you have indepth knowledge of Search Engine Marketing or Search

Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Marketing, you can join any company and make money.

6. If you have good content writing skills, you can become a freelancer content writer.

7. You can make an authority blog site and start affiliate marketing by joining @ Commision Junction and other similar sites. If you want to earn money from your website, then Google Adsense is the best tool.

Submit your website on Google Adsense and Google Adsense will monetize your content by analyzing how many visitors you will get per second or per minute, or per hour or per day or per month. If Google Adsense finds that you will get high web traffic, then Google Adsense will put ads on your website and if someone clicks on the advert, then you (owner of website) will get paid.

8. If you have content on YouTube also, then you should also monetize your content with the help of YouTube Monetization Option. Actually, if you enable Monetization Option on YouTube, it will connect your YouTube Account with Google Adsense Account so that Google Adsense will monetize your YouTube Channel including your website also. In a similar manner as the blog, the YouTube channel can earn money if it is noticed to attract high traffic as noted above.

9. You can also submit your blog to Google Adsense to monetize your blog content too.

Obtain clearance before covering military operations in N/East, DHQ tells media Chris Agbambu - Abuja

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HE Defence Headquarters, on Wednesday, said it observed that certain journalists embarked on coverage of security areas in the North-East for documentary purpose and the likes without due authorisation from the military authorities.

It said the practice was not only capable of jeopardising the success of the ongoing military operations in the area but also posed great concern to the safety of the journalists concerned.

In a statement, the Defence headquarters said much as the military was not trying to gag the press from carrying out their legitimate duties, permission should be sought from the Armed Forces before

embarking on such venture.

“This will enable adequate security to be pro-

vided for such journalists by the military. Though Boko Haram has been substantially decimated, any

roaming journalist could be a target of unsuspecting fleeing Boko Haram member and this will not be in

the best interest of media organisations and the nation at large,” the statement noted.

EFCC declares Shema, ex-Katsina gov, wanted Workers resuming at the Federal Secretariat after the Eid el-Kabir holiday in Abuja, on Thursday. PHOTO: NAN

FG didn’t concession Ajaokuta to any foreign company —Fayemi Ademola Adegbite - Abuja MINISTER of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday, announced that the Federal Government has not concessioned the Ajaokuta Steel Company to any foreign company, saying the original concession agreement which was signed between Nigeria, Global Steel Holding Limited and

“It is, therefore, advised that any journalist desirable of covering conflict areas should seek permission from the military hierarchy, so that adequate security arrangement could be provided by the troops on the ground.

“It is also the responsibility of the military to safeguard the lives and property of the Nigerian citizenry, including law abiding journalists in the theatre of operation and in Nigeria in general,” the statement added.

Global Infrastructure Nigeria Limited has been remodified.

He explained that it was modified to decouple Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited from Nigeria Iron Ore Mining Company in Itakpe.

The minister, while playing host to the Executive Director of a non-governmental organisation (NGO), CSR-in-Action, Bekeme

Masade, who led a team of civil society organisations on a courtesy visit to his office in Abuja, then described the rumour as misleading.

According to him, “what that also portends is that Global Infrastructure Nigeria Limited now has seven years of their original concession to complete the mining operation to operate neo-coal in Itakpe, whereas Ajaokuta has re-

verted to the government of Nigeria. So, it is now being held by the Federal Government of Nigeria.”

Fayemi, therefore, expressed concerns over the activities of illegal miners in Nigeria, lamenting that there was no official engagement with anybody on the steel company.

The minister, who was represented by his technical adviser, Mr Egghead

Odewale, said the artisan miners, as well as those who work under the radars and the illegal activities, were part of the development challenges facing the country.

The meeting was to engage the minister and critical stakeholders on the forthcoming conference on sustainability in the extractive industries, scheduled for next month.

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Alhaji Ibrahim Shema, former governor of Katsina State, wanted.

In a released signed by the spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, the anti-graft agency said Shema was first summoned in Decemeber 2015 and had since ignored all invitations extended to him.

The former governor is wanted for alleged criminal conspiracy, inflation of contract, abuse of office, diversion of funds and embezzlement running into billions of naira.

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Recession: Buhari, ministers, economic •Commence work on 2017 budget experts brainstorm Sanya Adejokun-Abuja

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S the effect of the recession bites harder, President Muhamadu Buhari, his deputy, Professor Yemi Osibajo; ministers and heads of relevant Federal Government Departments and Agencies as well as economic

Seek experts advice to tackle recession, Sanusi tells Buhari THE Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has called on Federal Government to seek the advice of economic experts in tackling the current economic crisis in the country.

Mr Sanusi gave the advice on Wednesday during the traditional Sallah Durbar (Hawan Nasarawa) at the Government House, Kano.

He said consulting the experts would help in enunciating proper solution to the crisis and reduce the hardship people were currently facing in the country.

The emir, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), urged wealthy Nigerians to support the less-privileged in the society in order to alleviate their sufferings.

He added that Nigerians, irrespective of religious beliefs and political inclinations, should continue to pray for economic growth and development of the country.

He also urged the people of Kano to remain lawabiding and be their brother’s keeper irrespective of religion or ethnic background.

Mr. Sanusi appealed to the state government to help the people to acquire skills? that would make them self-reliant.

In his remarks, acting governor of the state, Professor Hafiz Abubakar, said that paying salary of workers was not a privilege but an ?obligation, which the state had continued to meet.

He pointed out that the economic crunch had made it difficult for no fewer than 28 states out of the 36 in the country to pay workers’ salary.

Mr. Abubakar said the state government was spending N62 million weekly for the feeding of boarding school students across the state.

experts will today converge on the Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja, to find ways of stemming the tide.

The meeting will also be used to discuss the 2017 budget and align priority areas of the MDAs with national growth and development objectives.

According to a statement by Media Adviser to Minister of Budget and National Planning, James Akpandem, the key objective of the retreat is to discuss the

2017 Budget as well as discuss steps that are being taken to get the economy out of recession.

It will provide an opportunity to discuss the framework of the 2017 Budget, the key priorities and the deliverables of the budget.

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will participate; while private sector facilitators and some economic experts are expected to provide perspectives during the technical sessions.

The retreat became necessary because over the years the country’s growth and development have been impeded by mismatch between plan targets and budgetary outcomes at the national and sectoral levels due to lack of synergy between the various Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).

The retreat is expected to deliver improved understanding of the measures being taken to get the

country out of recession; improve synergy among the various ministries for enhanced implementation of planning and budget; enhanced knowledge of how to develop 2017 Budget which is effectively linked with the medium term plan; prioritized projects and programmes of ministries to fit into the 2017-2019 MTSS, 20172020 Medium Term Plan and 2017 Budget; and improved understanding on Budget ceiling for MDAs for 2017 Budget.

From left, Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode; Executive Director, Marine and Operation, Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Dr Sekointie Davies; Managing Director, NPA, Hadiza Usman and Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Mr Anofi Elegushi, during a courtesy visit to the governor by the NPA boss, in Lagos, on Wednesday. PHOTO: NAN

Nigeria needs $2.5bn weekly for imports —Ogbeh

By Sulaimon Olanrewaju

THE Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said on Wednesday that the country would require $2.5bn weekly to satisfy the demands of businessmen who import items into the country.

The minister revealed this in Abuja during a meeting with officials of VICAMPRO, an agro company with interest in the production of Irish potato.

His words, “The volume of importation of virtually everything into this country is too much. “The demand for dollars in this country as at today is 2.5 billion a week; this is the quantum of dollars Nigerians are asking for to import things.

“Since 1986, we began this habit of importing everything and doing virtually nothing at home to sustain ourselves; now, we do not have the dollars and

people are very hungry.

“This day was coming anyway, no matter who was in power; we have the most ridiculous method of devaluing our currency; every week, we auction the dollar and naira goes up.

“We sat and were hoping that by devaluation, we are going to arrive at Eldorado; if we continue like this, it will be a thousand naira to a dollar,’’ he said.

Ogbeh, who expressed the readiness of his ministry to support local investors with capacity to produce goods and save the country’s foreign exchange, was concerned about the volume of rice consumed in the country.

According to him, regular consumption of large quantity of rice was risky, saying substituting it with potato would be a welcomed development.

While commending the

company, the minister said that any private sector effort that would develop local production of goods would be fully supported by the ministry.

“We should aggressively take the West African market; there is no reason why we should allow Irish potato from Ireland, France and Belgium into West Africa; it is the same story with onions.

“Under ECOWAS, at the level of government, we are going to push for the greater part of the market for local investors,’’ he stated.

He urged VICAMPRO to process potato for use in hotels, pointing out that hotels in Nigeria imported processed potato from South Africa.

In his speech, the Chief Executive Officer of VICAMPRO, Mr Michael Agbogo, said that potato could bring value worth over one trillion naira annually given the right en-

vironment, adding that potato was the fourth most important crop in the world.

According to him, a barrel of oil was an equivalent of 14 kilogrammes of potatoes.

He added that while current price of crude oil would earn the country about N16,000 per barrel, the equivalent in potato would fetch the country N39,000.

The VICAMPRO boss lamented that while Egypt that had only about 100,000 hectares of land was producing four million tonnes annually, Nigeria, which had close to 500,000 hectares, was struggling to produce one million tonnes of potato per annum.

While calling for the support of the government, Agbogo described potato as a ‘unique crop’ that could be cultivated throughout the year in many states of the country.

BPE commends IBEDC for embedded electricity generation ACTING Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Dr Vincent Akpotaire, has commended the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) for its efforts at improving power supply to electricity consumers under its network.

The BPE boss gave the commendation while speaking to newsmen after a routine inspection of the facilities and activities of the company in Ibadan.

According to Dr Akpotaire, the essence of the visit was to find out how far IBEDC has gone in meeting its obligations to consumers.

“At the point when they came in, they signed up to certain Key Performance Indicators and obligated to improve on their distribution efficiency and basically improve on power supply. So, it is imperative that as the contract managers, the Bureau of Public Enterprises must try at all times to ensure that the investors hold themselves bound by what they are obligated to do. So, we are here to actually monitor compliance with the agreement reached with the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company investors,” he said.

He also gave kudos to the management of IBEDC for the investments it has made in its distribution network, especially in the area of embedded generation, which is geared towards improving the quantum of power available to consumers.

He, however, noted that there are still substantial gaps in compliance in the area of ensuring that all electricity consumers get prepaid meters, stressing that there is room for improvement.

“They (DISCOS) have different explanations for not meeting up with the metering plan, ranging from the issue of tariff; whether the tariff allows them to aggressively meter.”

The BPE boss charged IBEDC to continue to work towards reducing its technical, commercial and collection losses and advised the company not to allow the restriction imposed by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on its capital expenditure to slow down its ability to provide meters to consumers, saying, “If you don’t improve your metering, you cannot improve your collection.

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Nigerian newspapers made over N143bn on adverts in 10yrs —Report Akin Adewakun-Lagos

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sum of N143.1 billion was said to have accrued, as advertising income, to newspapers doing business in Nigeria, over a period of ten years, despite the challenges operators in the sector had to grapple with during the said period.

A special edition of Mediafacts in the last 10 years, released by mediaReach OMD titled: mediafacts Nigeria 10 Year Trend Review (2006 to 2016), put advertising income for Newspapers in Nigeria at N143.1 billion between 2006 and December 2015, while revealing a wavy pattern that reached its peak in 2014 with N25 billion; and declined to 23.7 billion at the end of 2015.

The reports says that N4.4 billion advert income, recorded in 2006, moved up to N4.8 and N4.9 billion in 2007 and 2008 respectively, while the nation’s newspapers got N15.8 billion in 2009 and N16.5 billion in 2010.

The figure declined to N15.4 in 2011 and slipped further to N9.0 billion in 2012. The downward slope however changed in 2013 with an advert income of N18.5 billion and rose to its peak in 2014, hitting N25.8. The figure went down by N2.1billion in 2015 when the newspapers received N23.7 billion.

MediaReach OMD explained that the newspapers tend to mostly attract their highest advert patronage in the second and third quarters, with exception of 2013 and 2014, which had their highest

spending in the fourth quarters of the year.

In terms of regional spending in the last ten years, the split is between Lagos and North, with Lagos constantly attracting the dominant share of advert spending year after

year.

The product analysis however shows that Glo has consistently dominated the list of press advertising, rising steadily in the last three years to tie with Guaranty Trust Bank ahead of others while MTN

STANDARD Alliance Insurance Plc and SA Life Assurance Limited is set to to ahead with its merger plan after the board of the underwriting firm received the approval of the companies’ shareholders to go ahead with the plan.

At a separate court-ordered meetings held by the two companies convened in Lagos respective shareholders voted in favour of the merger plan.

At the separate meetings, Mr. Bode Akinboye, CEO, SA Insurance Plc and Mr. Bolaji Oladipo, Managing Director, SA Life Assurance Limited, respectively explained the strategic derivable values from the merger to the shareholders, noting that joint strength from the

medium except for 2014 and 2015, when the print medium followed the leading TV medium.

The newspapers had however experienced the highest growth rate in terms of advert spends especially in the last three years.

From left: Representative of the CBN Governor, Mr Ahmed Abdullahi; Managing Director, Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company, Mr Charles Inyangete; and representative of the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Eucharia Alozie, at the 2016 African Union for Housing Financeand Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company Conference and the 32nd annual general meeting, in Abuja, on Wednesday. PHOTO: NAN

Access card: Agents threaten to shut down seaport terminal Tola Adenubi-Lagos

AGENTS under the aegis of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has threatened a break down of law and order at the Ports & Terminal Multi-services Ltd (PTML), the port operating arm of Grimaldi Ship-

ping Line over the issuance of Access cards to agents who desire to gain entry into the port facility.

According to a statement signed on Wednesday by NAGAFF Legal Adviser, Mr. Fred Akokhia Esq. and addressed to the Managing Director of PTML, the agents frowned at the idea of PTML attaching the issuance of ac-

Shareholders back SA Insurance, Life Assurance merger plan Gbemi Solaja-Lagos

currently occupies the third position.

But in terms of advertising expenditure across board, the TV medium consistently enjoyed the lion share of advert budget over the years, followed by the Out of Home (OOH)

process would ensure a much stronger performance and returns to the companies’ owners.

According to Akinboye, the merger plan was a deliberate and strategic decision by the boards of both companies to form a frontline composite insurance company which will play a leading business role in the nation’s insurance sector with an ultimate goal of making the company a most preferred place to invest in.

He further told the owners of the company that the corporate action was being taken with a focus on delivering superior returns to them, providing much higher level of satisfactory service to the company’s clients and to save cost of operations.

On his part, Oladipo assured SA Life’s sharehold-

ers that “the composite company to emerge will continue to build on the success of the transaction in the months to come, providing more innovative products and delivering on its promises to clients.”

cess cards to the ownership of a Customs licence.

In the words of the agents, “Our members who are bona fide members of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) and by extension duly registered to carry out their businesses in any seaport, airport or land border in Nigeria have come to the headquarters of NAGAFF to intimate us of the new onerous conditions you recently introduced at your terminal which makes it mandatory for Customs licensed companies to present seven representatives with a payment of N10,000 (Ten Thousand Naira Only) per person in order to be allowed into the terminal.

“We do not have issues with your policy on the issue of Access Cards to those who want to do business in your terminal.

What we have our problem with is the idea of attaching the issuance of these access cards to the ownership of a Customs licence.

We say categorically that this is not acceptable in law, and in fact, a freight forwarder whose business cuts across Customs formalities does not need a Customs licence to carry out his/her business.

“Those who own Customs licences are first and foremost freight forwarders and are only confined to the Customs formality segment of the logistic supply chain,” he said.

Arik airline announces resumption of flights Shola Adekola-Lagos

BARELY twenty four hours after it announced a temporary suspension of its flights over expiration of the insurance premium on the aircraft in its fleet, Arik Airline has announced its resumption of flights.

Before the latest announcement of its return, the airline which is adjudged to be the largest in the West Africa region had earlier alerted the traveling public of the decision to temporarily suspend opera-

tions “pending approval of aircraft documentation related to insurance renewal.”

A statement issued on behalf of the airline by its spokesperson, Ola Adebanji, declared; “At the present time, all flights of the airline have been cancelled for Tuesday, 13 September 2016 and the airline has stated that it would be getting in touch with passengers to provide an update on rescheduling of their flights. This situation is likely to continue for the next few days until

such time that NAICOM (National Insurance Commission) approves a waiver on a priority basis for the new insurance company to renew the policy.

“All customers are kindly advised to contact Arik Air’s Call Centre (01-2799999), Airport or City ticket offices or visit the airline’s Website (www.arikair.com) for further updates. Passengers are also advised to check with the airline regarding the status of their flights before proceeding to the airport.”

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How we’ll save 70% import/ export costs —SCL Akin Adewakun-Lagos

GLOBAL procurement, clearing and forwarding service company, Simplified Corporate Logistics (SCL) has explained how its newly introduced fullservice logistics package, SLogisticsng.com, will save Nigerian businesses up to 70 percent of procurement, handling, clearing and forwarding costs.

SCL recently unveiled a full-service logistics package, aimed at relieving business owners of challenges associated with ordering goods from overseas.

The company’s founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Nduka Udeh, stated that the package, designed for Nigerian businesses, dealing in import and export of goods and services, will take risks away completely from such businesses, by handling their forex needs to reduce the long processing times usually spent before accessing forex.

He also argued that the new package would provide a transparent customs clearing within six days, while also solving other import-export related issues with an affordable on-click solution.

If well leveraged, he added, the solution would also go a long way in saving up to 70 per cent of costs associated with procurement, handling, clearing and forwarding for Nigerian businesses.

“Nigerian businesses, in recent times, have been hit by a steep hike in the price of ordering, handling and clearing goods from overseas.

“What Simplified Corporate Logistics does is that it removes the risk factor from businesses, by making it our responsibility to source for forex to carry out transactions so our customers only pay in the nation’s currency.

“We can even source for the items our customers want from trusted manufacturers globally and get them at the best prices, due to our partnership with several auction companies abroad.

“Most significantly, the package will help save our customers up to 70 per cent in freight costs, since we believe these cost and efficiency savings will propel the Nigerian small and medium enterprises into the future,” he stated.

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Okpewho’s transition

N Sunday, September 4, Isidore Okpewho, one of the most iconic masters of the written word and pillars of African literature, performed his last act. He bowed out few weeks before he could turn 75, at a hospital in Binghamton, New York. As the news filtered through that the author of the epochal The Last Duty had joined the ancestors, tributes poured in from around the world. The tributes are still playing their part in the rites of passage for the man who, for many dedicated years, affirmed the centrality of Africa’s stories, songs and dance in the business of the post-colonial existence. The consummate novelist, critic and scholar, born in Agbor, Delta State on November 9, 1941, obtained a first class honours in Classics from the University of Ibadan, the site where he perfected his art, achieving global acclaim as a thoroughbred scholar of oral literature. He composed the university’s anthem.

Before joining the academia, Okpewho had forayed into publishing, working with Longman Publishers.

But he went on to obtain a PhD from the University of Denver in the US and a D.Litt in the Humanities from the University of London. His exceptional background in Classics and fecund mind obviously facilitated his transition from Classics to English Literature. He taught mythology and orature, and turned out generations of refined scholars, some of whom are now professors.

Okpewho taught at the University at Buffalo and State University, New York from 1974 to 1976, University of Ibadan from 1976 to 1990, Harvard University from 1990 to 1991, and Binghamton University. He was a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in 1982, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 1982, Centre for Advanced Study in Behavioural Sciences in 1988, the W.E.B Du Bois Institute in 1990 and the National Humanities Centre in 1997. He earned the Guggenheim fellowship in 2003. He won the National Order of Merit (NNOM) in Humanities for the year 2010.

His fictional works are few, but the nation will never forget them. Okpewho was no stranger to the rotten underbelly of modern Nigerian existence, and dramatised its poverty, oppression and deprivation with remarkable vision. It is indeed a rare student of African literature who has not read The Victims (1970)

or The Last Duty (1976), but Okpewho added Tides (1993) and Call me by my rightful name (2004) to his canon. In the 1976 novel, Okpewho dramatized the psychological horrors and deprivations of the Nigerian civil war, and still inspires caution as the Nigerian nation echoes the drumbeats of war many decades after that tragedy. His scholarly output, including the The Epic in Africa: Toward a Poetics of the Oral Performance (1979), Myth in Africa: A Study of its Aesthetic and Cultural Relevance (1983), African Oral Literature: Backgrounds, Character and Continuity(1992), and Once Upon a Kingdom: Myth, Hegemony and Identity all paint the African story from a wide canvas.

They engage the past, the present and the future, and nowhere does Africa’s orature take a back seat.

In the words of his former colleague at the University of Ibadan, Professor Abiola Irele, “To say that Professor Isidore Okpewho’s death, while still in his early 70s, is a terrible loss to the academic and cultural community in Nigeria, to African scholarship and to the world of letters generally, is to make a statement that barely indicates the wealth of his endowments and extent of his achievement. His fiction assumed a mythic resonance that seems to have drawn its quality from his sustained acquaintance with the imaginative heritage of the world, with specific reference to our own continent.There is a brilliance to his academic writing that is especially affecting; he wrote with the same sense of the allure of words that also informed his fiction. His scholarship rested on a solid foundation of learning, which gave to his work a remarkable depth and authority. It will be long before we can hope to produce another scholar of this calibre. In the meantime, let the memory of Isidore Okpewho remain with us as a valuable inspiration to those of us who have been his contemporaries and to the generations.”

In 1976, Okpewho won the African Arts Prize for Literature. In 1993, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, Best Book Africa came calling. As a professor of oral literature with such exceptional antecedents, Okpewho naturally had his conceits, but his colleagues in the academia have attested to his humaneness and decency. So have his many students. Adieu, great son of Africa. May your soul rest in sweet repose.

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•In the spirit of Eid-el Kabir. PHOTO: TOMMY ADEGBITE

Economic crisis: Cut legislators’ jumbo pay

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HE huge salaries and allowances which Nigerian legislators earn is really infuriating Nigerians, especially at a time when things are hard economically for the majority of the citizens.

It is so unfortunate that Nigeria tops the whole world in the salaries and allowances it pays to its legislators, even in the light of the dwindling fortunes of the economy.

President Muhammadu Buhari should, therefore, make it one of his priorities to reduce the enormous costs of governance in the country, and the obvious place to start is with

the legislators.

In the spirit of change, for which the nation massively voted last year, the President should work with the leadership of the National Assembly to agree on a new, more reasonable, less insane pay scale and allowances for the ‘honourables.’

It is funny that Nigeria’s federal legislators earn more than the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Leader of the American Congress.

Also, our lawmakers earn more than the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, and the United States President, Barack Obama, and this is a nation where

more than 80 per cent of the people live on less than one dollar a day; where university graduates can’t

find jobs, and those who do don’t get paid for several months.

It is important that the

It seems a lot of people don’t really know how dangerous this Lassa fever is, and from information gathered, it is spread by rats.

This is, therefore, why the public needs to be sensitised, as we live with

office holders should not earn more than the civil servants.

•Balogun E. Funsho, 07034444976

Nigeria should stop borrowing THE manner in which the Federal and state governments have been borrowing from foreign institutions has been shocking.

I believe the Federal Government can raise money from Nigerians by launching appeals for funds to construct projects.

With the rate at which the naira is losing its value against foreign currencies, the money we borrow today will become huge tomorrow, and it may put

our coming generation in financial bondage.

Having said this, I hope the Federal and state governments can be prudent in the management of scarce financial resources.

It is expected that our gov-

rats in our homes, offices, shops, among others, and they can have contact with some of our food items.

I hope the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Folorunsho Adewole, can summon a meeting of health commissioners in

ernment officials will shun foreign travels now due to the financial implication on Nigerian tax payers.

However, the government must ensure that workers are paid as and when due in order to ease

the pain of recession currently sweeping across the country.

•Lawson Iyayi, 08059412659

Customs, stop destroying seized foodstuff THE rice and frozen foods being seized by officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) should no

Nigerians need sensitisation on Lassa fever IT is surprising that Commissioners for Health across the country have not mandated health officials to start promoting awareness on the Lassa fever epidemic currently breaking out in some states of the federation.

funds being used to service the legislature should be diverted to the people, who have suffered enough over the years. Political

the country, thereby mandating them to start disseminating the Lassa fever message to their people, particularly those at the grassroot level.

•Feyi Akeeb Kareem, 08052212361

longer be burnt or buried, but be distributed free of charge among poor Nigerians.

I particularly want to suggest that such seized products are given to the internally displaced persons who are currently suffering from malnutrition as a result of lack of food.

It is no longer news that there are millions of Nigerians who have fallen below the poverty line as a result of the economic cri-

sis facing the country, and identifying these people and giving them the products seized from smugglers will make more sense that burning or burying them.

Apart from internally displaced persons, Customs officers can also donate the seized products to motherless babies homes and orphanages. This is not the time for Nigeria to be wasting food.

•Eli Angulu, 08033438892

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By Gbade Ojo

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ment election took place in all the provinces and municipals simultaneously across the country. Secondly, Local Governments in Nigeria are not perceived as ‘locale’ of power because they are far away to autonomy as a tier of government. The 1999 Constitution as amended made them an appendage of state governments; completely under legal supervision by the state Houses of Assembly. The debilitating effect of that arrangement is known to us all. Most governors fiddle with their allocations and administratively deal with them within the purview of their whims and caprices. No doubt, the South African model actually made the third tier to be a training ground for democracy.

The zeal put into the exercise was, indeed, unprecedented.

One other juxtaposition that worth noting is that of tenure; while the life span of elected local government functionaries in Nigeria is three years, they govern for five years in South Africa.

The beauty of this is that it reduces both cost and frequency of elections at the municipal level. Though where you have a demagogue in power, corrupt or lackadaisical elected officials, and the system becomes beleaguered for five solid years.

A unique feature of the local election and peradventure the electoral law in South Africa is provision for special voters. The law allows those that apply for special consideration to vote before the actual voting day. This was two days before the Dday. Beginning from Monday, as many as 719,222 special voters commenced voting. They were the aged and physically challenged, including those who may have genuine reasons not to be available on voting day. This was allowed in the 22,612 voting points across the country. Nigeria’s electoral law and system do not make any provision for special cases. Both the aged and people with disabilities compete for space and attention here.

It is amusing that most of our public buildings do not take into consideration the plight of the disables. The total number of municipalities is 2,013 in all. Whereas in Nigeria, with gargan-

OR to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances us the freedom of others — Nelson Mandela.

On 30th July 2016, I left the shores of Nigeria for South Africa, just to take few days rest away from the stress of the job. This has been customary of me at least once in a year and usually picking a country I might not have visited in the past. This time round, South Africa was my choice – reason – since the demise of apartheid policy and minority white/racist regime, I was curious to see how both the whites and blacks (if in any way the texture of our skin is black) do co-habit.

Having arrived Johannesburg – which residents prefer its short form as Joburg - the largest city in the country, late in the evening, on Saturday, I kept indoor throughout Sunday with my spouse because of the stress of air travel. On Monday, August 8, I was anxious to read national dailies and moved round the city for sight seen. Interestingly, the biggest news in town was the feverish preparations for municipal elections. The election was scheduled for Wednesday, August 3, 2016.

As a student of Comparative Politics, I quickly forgot that I was in that country to rest. I picked interest in monitoring the election processes in pronto. Two things struck me with their system. In Nigeria, we hold elections on Saturdays with full restriction of movements. In Madibo’s enclave, the election day was Wednesday with public holiday but no restriction on movements across the country. The concomitant effect based on my observation is that a number of potential voters went shopping spree and recreation rather than exercising their franchise.

Perhaps to dissuade apathy, voting hours was between 7am and 7.00 p.m. In a number of urban voting stations, turn-out was high in the evening, with those coming from work places.

This resulted into ‘serpentine’ queues in cold weather. Though voting processes took less than 15 minutes per voter when they reached voting stations; but apathy was still visible in some places despite the holiday.

Nonetheless, South Africa’s federal system exhibited glaring variations from Nigeria’s federal structure. First, Local Govern-

tuan population size of close to 150 million and large expanse of land, total number of local governments recognised by law is 774. In essence, it may be expedient to take a dim view of local government creation in Nigeria. With population growth, it is better to expand the space for grassroots development. The United States of America that we ape as a model of both democratic and federal state, there are well over 10,000 local government areas that take care of municipal governments.

Be that as it may, both the military and South African police were deeply involved in the process to maintaining law and order. The police was saddled with the responsibility of transporting ballot boxes and papers to and fro the voting stations, while the military kept vigil in volatile areas. No doubt, election is still war-like in Africa.

Total number of registered voters amounted to 26 million, which was slightly above the previous election by about 1.5 million; this truly enhances political consciousness. South Africans register from the age of 16, but they cannot exercise their franchise until the age of 18 years. Uniqueness with the South African system, which is cost saving, is the fact that voters do not need voters’ card, which was even non-existent. To vote, all potential voters signify their intention by registering to vote before the election. What you require on the D-day is the National identity card or International passport. More so that the name was already on the voters register; the voter must have also signified which province he/she intends to vote.

Nevertheless, South Africa’s electoral system allows independent candidacy. In all, 858 independent candidates participated in the election. Most of them were African National Congress (ANC) members who felt frustrated with the way party leaders handled the party primaries. The major advantage of this innovation is the opportunity for professionals who may be scared of dabbling into the murky waters of partisan politics to throw their hats into the ring. No doubt, it is high time that Nigerians got liberated too.

(To be continued tomorrow) •Dr Ojo is an associate professor of comparative politics, UNILORIN, and currently the Chief of Staff to Oyo State Governor.

Nigeria will definitely rise again

By Charles Anyiam IT was a certain anonymous wise man who once said that every living organism will, in their lifetime, experience a lifethreatening pain. However, I dare add that what each of these organisms make of their pain – an indisputable fact of life – is what determines the trajectory that either leads to survival or destruction.

Today, Nigeria and Nigerians are in pain – a self-inflicted one.

Stories of pain abound in the land. The media is littered with tales of desperate actions for survival by hapless and equally desperate Nigerians. And the grumbling and murmuring is growing louder by the day. What is, however, pathetic, as it is sickening in all of this, is that even those who are criminally responsible for the pain which Nigerians have been forced to endure now have the unmitigated gall to preach to Nigerians about the so-called “good old days.”

Good news is that there is still hope for Nigeria and they are Nigerians who will never give up on Nigeria. There are those of us who believe that what binds us together as a people is far superior to the variables that put us at odds with each other. Are they recurring issues with ethnicity and ethnic distrust amongst us? Of course. What trumps all that, in my humble opinion, is the need to ensure that the economic well-being of all Nigerians is top-of-mind to all those elected to run the affairs of state.

After all, facts show that the ethnicity of the looters and pillagers of our economy over time did not matter as they heartlessly engaged in their criminal enterprise.

And reading through the paper entitled: “Nigeria In Search Of New Growth” by the Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, which he presented at the 15th meeting of the Joint Planning Board and National Council On Development Planning, my hope for the nation’s economic recovery was strengthened in no small measure. He dealt with the sins of the past – which got him fired from his job at the bank – and offered his audience solutions on how to snap the nation out of its present state of recession.

“We knew this was going to happen. You can’t just keep borrowing money and paying salaries,” the Emir said “not building roads, not improving power and think this will not happen.

Where did all these debts go? Did it go to roads, power, refin-

eries, or infrastructure? No. The new borrowings were simply recycled into much higher recurrent expenditures.

“What that did was that it helped sustain a consumption boom. And the GDP was growing, largely driven by consumption spending. The problem is that there is nothing that we are facing today that we did not know would happen. That is the truth. We made mistakes. Many of them deliberate. We ignored every single word that pointed otherwise. Economics is a science. It is not perfect science. But, over decades and centuries, people have seen that there are certain things that, when you do, will lead to certain consequences.

“If you take a brand new car and give it to driver who doesn’t have a license to drive it and you have an accident, you really can’t say you were surprised, unless you are some kind of idiot.

If you take the example of an individual. You happen to know bank MDs and you can make a few phone calls and get loans.

You borrow N1 billion here today and build a very nice mansion in Abuja. You borrow another N1 billion and let your family go out on first class ticket as you are traveling all over the world.

You borrow another N5 to N6 billion and buy a private jet.

“We have very many people in Nigeria who you think are very rich. But who are really bankrupt because everything about them are being financed by bank debts. When one matures, they have enough connections to call another bank, borrow and refinance that debt. They are not earning anything. They have private jets. They have yachts. Their families travel first class.

They go abroad and stay in the most expensive hotels. It happens. And it is happening today. These are very simple econom-

ic logic. You cannot continue doing the wrong things and expect to have the right result.”

On how Nigeria can find its way out of the present recession, the Emir’s solution is so simple that it will have to take someone else to help you misunderstand it. Simply put, Nigeria will need to get back to producing her own goods, and seek to enhance the value chain of our raw materials. “Kano used to take pride in groundnut pyramids. I still have people who come to me and say: ‘You know Emir, you must bring back those groundnut pyramids’. But I don’t build groundnut pyramids. I want oil mills.

“It’s so bad in this country. Tomato paste that our wives use in the kitchens is imported from China. I went to my friend’s house the other day in Lagos and they gave me Moringa tea in a nicely packaged tin. That is the thing that grows wildly here in the Northern part of the country. Somebody takes Moringa, puts it in a tin, packages it. I did not even know it was called Moringa until I took the tea. They packaged it and gave it an English name. It was after I drank it that I knew it was Zogale as it is called in local language.

“If they had packaged it and called it Zogale, it would have been known as Zogale tea all over the world. Just like people know coffee from Ethiopia. And Hausa man does not know what Moringa is, and it is growing wild in his backyard. Then he takes pound sterling to import Moringa tea.”

Emir Sanusi also advised the government to take a look at growing the non-commodity sector of our economy as has been successfully done in Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, Kenya and Egypt, as against Angola and Nigeria with economies that are dependent on oil and other extractive minerals with their built-in volatility.

I have taken the liberty of quoting copiously from the Emir’s paper because I believe that he remains one of the finest economic minds of our time to whom we should listen. With minds like his, I believe that Nigeria is not lacking in resilience in finding a lasting solution to the present economic predicament.

What has been lacking in recent past has been visionary leadership and true love of country. That is why I believe that as painful as the policies of the Muhammadu Buhari administration may be, they honestly provide a sound foundation for the rebuilding of the nation’s economy.

•Anyiam lives in the United States of America.

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Investigation: How FCT minister is administering Abuja despite funding challenge

“What we have done and which, in my view, will not manifest immediately, are some of the invisible actions that the administration has taken and will continue to take. For instance, we have tried to instill the rule of law in all that is done in all the offices and agencies of the FCT. “This is something you cannot feel or see physically, but it’s very fundamental if we want to run an efficient city and an efficient community and societal rule of law.

“The focus of our administration really is for us to make the city more efficient.

And how do we make the city more efficient? It’s to make sure that all ongoing projects are completed.

“For instance, for those, who drive on the Umaru Yar’Adua Expressway, as you go towards the airport and then beyond to Gwagwalada, you will notice the uncompleted bridge at the intersection of the Bill Clinton Avenue and the Expressway. That should be completed and, of course, you will notice within the next few months that the entire stretch of road from the airport, right through to the military barracks, will all be completed so that as you complete projects, you move on.”

FCT Minister, Muhammad Musa Bello (middle), Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Abdullahi Adamu Candido (right) and his Vice, Lawrence Onuchukwu, cutting the tape to commission the LEA Iddo Maji Primary School built by the AMAC chairman.

Christian Okeke-Abuja

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ESPITE many challenges, including what he described as a territory developing towards some level of chaos he inherited, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Musa Bello, has taken strong steps towards improving the status of the territory, checks by Abuja Xtra have revealed.

Investigation revealed that there were virtually no capital releases in 2015 to the FCT Administration until December, a development which halted projects’ execution including the 14km Apo-Karshi road which ought to have been completed in December 2011.

It was further revealed that other existing facilities were getting grossly overstretched following the growing influx of people into the territory.

The investigation by Abuja Xtra revealed that the minister had offset the over N2 billion owed cleaning and maintenance contractors so as to enable them resume work on evacuation of solid waste in the city centre and satellite towns.

It was equally gathered that the FCT administration, in the first quarter of 2016, also released the sum of N5, 744,835,928.38 to various development partners being counterpart funds for the projects that they were executing in Abuja.

According to the investigation, the minister approved payment of over N1.7 billion to the Universal Basic Education Board, which included arrears that have not been paid since 2013.

Also, he approved the release of N2,

939,681,413.96 being counterpart funds and N808, 075,585.62 for consultancy services for the Abuja Light Rail project.

The current administration has intensified planting of trees along road corridors to improve the city’s ecosystem and aesthetics, it was observed.

It has equally made provision of N1.5 billion in the 2016 budget for the completion of work on the Apo/Karshi road.

The checks revealed that the FCT administration, under Bello, has carried out rehabilitation work on some roads in the city centre like the M20 road leading to Utako Motor Park, the road shoulders on the Shehu Shagari Way in Maitama District and the Ring Road 1 (Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway), in addition to the complete rehabilitation of the road between the National Assembly Complex and office of the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF.) It was gathered that the administration has concluded arrangements to install new model traffic lights in 98 intersections of the Federal Capital City before December this year in order to improve traffic management in the city.

Perhaps, one of the disturbing incidents was that the current FCT administration inherited over 1,300 court cases due to what the minister described as “previous impunity or a sort of executive rascality.”

Investigation by Abuja Xtra showed that major contractors have returned to many construction sites.

At the interchange on the Airport Road and Bill Clinton Drive which was previously abandoned, it was observed that the projects were being completed.

Checks revealed that just a few weeks after he assumed office, the minister intervened in the unpaid salary arrears owed Area Council workers and approved funds for the councils to offset the debts even though the workers did not fall directly under his purview.

It was gathered that the FCT administration was at the stage of developing waste transfer stations for the purposes of recycling wastes and preparing them for wouldbe-investors.

This is outside the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) which has been strengthened with capable leadership as well as the setting up of FCT Task Team on Environmental Protection comprising 200 officers/men of the Nigeria Police Force and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for enforcement of environmental laws in the territory.

Speaking on the activities of his administration, the minister said: “We have also been working hard to rid the city of nuisances such as street trading, street begging and some of the things that we all agree are not supposed to be seen in a city of our standard and pride like Abuja.

“We have tried also to enforce a lot of regulations with respect to building. Particularly, you would have noticed on Ahmadu Bello Way, as you drive close to Apo, that the road is now much freer because all those institutions that decided to change the entrances of their properties and premises against what was originally planned were compelled to reverse to what it was because that is a very important artery into the city that is meant to be free at all times.

AMAC boss commissions new pry school for Iddo-Ma’aji village Christian Okeke-Abuja A new primary school built by the chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Adamu Candido, for Iddo-Ma’aji settlement located on airport road in Abuja has been commissioned.

The new school was constructed by the chairman to mark his 100 days in office while the commissioning ceremony was performed by FCT Minister, Musa Bello, who commended the council’s boss for bringing education to the doorsteps of the people he said genuinely desired it.

The minister observed that the choice of the project would go a long way in liberating the minds of the villagers, stating that what the people in the rural areas needed were basic necessities of life.

Bello insisted that Area Councils that were closer to the grassroots must strive to achieve more of such laudable projects and pledged that his administration would continue to provide enabling environment for all the Area Councils to perform optimally.

The minister reminded the councils’ bosses that the people were anxiously watching to see how campaign promises made by them could be fulfilled and urged them not to betray the confidence reposed in them by the voters.

Speaking, chairman of the Council, Candido, promised to fulfill his campaign promises to the people of the council and bring about needed change in running of the council.

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Nigeria’s Independence: Virgin Atlantic slashes fare on Lagos/London route Stories by Shola Adekola

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N its own way of rejoicing with Nigeria on the celebration of its forthcoming 56th independence anniversary, Virgin Atlantic is launching a special promotional fare for customers that want to visit family and friends within the period.

The British carrier launched fares to London from $300 which is available for purchase from now till 26 October, 2016 on the airline’s website for trips between 8 September and 10 December 2016.

Virgin Atlantic operates daily flights between Murtala Mohammed International Airport and London Heathrow Terminal 3 with youngest fleets of aircraft with a choice of upper, premium economy or economy class.

While saying the special fare is available in economy class, the management said Virgin Atlantic’s economy class aims to give maximum value for money, with a contoured, space-saving seats, maximising legroom, state of the art inflight entertainment system offering 300 hours of video on demand where passengers can watch or listen to what they want and can start, pause or rewind their chosen movie, TV show or CD. It also has a choice of three entrees with main meal, including a vegetarian option plus special pack for children.

Commenting, Adrian Bird, Country Manager Virgin Atlantic, said “Virgin Atlantic is committed

in going the extra mile and creating unique travel experiences for every passenger.

“Nigeria remains an important market for Virgin Atlantic and one that we have served for 15 years.

From left, Minister of State for Aviation, Alhaji Hadi Sirika; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, Alhaji Sabiu Zakari and Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Dr Felix Abali, at a media chat with Aviation Journalists on the state of the sector.

Aviation unions bicker over ‘controversial’ appointment THERE is an ongoing war ranging between two of the aviation unions following an open confrontation between the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers ( NAAPE) and the president of the Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSAN), Benjamin Okewu.

NAAPE had written a petition to the ministry of transport, complaining about the secondment of the ATSSSAN President from the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, to the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) which they said contravened laid down labour rules.

ATSSAN members in the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) who has the most active members are frowning at what they called the level division in the association which they said may lead to its being used for political reasons.

Besides NAAPE, another aviation union, the Nigeria Aviation Professionals Association (NAPA) had pitched its tent with the petition condemning the secondment of Okewu to AIB. The unions have expressed their opposition towards Okewu’s transfer to AIB on the ground that such action negates the principles of their existence which op-

FAAN graduates 211 AVSEC, fire officers THE Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr Saleh Dunoma has said promised that the authority will continue to train and develop capacity of its staff in line with the provisions of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

He made this disclosure at the passing out parade for Aviation Security and Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Firefighting Services personnel in Lagos last weekend.

So we are celebrating Independence Day with a very special offer for our customers.”

Dunoma, who was represented at the event by the FAAN’s Director of Maintenance and Engineering, Mr Olufemi Ogunode, while admonishing the graduands to put service before everything else, advised that the ability to set priorities will determine the quality of their stewardship.

“In an era of rapid socio-economic changes, earning the respect and trustworthiness of your superiors, would demand ex-

emplary followership qualities.

“So you have to care for your superiors and be matured in your dealings. Be receptive to their advice and accept constructive criticism,” he said.

The MD, while re-assuring that FAAN will continue to invest in its human resources, charged the graduands to be committed, dedicated and approach duties assigned them with high sense of responsibility.

poses abuse of their office.

The unions are maintaining that they cannot be beneficiaries of what they had fought against over the years, describing the transfer of Okewu from NCAT on grade level 12 to AIB on level 15 as an affront on public service rules.

While the NAPA Secretary General, Abdulrasaq Saidu said the transfer of Okewu remained null and void until it follows the right procedures, ATTSSAN members in the NCAA are expressing worries that since the tenure of Okewu had expired that his present appointment at AIB amounted to “illegal elevation and promotion.”

ATSSSAN lamented how Okewu on assumption of office in AIB contributed to the internal crisis there by taking some controversial steps which include the unilaterally stopping the release of his members for an already approved official engagement and the termination of the contracts of older hands who had over 30 to 40 years of aviation background.

The unions are of the opinion that Okewu’s transfer to AIB may lead to personal vendetta which they said may lead to disharmony amongst the various unions.

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Why Nigerian airports should be concessioned BARRING any last minute change, the Federal Government may have concluded plans to go ahead with its decision to concession the four international airports across the country. The four airports which will be used as a litmus test are the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, Malam Aminu Kano International Airport and Port Harcourt International Airport.

The President Muhammadu Buhari led government would not be the first to moot this idea, but each time such a decision was announced in the past, it was always met with resistance from different quarters for different reasons.

There is no doubt that the antagonists of the concession policy, particularly the aviation unions have many reasons for opposing the plan as good as it is suppose to be, some of which include lack of transparency and sincerity.

Yes, people have the right to their opinions but should the people continue to hold on to this judgment and watch the airports crumble like a pack of cards?

Obviously, the country is going through harsh economic condition presently which has almost rendered the government incapacitated in funding its major sectors like aviation.

It is no longer news that many of the airports, especially the international ones are just managing to survive in the midst of myriad of challenges ranging from long years of total neglect as witnessed in the near total infrastructural collapse.

A typical example is the Lagos airport where it has become constant to hear of power outage or spark, owing to rusted underground cables that were laid since 1979 when the airport was first built.

Even the building housing the Lagos airport does not befit the country’s number one gateway after all the Schipol airport that it was built after have transformed many times.

Despite the efforts of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to maintain these airports, it is obvious that it can no longer conveniently do this in view of the huge capital needed to carry out the functions.

Since the government that is suppose to bailout FAAN in this area is also incapacitated, the time has come to shift ground by supporting the planned concession which will take the burden off FAAN/government.

Using the successful transformation of the MMA2 private terminal owned and being managed by Bi-Courtney Services (BASL) as a yardstick, there is no doubt that if the airports are concessioned, it will bring about efficiency, great improvement, better services and generate more cash for government.

Therefore, at the level the airports are now coupled with the overwhelming burden of maintaining the airports by the FAAN, the saving option left is to support the government in achieving the goal.

However, in doing this, the government should avoid the mistake of the past by not only following due process but making the whole exercise very transparent for Nigerians on whose behalf the decision is being taken.

Obviously, people will lose their jobs while there will be changes; therefore, the issue of workers’ benefits should be given priority in other to avoid the sad experience of the workers of Nigeria Airways who 12 years after the uncivilised liquidation of the airline are yet to be finally settled.

Above all, government needs to enlighten the public on what the country stands to benefit in this as it will open the eyes of the public to the danger in leaving the airports under the government at this critical time.

The issue of security should be given serious consideration in the scheme of things in view of the security challenges confronting aviation worldwide.

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FG in dire need of indigenous investors for new NNSL Stories by Tola Adenubi - Lagos

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HE Federal Government is currently in dire need of private investors to fill in the 60 per cent share zoned to Nigeria under the planned new Nigerian National Shipping Line (NNSL).

It would be recalled that Nigeria signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Pacific International Line (PIL) of Singapore for a new national shipping line, which will see the Singaporean firm controlling 40 per cent stake and Nigerian private investors controlling 60 per cent of the proposed national shipping line.

Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune exclusively, a member of the entourage to Singapore who declined having his name in print, explained that since the government signed the MoU with PIL, none of the indigenous private sector players have come forward to stake their claim for the 60 per cent zoned to Nigeria.

According to him, “the MoU with PIL is geared towards establishing a new national shipping line for Nigeria. However, we are yet to see the private sector players come forward to stake their claims on the 60 per cent zoned to us.

“It is imperative that everybody realises the fact that the Federal Government will not put a kobo down into the new national shipping line. We expect the fleets to be 100 per cent owned, and 100 per cent private sector driven.

“The PIL will own 40 per cent stake, while Nigerian private sector players will own the remaining 60 per cent stake. Under the MoU signed in Singa-

pore, PIL has been mandated to develop a business plan for this brilliant initiative.

“After PIL develops the busi-

ness plan, it will be presented to the Federal Government of Nigeria for review and subsequent adoption.

Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside and some top management staff of the agency in a photograph with the Naval Cadets of the 66 Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) when they paid a familiarisation visit to NIMASA recently.

Ayade, Amaechi, others to brainstorm on harnessing Africa’s maritime logistics THE Annual African Shipping & Oil Roundtable/Award Dinner, facilitated by Africa Business and Logistics Support Services (ABALSS) UNLIMITED, a platform promoting Regional Integration and Economic Sustainability through Maritime and Energy Sectors in Africa, will come up 20th – 22nd September 2016, at the Calabar International Convention Centre, Cross River State.

According to a statement signed

by ABALSS UNLIMITED Communication Strategist, Christy Abiodun Osemobor and sent to Nigerian Tribune, the theme

of this 6th Edition is “Harnessing africa’s maritime logistics for the emerging oil & gas market for sustainable economic growth.”

The statement also explained that the event will be declared open by His Excellency, Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State with Honourable Minister of Transportation, Nigeria, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi and Honourable Deputy Minister of Transport – Ghana, Hon. Joyce Bawa Mogtari as Special Guests of Honour.

The Roundtable will be chaired

by Chief Greg Ogbeifun, President – Ship Owners Association

Declining oil earnings should shift focus on maritime —Sifax Group DR Taiwo Afolabi, the Group Executive Vice Chairman, SIFAX Group, has urged the Federal Government to make a good use of the current economic challenges that have seen a sharp decline in crude oil earnings and naira exchange rate by paying more attention to the development of the country’s maritime sector.

Speaking at the maiden edition of the Taiwo Afolabi Annual Maritime Conference held at the University of Lagos with the theme: “Africa’s Maritime Capital: Nigeria and Her Potentials”, Afolabi said the maritime industry possessed the potentials to rescue the country from the current economic troubles by becoming the primary source of revenue for the government.

He said: “The current economic

“An independent consulting firm has even been appointed to work out the modalities for a transparent and open partic-

situation has compelled the need for an inclusive search for an alternative route to national revival and rebirth, forcing upon us a movement away from decades of fixation on the traditional black gold to the maritime--the emerging glittering “blue gold’. Diligent and sustained exploitation of the vast maritime resource endowments of this sector may prove to be that very” low-hanging fruit” that Nigeria needs at a time such as we are in today.”

To turn the potentials in the industry to tangible economic benefits, Afolabi advised the government to provide the conducive environment, propound the right legislation and provide massive infrastructural renewal, among others.

The Taiwo Afolabi Annual Mari-

time Conference is an initiative of the Maritime Forum in the Law Faculty of University of Lagos.

It is designed to be an avenue to stimulate intellectual discussions between maritime experts and the university community, especially students with interest in the maritime industry, on contemporary issues in the industry, both locally and internationally.

Over 1000 students drawn from various departments of the university and other higher institutions across the country attended the event that was also graced by seasoned maritime experts like Engineer Greg Ogbeifun, CEO, Stratz Group, Mrs. Margaret Orakwusi, Major Henry Ajetunmobi, Executive Director, SIFAX Group, among others.

of Nigeria and Chairman of Starz Investments Nigeria Limited.

The Roundtable which will feature Panel Discussion, Plenary, Exhibition and Award Nite will focus on the following: Strategies to address infrastructural deficit in the Maritime and Petroleum subsectors that will enhance Economy recovery; cost effective intermodal transport system that will enhance seamless movement of goods and services within the sub-region; strategies for the removal of trade barriers through intercontinental synergy that will strengthen investment climate to enhance rapid economic growth within the Africa sub-region; enabling environment for bilateral ties that will stimulate international trade within the Africa trade corridors; cost effective options to finance Trade, Maritime, Logistics, Oil and Gas businesses.

Optimising Maritime and Energy sectors as vehicle to create job opportunities, eradicate poverty and grow the economy.

According to the statement, expected speakers include Dr. Kofi Mbiah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ghana Shippers Authority, Barrister Hassan Bello, Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Shippers Council, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, Director General Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. D. Sekonte, Executive Director Marine & Operations, Nigerian Ports Authority and Dr. Bashir Mamman Ifo, Chairman Ecowas Bank For Investment And Development (EBID).

ipatory field for every Nigerian private sector player that is interested in the opportunity.

“The proposed shipping line will delve into bulk, liquid and general cargoes operations. So it will not be limited to one aspect of maritime business. We are also looking at future agricultural exports being done by this shipping line.

“With all this in place, we expect the private sector players to be turning over themselves for a stake in this new national shipping line by showing interest and putting their money where their mouth is.

“By now, we expected to have started seeing interest from the private sector players, but we are still waiting. Government won’t spend a kobo into this.

The fact that the Singapore MoU was signed through the Federal Government does not mean we will be part of it financially.

“It is time for Nigerians to take their destiny in their hands.

What led to the demise of the first national shipping line is enough deterrent for government to stay away from this new shipping line financially. It is going to be private sector driven.”

Shippers lampoon SON over sampling technique SHIPPERS under the aegis of the Shippers Association of Lagos State (SALS) have lampooned the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) over its sampling method which according to the chippers is gradually turning the Federal Government agency into a warehouse.

Speaking recently at the inaugural Taiwo Afolabi Annual Maritime Conference held in Lagos, Chairman of SALS, Reverend Jonathan Nicol, stated that the only thing SON officials will not take for sampling are vehicles.

According to him, “government brought the SON to stop substandard goods into Nigeria. But as I speak to you, SON cannot define what is standard or substandard because they don’t have the equipment to do so.

“SON officials will pick our cargoes at the ports and take it for sampling. That is the last you will see of that cargo that was taken for sampling. You won’t get your cargo back. At a point, SON was gradually turning into a warehouse.

“Even generators will be taken away for sampling. The only thing SON officials did not take was a car.”

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Editor: Laolu Harolds 08111845016 tribune.education@yahoo.com

Teachers Registration Council vows to rid teaching profession of quacks Clement Idoko - Abuja

Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB)

Over 17,000 candidates chase 3,850 admission slots at FUNAAB NUC commends pre-admission screening exercise

By Laolu Harolds

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NLY 3,850 candidates will eventually gain admission to the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) out of the 17,334 that applied to the institution.

This was disclosed by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics) and the chief coordinating officer for the 2016/2017 Pre-Admission Screening Exercise, Professor Oluyemisi Eromosele, during the university’s pre-admission screening for the 2016/2017 academic session.

She said the university would only be able to absorb this much because FUNAAB has a quota of 3,850, as approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC) for the past two years.

“We are also hoping that there will be a supplementary admission later on in the month while shortlisted candidates will equally be screened,” she said.

Meanwhile, the NUC has commended the university’s pre-admission screening exercise, which took place between Wednesday September 7 and Friday September 9, 2016.

The Senior Information and Monitoring Officer of the commission, Mr. Mohammed Tanko, who represented NUC at the occasion, lauded members of staff of the university and other government functionaries that took part in the exercise for a job well done in terms of logistics, welfare, thoroughness and adherence to laid down procedures.

Tanko explained that his task was to monitor the exercise to ensure that the university did not breach the federal government’s directive given through the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu.

“I observed that the security arrangements were properly made. The strategy deployed by both the internal and external security personnel, the Department of State Services (DSS) officers and men of other sister-agencies who participated in the screening were very much commendable.

“The strategy of the decentralised screening centre (as adopted by FUNAAB) was commendable, as students were well taken care of while transportation logistic was also commendable,” he said.

He also commended the inclusion of security agents among members of the screening panel, especially those from the National Drug and Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the DSS.

“They interviewed and studied the students, and this helped to drop students who are not competent enough to gain admission into federal universities.”

The Vice Chancellor of FUNAAB and President, Association of African Universities, Professor Olusola Oyewole, who was physically on ground to monitor the exercise, disclosed that the screening exercise was very important, to ensure that only responsible and qualified students were admitted.

Oyewole also revealed that the committee that was set up to investigate the recent students’ unrest had just submitted its report, and that the university’s Senate would soon sit to consider the report and take a decision on the new resumption date.

THE Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) says it is determined to rid the teaching profession of charlatans as part of its efforts to improve teaching and learning in the country.

Its registrar and chief executive, Professor Josiah Olusegun Ajiboye, made the pledge when he led the council’s management team on a courtesy visit to the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT)’s headquarters in Abuja.

Ajiboye accordingly sought the collaboration of NUT leadership in order to reposition the teaching profession in Nigeria, particularly the need to ensure professionalisation of teaching in the country.

He said that collaboration between the two bodies would enhance efforts at sanitising the nation’s teaching profession through registration, certification and licensing of teachers across the country.

TRCN’s spokesman, Mr Ojewuyi Olumuyiwa, in a statement in Abuja quoted Professor Ajiboye as saying that there is an urgent need to move the teaching profession forward.

The minimum teaching qualification in Nigeria is the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE), but the council has observed over time that many persons engaged by a number of state governments and some private schools in the country are unqualified to teach.

TRCN is particularly worried that such ‘quacks’ engaged to teach children in most schools do not have the requisite knowledge and pedagogical skills for effective teaching and learning to take place.

While stressing that TRCN is NUT’s baby and must not die at stillbirth, Professor Ajiboye declared the council’s readiness to work with the teachers’ union towards moving the teaching profession forward.

Ikere provost decries old edicts governing institution, advocates new laws Sam Nwaoko - Ado-Ekiti THE Provost, College of Education, IkereEkiti, Dr Mojisola Oyarekua, has described as unfortunate the situation in which the college still operates with the 1990 Edict of the old Ondo State 20 years after Ekiti State was created.

Dr Oyarekua, while receiving members of the state House of Assembly Committee on Education, Science and Technology that where at the college on oversight function, said a draft of the college law has been before the House since 2014, and called on members of the committee to help facilitate the speedy passage of the law.

She called for a proper funding from government, stressing that the monthly government subvention to the college had become grossly inadequate to pay staff salaries and

pensioners’ entitlements, as it is being subsidised with about 40 million naira monthly from the college’s meagre internally generated revenue, leaving the college with no fund to run its services.

According to her, the college battles with the problem of inadequate lecture halls and decaying infrastructure, with most buildings in the college old and dilapidated.

“Another major challenge is the issue of unpaid salaries of members of staff, which has drastically reduced their morale,” she said.

Oyarekua, however, noted that that despite its challenges, the college was committed to producing outstanding educators and researchers to advance the profession of education through research in the science and art for effective teaching and learning.

She affirmed that the college runs a well structured academic programmes strategi-

cally designed to expose students to contemporary formal and informal training as well as acquisition of skills and knowledge in areas that are pertinent to their fields of study in order to give them competitive edge over their peers.

She also said that none of the academic programmes of the college has been denied accreditation either by the National Universities Commission (NUC) for the degree programme or the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE).

The Chairman of the House Committee on Education, Science and Technology, Mr Adeshina Animasaun, said it was unfortunate that the college had been operating with the old law, and directed the college management to represent the draft to the House, saying that the lawmakers would give it prompt attention.

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Ogun set for FG’s free school feeding programme

By Gbenga Olumide

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THE Ogun State government says it is ready to channel all its agricultural plans and policies towards the success and sustainability of the ‘Home Grown School Feeding Programme’ of President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, meant to feed pupils in public primary schools in the country, Mrs Ronke Sokefun, the Ogun State Commissioner for Agriculture,disclosed this recently while defending the ministry’s 2016 budget before members of the House of Assembly Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, led by Honourable Adeyemi Harrisson.

Sokefun said the Owowo Model Farm Estate located at Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state had been designated as one of the farms that would supply farm produce such as eggs and fishes to the feeding programme.

He said that the farm estates in the state would also serve as empowerment strategy for young graduates under a scheme tagged: ‘Graduate Youth

YABATECH appoints new deputy rectors THE Federal Government has approved the appointment of Dr Olukemi Taiwo Oyelola and Mr Taofeek Omobayo Raheem as Yaba College of Technology’s deputy rectors Academic and Administration respectively.

They replaced Mr Innocent Akhuemonkhan and Dr Moroof Adebakin whose tenure expired recently.

According to the approval letter, dated September 8, 2016 and signed by Mr E.O. Fayemi for the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, the twoyear appointment is with effect from September 1, 2016.

Dr Oyelola was a former Director, Centre for Entrepreneurial Development of the college, and an experienced Chief Lecturer; while until this appointment, Raheem was the Dean, Student Affairs and a Chief Lecturer in the School of Library Studies.

Empowerment Programme’, adding that the programme comprises poultry, fisheries and arable farming.

While speaking on the N5 billion loans recently

approved by the House of Assembly, Sokefun noted that more attention would be given to rice and cassava farmers as well as those specialised in fisheries and poultry farming in

the state.

She added that as part of plans to improve the sector, the state government had approved the allocation of about 7,000 hectares of farmland to

corporate investors, while additional 53 new applications were received from corporate and individual applicants.

Responding, the chairman of the committee,

Honourable Harrisson, commended the efforts of the State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, in ensuring abundant food production in the state.

Education support groups seek inclusive education system Sylvester Okoruwa Lagos

Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary District 5, Mrs Florence Ebun Oluwasuyi; Secretary, Lagos SUBEB Board, Mrs Abosede Adelaja; and Tutor-General/ Permanent Secretary, Education District 2, Mrs Titilayo Solarin, at a one-day Stakeholders’ Dialogue on Inclusive Education, organised by Civil Society groups in partnership with Lagos State government, the DFID and Education Sector Support Programme in Nigeria (ESSPIN), held on Wednesday in Lagos. PHOTO: SYLVESTER OKORUWA.

Afonja Foundation donates French books to FCE Oyo

By Kehinde Adio AFONJA Foundation, established in honour of the late Deacon Abiodun Afonja of Oyo town by the family, has donated French textbooks to all Fre0 nch students and teaching staff in the Department of Secondary Education and Languages of the Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo. At the presentation ceremony, held last Thursday, the leader of the foundation, Prince Ajibola Afonja, stated that the foundation would focus on supporting Nigerian youths in the area of education and skill development to enable them contribute meaningfully to the development of the Nigerian economy.

He added also that the donation of the French textbooks is an expression of the foundation’s desire to encourage the study of French Language in the Colleges of Education in the country,the graduates of which will in turn teach the young ones both in primary and secondary schools.

A member of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Honourable Muideen Olagunju, who presented some of the books to the principal officers of the college, stressed the need for the Nigerian govern-

ment to promote the study of French Language in schools.

He noted that the knowledge, communication, reading and writing of French Language will afford Nigerians the opportunity to have access to international jobs in any of the French-speaking countries around Nigeria.

The provost of the college, Professor Usman Olayiwola, expressed appreciation for the donation

of the books to the college and thanked Prince Afonja, who he said has made a lot of impact on the development of the college.

According to him, the college has benefitted a lot from the Afonja family.

The dean, School of Secondary Education and Languages in the college, Mrs Adenike Abimbola, described the donation by the Afonja Foundation as very rare in the history of the French Language depart-

ment in the institution.

She promised that the department would make good use of the books.

She described the textbook, authored by Professor Ade Ojo,as one of the best French textbooks that make the learning of the French Language stress-free.

She appealed to other philanthropists in the country to support the development of education as government alone cannot fund education.

Postgraduate Medical College bemoans inadequate funding Naza Okoli-Lagos PRESIDENT of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (NPMCN), Dr Ademola Abayomi Olaitan, last week said it was becoming increasingly difficult to meet the goals of postgraduate medical education in the country due to poor funding and incessant strike actions.

Olaitan, who made this observation at a press conference organised as part of activities to mark the 2016 convocation ceremony of the college, said a total of 340 Fellows have met the requirements for this year's graduation.

He described as regrettable the fact that high priority had not been ac-

corded the college even though it is the training ground for the nation's specialist doctors and has continued to play a vital role in the preservation of the needed manpower and the prevention of capital flight.

While urging the Federal Government to invest more in postgraduate medical education, Olaitan said the college's mandate would be difficult to maintain unless more attention is paid to the subsector.

He said: “Postgraduate medical and dental education in Nigeria is passing through a turbulent period. While funding is low, the frequent work stoppages in various teaching hospitals does not allow

for trainees’ fulfilment of the prescribed minimum period of clinical placements and rotations that qualifies them for examinations.

“We, therefore, appeal to relevant bodies to minimise disruptions to services, training and research, as it destabilises the programme of the college. If trainees do not have the necessary exposure, they may not function optimally, and that is detrimental to the sector.

“This is the reason we maintain records of institutions where work is suboptimal and we will insist on trainees meeting the minimum training requirements and duration before writing our examinations.”

NINE civil society education support groups have called on the federal and state governments to, as a matter of urgency, implement the education policy on inclusive education that would engender equalityand high standard of education in Nigeria.

They made the call on Wednesday at a one-day stakeholders’ dialogue on inclusive education, organised in partnership with the Lagos State government and the Department for International Development (DfID).

The director, Nigeria Development Support Initiative, Mrs Stella Olubunmi Francis, told Tribune Education that nine education civil societies group, for the past 10 years, had been mentoring, training and monitoring teachers’ development in the 1007 primary schools in Lagos State.

The groups are; the Women Violence Prevention Organisation, Development Support Institute, Health and Sustainability Development Association, Organisation of Non-Formal Education, Talent Plus, Quality Life Group and CHADCON, in partnership with the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, Education Secretaries of local government areas in Lagos State, in collaboration with the DfID This, she said,is meant to help the state government monitor how the education funds allocated to the schools are spent, so as to engender accountability and transparency, which will in turn bring about inclusive education development in schools.

She said that inclusive education, if properly implemented in Nigeria, will bring about equality in gender, religion and people living with disability.

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grace of God, we will soon be running Ph.D. programme in this department.

Dr Yemisi Olaleye is the acting Head, Social Work Department, University of Ibadan. In this interview with MODUPE GEORGE, she sheds light on the nature and relevance of social work, as well as its challenges. Excerpts.

There is an influx of young people into the profession. Don’t you think age would be a disadvantage to them when it comes to applying life experiences?

Age is never a disadvantage because maturity has nothing to do with age. Those who come in with school certificates are made to spend five years in the course of studying, while those with diploma and Ordinary National Diploma spend four years to obtain BSW. The young people are doing very well; they are found in the majority of schools in the state.

We make them go to the field after three years for their practicum. The principals do enjoy their services and testify to their services. They are doing a lot of work in schools in the state. They are adequately equipped for the job while studying. They have adequate knowledge when it comes to handling issues.

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HAT is social work?

There is no organisation without need for social workers. There are specific areas where social work is useful. We have the health social work, community development social work, social welfare and social welfare in industry. Social work in industries takes care of the employees and the employers; and in the hospitals, we have social workers coming to the aid of patients who do not have money to pay their hospital bills.

In this kind of situation, social workers look for philanthropists who could be of help or make the hospital write off the debts or reduce it for them. Also, it is the work of a social worker to help people with mental retardation and who don’t have people who would take care of them to look for homes they can go to. They also help inmates in prisons to locate their people or get them settled after finishing their terms. The responsibilities are enormous.

Why does one need a degree to be a social worker?

It is not compulsory that one should have a degree to help people, but you and I know that in Nigeria we run after certificates. However, when you look at the other side of the coin, you discover that the more education you have, the more knowledgeable you are.

Also, having a degree gives you an edge; in that you would be able to join associations, both locally and internationally.

We have a lot of associations in social work, both in and outside Nigeria.

How exposed are your students to field work?

Any educational programme without practicals would not enable professionalism. After studying the theory, one has to observe the practical aspect of the profession to really know what obtains on the field. Whatever you have experienced or practicalised, you are able to apply better. To practise as a social worker, you don’t really need money to carry out projects. It is a help profession; it is not the social worker who supplies the money directly. You are not to give the client any money, but you come in, in terms of looking for solutions and interventions here and there. Like our students do go to social welfare office in Ibadan here. They don’t need to give their clients any money, but they would educate and

Dr Olaleye

advise parties involved in an issue; may be in a divorce case to know their rights, opportunities or probably help them get justice. Social Work is a help profession of taking people out of their problems.

What effort is your department making to link up with other international bodies in the field of social work so as to prepare students to meet up with global challenges?

This institution has a linkage with many foreign associations. In fact, lecturers in this department are compelled to go for conferences, both locally and internationally; and whenever we travel outside the country for social work conferences, we register. For instance, when I travelled to Sweden, I registered my colleagues and some of my students who travelled with me also registered internationally as social workers.

More so, majority of our students are made to register locally before they round off their programme. We help in the aspect of filling of their forms, while they also do when they travel abroad for their masters or PhD. The National Association of Social Worker Educator (NASWE) is a body here in Nigeria which involves many professional Nigerians social workers, who are based abroad.

How do you prepare your students to meet up with international standards?

Majority of our students are abroad, especially for their PhD; and they are competing very well. Very soon, by the

What do you think are the challenges of a modern day social worker?

Funding is a major challenge to a modern day social worker, but we are happy that in the House of Assembly a bill has been passed on social work.

What is the bill all about?

It is about giving the required recognition to social work in Nigeria, so that our products would get jobs to do. Social work is not well known in Nigeria as it is abroad.

What does this nation stand to gain having a lot of social workers?

There is a lot to gain. For instance, majority of the people who are roaming the streets today not knowing what to do with their lives are projects in the hands of social workers.

They will guide then through, counsel them and help restore their hopes.

What efforts are you making as a department to make sure that social work plays a tangible role in these current societal issues on rape, health care, injustice, illiteracy, child abuse among others?

We are trying our best. However, the reason we have not been able to come in to assist in some cases is due to the fact that people don’t open up on some of these issues. If they don’t come to us, how can we be of help?

It still boils down to the fact that social work is not known in Nigeria. We are praying that should our bill be passed into law, then government would be compelled to employ more social workers, and we would have less of all these societal issues we are faced with as a nation.

Oladunjoye: A provost with a mission

By Dele Alaga HIS coming to office as the provost of the Ogun State College of Health Technology, Ilese-Ijebu, on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, was with a determination to make a change in the 40-year-old institution.

Dr Abiodun Oladunjoye, a PhD holder in Environmental Care Management, would not only make an exponential development, but a systemic one as well.

As part of his efforts in putting the college on the world map, he described the Ogun State College of Health Technology as a specialised institution of academic excellence and social development.

Dr Oladunjoye vowed to change the erroneous perception people had of the college as he highlighted the threepronged mission of his administration.

These include academic development, which has to do with the floating of new programmes and re-organisation of the existing ones like the X-ray, Medical Imaging, and Social Work departments.

The establishment of the part-time programme was a move in the right direction and first of its kind since the inception of the college in 1976.

In addition to this, he focuses on the benchmark for shortlisting candidates seeking admission into the college in order to ensure that quality and well-trained students are produced for the labour market. He believes that though the health sector is very lucrative, it is highly

sensitive as well, hence the need to ensure quality personnel.

Six months ago, a major breakthrough was recorded in the college as the Pharmacy department was given accreditation by the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria; and recently, several other programmes in the college were accredited by both the National Board for Technical Education and various boards and councils.

One other major focus is the sustenance of affiliation with top universities in the country for the award of degrees for students wishing to transit to the university.

Another crucial and indispensible mission is the staff welfare. Dr Oladunjoye focuses so much on this because of his conviction that no sector can thrive without the welfare of staff and students.

Salaries and other emoluments have been paid till date since his emergence as the provost of the college. This certainly will motivate staff morally and psychologically, thus making them to give their best at their various duty posts.

His administration’s zero tolerance for cult activities were demonstrated with the improvement on surveillance and patrol on campus.

The magic wand of Dr Oladunjoye’s administration can be attested to in the area of infrastructure development as there are several ongoing projects on campus.

These include the construction of the X-ray and Medical Imaging Building; the construction of modern kitch-

perspective

en for the Nutrition & Dietetics Department; an ultramodern fitness and wellness centre with state-of-the-art equipment; facelift for the boys’ and girls’ hostels; and the construction of modern medical laboratory to serve the college community as well as the general public, to mention just a few.

Mission three is the establishment of the Management Information System (MIS) Centre. This has to do with ICT development which will enhance students’ online registration.

Efforts are in top gear to launch the college portal.

This focuses on the high-speed internet and intranet connectivity, updating of the college website with increased bandwidth and facilities, as well as multi-media resource centre. This is coupled with digitalized automation system to enhance easy accessibility of course forms online.

Dr Oladunjoye, an astute administrator par excellence has been working relentlessly in ensuring that the college is among the beneficiaries of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund).

Above all, his administration has ensured a systemic institution that is transparent, accountable, coupled with financial management.

• Alaga is the Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State College of Health Technology, Ilese-Ijebu, Ogun State.

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HE vice chancellor of the Ekiti State University, Professor Samuel Oye Bandele, has presented a proposal to the National Universities Commission

Ganduje offers automatic scholarship to brilliant girl

(NUC) for the university to begin a degree programme in Tests and Measurement.

He made the presentation when he led a delegation from the university to the headquarters of the commission in Abuja.

While receiving the delegation, the executive secretary of the NUC, Professor

Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, also promised that his leadership would work with vice chancellors to improve standard of teaching and learning, character building of Nigerian undergraduates, as well as foster quality collaboration and linkages among Nigerian universities.

He told the EKSU team that the commission would embark on structural reforms of Nigerian universities to include eradication of mushroom universities, and elimination of unnecessary political involvement in universities’ administration.

Professor Rasheed also

that the commission would not encourage merger of universities so as to ensure quality and eliminate substandard practices, and would not encourage state governors to establish universities they cannot fund.

He thanked the EKSU delegation for the visit, and commended the people of

Kola Oyelere - Kano KANO State governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has given an automatic scholarship to an indigene of the state, Fa’iza Sani Abubakar, for her excellent performance in the just-released West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations.

Fa’iza, who hails from Bakin Zuwo, in Kano Municipal area, scored distinction (A 1) in all the nine subjects she sat for at Olumawu College, Wuse 2, Abuja.

Governor Ganduje said the scholarship was meant to cover her undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral studies at any university of her choice across the world.

“This gesture is to acknowledge merit and to especially encourage girl-child education in our state,” he said, pointing out that the state government is making arrangements to ensure that gifted children are given opportunity to fully exploit their potential.

“We are happy that this child has performed very well, and I want to assure you that we will continue to encourage our people to achieve in their chosen endeavours and bring honour to their families, the state and the nation at large,” he said.

ASUU strike will end soon

—AAUA VC Says no ban on SSANU

Teachers and students of God’s Blessing Comprehensive College, Akande Close, Yemetu, Ibadan, Oyo State, during their excursion to Tribune House, Imalefalafia, Oke-Ado, Ibadan recently.

Removeprimaryschoolteachersfromlocalgovernments —Ahmed Biola Azeez - Ilorin KWARA State governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, has called for the removal of primary school teachers’ salaries from local government allocations in order to ease funding challenges at the local council level in the country.

Ahmed says there is an urgent need to review national laws which inhibit state governments from being major players in telecommunications, energy, aviation, and exploitation of mineral resources so that states could be more

economically viable and financially self-sustaining.

The governor made the calls during an interface with Muslim scholars during a newly introduced ‘State of the State’ meeting, a platform for interface between the state government and groups such as faith leaders, women and youth groups.

According to Governor Ahmed, primary education is too important to be left at the mercy of local government areas that are becoming increasingly incapacitated to meet the challenges of modern gov-

ernance.

“Most of them lack the financial requirements of primary education, especially primary school teachers,” he said.

Ahmed noted that there is a need to expand sources of internally generated revenue of states by removing telecommunications, energy, aviation, exploitation of mineral resources from the exclusive control of the federal government which already has a wide financial base.

On infrastructure development of Kwara State, the governor said the Kwara

Ebonyi earmarks N150m for school’s agriculture programme Clement Oko Nnachi Abakiliki THE Ebonyi State government has approved the disbursement of N150 million to boarding secondary schools in the state for the takeoff of its ‘School Agricultural Programme’ geared towards actualizing adequate feeding of students.

Governor David Umahi made the disclosure in Abakaliki, the state capital, last Thursday during an interactive session with principals of 31 pilot secondary schools, held at the Executive Council Chambers of the Government House.

Ekiti State for their unrivalled achievements in the field of education.

On the Distance Learning programme of EKSU, Professor Rasheed said, “NUC will provide necessary support for the institution to ensure credibility and enhance capacity.”

In his remarks, Professor Oye Bandele, a professor of Tests and Measurement, congratulated the NUC executive secretary on his appointment, and described his antecedent as the vice chancellor of Bayero University, Kano, as a shining example to others.

“The essence of the interaction was to sensitise the principals on the need for them to embrace the school agricultural programme policy of the government, which ultimately will enhance the economic diversification of the economic base of the government, among others,” he said.

He said that the first beneficiaries would be the 31 pilot secondary schools in the state, maintaining that N75 million of the funds would be used for feeding of the boarding students, while the balance would be for the execution of the agricultural programme.

“Why do principals need to buy tomatoes, pepper and eggs in the market when they can conveniently (produce) these crops/ items in their school premises when they embark on agricultural cultivation?”

He emphasised.

Umahi disclosed that the state government had engaged the services of a consultant to ensure its implementation across the selected schools in the state.

“I charge you to go back to your schools and embrace this programme.

Each school will be credited with N3 million each to focus on poultry, plant-

ing of rice which will benefit the school/students in future,” he said, expressing dismay over the non-existence of school farms as witnessed in the past.

Earlier in their resolutions, presented on their behalf by the state Commissioner for Education, Professor John Eke, the principals expressed their commitment and determination to ensure the success of the agricultural initiative in their respective schools.

Tribune Education recalls that 31 pilot secondary schools currently in existence across the three senatorial zones of Ebonyi State.

State Infrastructure Development Fund ( InfraFund Kwara) has been increased from N300 million monthly to N500 million.

“With the increase of the funds, the state government is now better placed to jumpstart vital projects such as the Garin Alimi underpass, extension of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital Road, two additional campuses of Kwara State University in Ilesha-Baruba and Osi, Kwara North and Kwara South senatorial districts respectively,” he said.

He added that with the procurement of two asphalt plants by the state government, road maintenance across the state will now be cheaper and executed with vigour.

Responding, one of the ulamas (Islamic scholars), Dr Abubakar Aliagan, urged the state government to urgently stem the activities of misguided Muslim fundamentalists in the state to prevent an emergence of terrorism.

“These are people wanted outside the country.

Why should we allow them operate freely in our state?

Another scholar queried.

The forum provided the Muslim scholars opportunity to share their views on the state of the state with the governor.

THE vice chancellor of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Professor Igbekele Ajibefun, said on Tuesday that the ongoing industrial action by the university’s branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will soon end.

He said: “Our academic calendar has been very smooth until recently when the university began to face some challenges in terms of payment of salaries, which is not unconnected with the economic recession in the country.

“But very soon, all the issues will be resolved.

We are in a progressive talk with the leadership of ASUU. Efforts are in the top gear to ensure that ASUU members go back to class. Very soon, our students will be asked to resume to campus.”

Contrary to speculations making the rounds that the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities at AAUA has been proscribed, following a protest by some members of the association, which led to the disengagement of some of its executives in 2012, Professor Ajibefun said SSANU was never banned in the university.

He made this clarification while responding to a question on the outcome of the meeting he held with some SSANU members recently.

“There is no record whatsoever that says SSANU has been banned. The management is not against its resuscitation. Everybody has the right to freedom of association, and such a right has not been taken away from SSANU,” he said.

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Post traumatic stress disorder:

Why it may be on the increase Everyone will at some point in a life time have life threatening deeply hurtful and upsetting experiences. Some people recover in a few days but some don’t. VERA ONANA writes about this disorder and how it can be handled.

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OR Temilayo Omooba, a young academic, sleep has eluded him in the last three months and the night time has become his undoing. Before any of the nightmares and insomnia, Temilayo had a very healthy sleep routine, but all changed after he was attacked by a six-man gang of armed robbers. He tried escaping by the whiskers, but was severely beaten. He had almost lost hearing ability in his left ear due to the innumerable stinging slaps the gun men had inflicted on him. Though all the locks had been changed, Temilayo could barely shut his eyes for an hour straight before screaming out loud.

Temilayo, like several other Nigerians suffer such fate. In most cases, it is erroneously referred to as spiritual attack and in some other cases, people close to them, discard it as excessive fear, but it is in fact a medical condition that has to do with the mental well being of a person known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

According to psychologists, PTSD is a condition that may develop after a person is exposed to one or more traumatic events. It is an anxiety disorder that may develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which severe physical harm occurred. Events that overwhelm one with feelings of hopelessness and helplessness can trigger PTSD, especially if such event felt unpredictable and uncontrollable.

Experts say that, sexual assault, war-

fare, serious injury, accidents, violence or threats of imminent death and other events that result in feelings of intense fear, horror and powerlessness, will trigger a fight, flight, or freeze response, which is a person’s nervous system’s reaction to danger. Normally, people recover in a few days or weeks, but when that does not happen, it means that the person is suffering from PTSD. Who can be affected by PTSD PTSD can affect people who personally experienced a life threatening event, those who witnessed the event, or those who pick up the pieces afterwards, such as emergency workers. It can also result from surgery performed on children so

Though there are some easy help tips that a person can observe, like exercising, mindful breathing and volunteering, it is best to see a professional.

young that couldn’t understand what was happening to them, leaving them shattered, psychologists say.

In this part of the world however, this form of disorder may often times be regionalised or ascribed to people of certain colours. While people suffer from the same condition here, Nigerians may most likely refer to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as an ‘oyinbo’ man’s sickness or a demonic attack but how true is this?

Consultant Psychiatrist and Head of Clinical Services at Synapse Services, Lagos Branch, Dr Otefe Edebi, in an attempt to dispel such misguided perceptions said “I believe that this is a misconception about PTSD. It can happen to anyone, white, black, Hispanic, African, you name it. Though, people have various tolerance levels.”

Symptoms of PTSD: Everyone is different Psychologists are of the opinion that PTSD develops differently from person to person because everyone’s nervous system and tolerance for stress differs. While the symptoms of PTSD most commonly develop in the hours or days following the traumatic event, it can sometimes take weeks, months, or even years before they appear. The symptoms experienced by individuals may include re-experiencing the traumatic event which is usually characterised by upsetting memories, flashbacks and nightmares. Feelings of distress or

intense physical reactions when reminded of the event like sweating, palpitations and nausea.

Another trend symptoms may take is avoiding reminders of the trauma. People in such categories avoid activities, places or thoughts that remind them of the trauma or are unable to remember important aspects of the event. They may also feel detached from others and are emotionally numb.

Another class of symptoms can be summed up as increased anxiety and emotional arousal which includes trouble sleeping, irritability or outbursts of anger, difficulty concentrating, feeling jumpy and easily startled, and hypervigilance. Other symptoms may include guilt, depression, substance abuse and suicidal thoughts.

PTSD in Nigeria may be escalating because…

Though this condition may be perceived as foreign, it is prevalent here and as a matter of fact, escalating. Dr Passy Amaraegbu, a clinical Psychologist, in an article published in one of the national dailies recently, gives the reason for the escalating rate of PTSD in African countries as thus: “In most African societies, victims of rape are stigmatised, and by this expression of such a negative cultural norm, such people are further exposed to PTSD. Instead of assisting them, our society criminalises and crticises them.”

“They are erroneously judged as being wayward and deserving the evil fate which had befallen them. Such adding of insult to an already putrefying sore only exacerbates the traumatic situation they find themselves.”

Amaraegbu added that “the dearth of professional personnel and adequate equipment to handle PTSD is yet another reason why this group of psychological disorders is increasing in leaps and bounds. For instance in Nigeria, the health centres that can provide professional attention for PTSD are psychiatric and university teaching hospitals, a few general hospitals, some university clinics or health centres and a few private clinics.

The few psychologists are overburdened with work.”

Alleviating PTSD symptoms Though there are some easy help tips that a person can observe, like exercising, mindful breathing and volunteering, it is best to see a professional. Dr Edebi said “I feel that psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, mental health professionals generally would do better by telling their success stories so that the general public will be better informed. I can boldly say that we have had far more successful rates with most mental conditions than the spiritual homes especially when treatment is sought early. Most of those so called demonic attacks are not actually demonic attacks, but people are ignorant and just run off to spiritual homes.”

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My doctor said, ‘Lola, you’re lucky to be alive’

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Y name is Ololade. My friends and family call me “Lola.” I had a small pimple on my face just on the right side of my nose. I felt neither pain nor discomfort but thought it was disfiguring. That made me very sad. Mother, an experienced nurse, warned me to keep my hands off it.

“It will soon disappear,” she had said.

After waiting for about four weeks and it did not disappear, I decided to do something about it. “I don’t want it! I must remove it today,” I said to myself. Standing in front of a mirror, I grasped the pimple between my two fingers and squeezed it firmly. A creamy, cheesy substance came out followed by a little blood. Mission accomplished, I felt satisfied and fulfilled.

The following day, the spot was slightly swollen. Again, on the advice of a friend, I rubbed some palm oil on it. Two days later, I observed that the swelling had gone bigger and was now tender to touch.

“It will soon go away,” I reassured myself.

However, three days later, I woke up with a fever and severe headache. My eyelids and the whole of the right side of my face were now massively swollen and puffy.

Worse still the swelling had crossed the midline and was spreading to the left side of my face. The headache and fever had become more intense and unbearable. I

looked at myself in the mirror and to my dismay, I couldn’t recognise myself. I was really scared and decided to see our family doctor. He insisted that I should see an ophthalmologist immediately.

With high fever, severe headache, markedly swollen face, Deola, my younger sister later informed me, I was a sorry sight.

I was not lucid again and was losing touch with people around me. It was impossible for any of my friends to recognise me easily. Even the ophthalmologist had to forcibly separate my lids with his two hands before he could catch a glimpse of my eyeballs. My visual acuity was impaired in the right eye; the eyeball was stationary and there was no movement in any direction.

The ophthalmologist made a diagnosis of cavernous sinus thrombosis.

“What is cavernous sinus thrombosis?”

I asked Deola, when I recovered. She had accompanied me to the ophthalmologist’s office. “Cavernous sinus thrombosis, as its name implies, is the formation of a blood clot (thrombus) within the cavernous sinus. The cavernous sinus is a channel located within the skull and serves to drain blood from the brain and the upper portion of the face back to the heart. Surrounding the cavernous sinus are important nerves called the cranial nerves because they originate from the brain within the cranium (skull bone).

“It is important to know this because cavernous sinus thrombosis affects three very important cranial nerves. These are cranial nerves 3, 4, and 6, which are necessary for eye movement, and cranial

When she pressed the pimple on her face, she got it infected and the infection spread through the veins into the cavernous sinus setting up a chain of events with severe consequences

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nerve 5, which gives sensation to the top and middle portion of the head and face.

This is a medical emergency and I had to be admitted into the hospital,” the ophthalmologist said.

“Cavernous thrombosis is caused by bacterial infections and can result in serious complications and even death. Because the veins on the part of the skin of the face above the level of the mouth or in the nose and ears drain into the cavernous sinus, any infection of these areas can spread directly into the cavernous sinus and into the brain. This is what happened in Lola’s case. When she pressed the pimple on her face, she got it infected and the infection spread through the veins into the cavernous sinus setting up a chain of events with severe consequences.” “Lola you are very lucky to be alive,” Deola said, echoing the doctor. “It was a long process of recovery lasting about three months.” What a price to pay for a tiny pimple?

To prevent such a problem as this from happening, it would be advisable not to pick any pimple on the face. Any boil or infection of the nose and ears should also be treated promptly using the appropriate antibiotics in the right dosages. Self-medication should be avoided because the consequences of inadequate treatment are too serious to imagine.

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Depression: When sadness becomes a disorder Aisha and Temi are both undergraduates and very good friends, but Aisha recently observed that Temi has not been showing up in class. She is also not picking or returning calls, so Aisha decided to drop by her room to check on her.

Aisha: ‘Hi Temi, long time no see. Why are you in bed at 11a.m? Are you sick?’

Temi: ‘I don’t even understand what is happening to me. I am just not myself these days.’

Aisha: ‘Really? What’s happening?’

Telling someone with depression to get a grip on themselves is liketelling someone with diarrhea who is going to the toilet frequently to simply get a grip on themselves. Of course, that will be a useless suggestion – because they can’t help it.

Temi: ‘I feel tired all of the time and I just can’t cope anymore. It feels like too much work to simply do basic things like get up, have a bath and come to class. I just want stay in bed all day and be alone.’

Aisha: ‘That is serious. Do you have a fever? I think you should go to the hospital.’

Temi: ‘I don’t have a fever, and I don’t have a headache. I just feel very sad and I cry all the time. I feel very useless, and alone in the whole world. I have no interest in eating food, and it is as if my brain is in slow motion.’

Aisha: ‘But you are not alone and you are certainly not useless. You are young, beautiful, from a comfortable family and the most brilliant student in our class. How can you think like that?’

Temi: ‘All those things don’t really mean anything to me right now. I just feel terrible.’

Starts weeping really hard.

Aisha: (Confused, but wants to help).

‘Sorry, now. Please, don’t cry.’ Hugs and holds her until the sobbing subsides. ‘I think you are not really sick, it is just your thinking. Temi, your life is perfect and everyone wants to be as smart as you are. So come on, shake yourself out of it. Stop thinking all these negative thoughts.’

Temi: Starts another fresh round of sobbing. ‘But I can’t help it. I don’t know what to do anymore. I feel really miserable and empty. I am in emotional pain and I don’t even know why. Sometimes, I wish I can just sleep and not wake up again. Maybe then,

I will eventually find peace and this heavy sadness will stop.’

It is normal for our mood or emotions to fluctuate from time to time – some days we feel happy and some other days, we are not so happy. Episodically, we may also have happy events which make us extremely happy – such as when you receive a promotion or a surprise gift. Other times, we may feel very sad for example if a loved one dies or we misplace our phone e.t.c. However, these episodic events which affect our mood usually lasts only for a short time - from minutes to hours or a few days, and then we return back to our normal selves.

However, in depression, the feelings of sadness are very intense and overwhelm-

In depression, the feelings of sadness are very intense and overwhelming (severity); and also last continuously for a fairly long time (duration), usually lasting for more than two weeks.

ing (severe); and also last continuously for a fairly long time (duration), usually lasting for more than two weeks. It is a common mental disorder that is characterized by extreme levels of sadness, loss of interest or pleasure in life, feeling tired all of the time, feelings of guilt, low self - esteem, poor sleep, loss of appetite and poor concentration. And unlike what happens to everyone from time to time who experience some unhappiness, these feelings STAY WITH THEM FOR A LONG TIME. Depression can affect anyone, including famous and apparently very successful people who appear to have everything going smoothly. It is more common among females, and can occur across the lifespan affecting children and adolescents, adults as well as the elderly. However, because the affected individuals are not easily recognised as suffering from a disorder, they often don’t receive support and encouragement. Family members and friends may be confused and unsure how to handle the situation. So they often tell them to get a grip on themselves and stop being lazy - simply because they can’t understand what they are going through. It’s like telling someone with diarrhea who is going to the toilet frequently to simply get a grip on themselves. Of course, that will be a useless suggestion – because they can’t help it.

Keep a date with us in the coming weeks, as we explore in detail, the symptoms, causes and treatment options for depression.

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Deaths from malaria reduced by 37% worldwide —Expert

By Sade Oguntola

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malaria control expert, Dr Abraham Mnzavan, has said that world over, malaria case incidence and deaths rate have reduced by 37 per cent between 2000 and 2015.

Mnzavan, a former Coordinator, Entomology and Vector Control unit of the World Health Global Malaria Programme, spoke at the Pan-African Mosquito Control Association’s third annual conference in Lagos.

The expert linked the recent global reduction in

malaria mortality and morbidity partly to the massive scale-up of insecticidetreated bed nets (ITN) and indoor residual spraying.

According to Mnzavan, the proportion of children under five sleeping under ITN had increased markedly in sub-Saharan Africa,

from less than two per cent in 2000 to an estimated 68 per cent in 2015.

Mnzavan, however, described malaria as one of the vector-borne diseases that still account for 22 per cent of the estimated global burden of all infectious diseases that claim more than

Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMER), Professor Babatunde Salako (left) exchanging pleasantries with Dr Abraham Mnzavan after the lecture, recently in Lagos.

‘More Nigerians getting maimed by medicines’

By Sade Oguntola

A pharmacist, Mr Taofik Odukoya, has expressed concern over increasing cases of Nigerians developing ill health or getting maimed from taking medicines, linking this to dearth of community pharmacy shops and drug information.

Odukoya, the Chief Executive Officer, Vanguard Pharmacy Limited, said this during the commissioning of the organisation’s new pharmacy outlet in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

The pharmacist stated that the population of retail pharmacists to population of Nigerians was far below the international standard, adding that this had deprived Nigerians of optimum pharmacy care.

Odukoya, who declared that the objective of Vanguard Pharmacy Limited was to bridge this gap and as such the organisation’s plan to have a chain of 20 branches by 2018, declared that retail pharmacists were first port of call for medicines, adding that when inappropriately used, it could turn out as poisons.

“Incidence of drug-drug interaction or drug-food interactions will continue to increase until Nigerians know that they are not supposed to just pick up their medications at the pharmacy shop, but also demand to get advice on them.

“With a lot of herbal medi-

cines and food supplements coming on board, as well as lot of synthetic medications, there are bound to be interactions, and the effect of these interactions can range from mild to severe, including death,” he said.

He added that people who take combinations of medicines, what is termed poly pharmacy, also require having adequate and appropriate information on the medicines to ensure their efficacy and prevent any untoward effect of the medications.

Odukoya urged Nigerians to only buy their medicines from registered pharmacy shops that have a pharmacist in attendance, to ensure

they could also receive information on these medicines.

He declared, “when you go to a pharmacy shop that has no pharmacist to attend to your medicine needs, it is not different from patronising a patent medicine store.”

According to him, “patient’s information is part of make -up to sell medicines.

This is why clients are not buying at manufacturer’s cost. It is not a crime to buy medicines; it is about your health. That is why, at this company, people’s health is our passion.”

The community pharmacist also stated that individuals should not use

cost as the determinant for where they purchase their medications, saying cost is a relative thing and that when a substandard medicines is bought, it further increases spending on healthcare.

ongoing health transformation agenda aimed at making healthcare service accessible to all, regardless of financial status.

Such a scheme, he assured, was already in operation in many advanced countries and states in Nigeria and was to ensure equal access to the healthcare delivery and curtail out of pocket spending on health.

Chairman, Assembly Committee on Health, Okunola Sila, remarked that the meeting was significant for the easy pas-

resurgence depends on this capacity.

In addition, he stated that there was the need for new vector control tools, because insecticide resistance had increased, both in distribution and intensity.

According to him, “building such capacity is key to rolling out new vector control tools to address insecticide resistance and other threats i.e. outdoor malaria transmission” Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, described mosquitoes as the deadliest animal family in the world, adding that malaria is responsible for more than 70 per cent of outpatient attendance in Lagos State public health facilities.

He stated that over the years Lagos government had demonstrated its commitment to the control of mosquitoes through a multi-prong approach, including distribution of ITN for free, indoor residual spraying and environmental management.

Earlier, Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, speaking through the Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMER), Professor Babatunde Salako, had challenged the group to come up with innovations on mosquito control and research finding that could influence Nigeria’s policy thrust on vector borne disease control.

Ex-minister tasks local, state govt on health care

By Vera Onana

FORMER, Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has tasked the government at the state and local levels in the country to be more responsible and deliver on health care.

This,he said, while delivering a lecture, titled “The Nigerian Health Sector: Dispelling Myths, Exposing

Expedite passage of health insurance bill, Oyo Assembly told OYO State government has appealed to the state House of Assembly to fast track the passage of the Oyo State Health Insurance Agency (OYSHIA) bill into law, saying it was to ensure that residents of the state have access to healthcare services without any financial constraints.

Speaking at a one-day stakeholders’ meeting in Oyo town, Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Azeez Adeduntan, said this became necessary, given the state government’s

700,000 lives every year.

According to him, vectorborne diseases, including diseases like Zika, Dengue fever, yellow fever and Chikungunya, still exert an enormous toll on affected communities and economies.

He declared that factors such as increased global travel and trade, urbanisation, climate change, and natural or man-made emergencies had continually contributed to the emergence and re-emergence of many vector-borne diseases.

Controlling vectors that spread diseases, he said, was faced with such challenges as critical lack of human and infrastructural capabilities, shortage of resources to gather entomological information to guide vector control, biological threats, insecticide resistance and fragmented global architecture in vector control.

The expert, however, warned against scaling back on vector control programmes, saying that universal coverage with effective malaria vector control of all persons in areas of malaria transmission should be pursued and maintained.

In controlling vectorborne diseases, Mnzavan said countries and partners should invest in health system; particularly the strengthening of disease and entomological surveillance, as timely detection and appropriate response to

sage of the bill by the Oyo State House of Assembly.

He assured stakeholders and members of the public of the immediate passage of the bill, in support of the state government’s transformation agenda on healthcare.

In his welcome address, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr Olayemisi Iyiola, promised that all complaints and observations by the stakeholders would be properly considered before forwarding the bill to the assembly for consideration.

the Realities and Outlining a Vision” at the 16th annual distinguished lecture organised by a student organisation, The Forum.

The event took place at the Paul Hendrickse Lecture Theatre, University College Hospital, Ibadan.

At the event, Onyebuchi stated that the conception of many Nigerians that the Nigerian health sector belong totally to the Federal Government is only a fallacy.

He said the respective state and local governments of the nation were responsible for health care in their various capacities in a democratic setting but had failed to perform their obligations, thus making the job very difficult for the Federal Government.

“The Federal Government is not in a position to drive Primary Health Care in a democratic setting. However, most local and state governments are unable to provide basic health care or maintain the facilities they inherited.”

“This makes the job of the Minister of Health very tasking. The ministry and

the president often receive the blame but are powerless to address the issues,” he said.

He, therefore, urged the governors and local government heads to perform their obligations as custodians of the Nigerian health sector.

Also speaking at the event in the capacity of chairman, a foremost pharmacist and barrister at Law, founder and chairman of the first indigenous company to be quoted in the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Juli Pharmacy, Prince Julius Adelusi stressed the place of nobility in medical practice.

He charged members of the forum to make ethics, which is mostly scarce in today’s Nigeria, their watchword, not minding the current state of the nation’s economy.

“The current Nigerian experience could be described as dystopia, the opposite of utopia. There are temptations to cut corners, but nobility wins at the end. We need a resuscitation of values and the people who can do that best, are professionals like you,” he said.

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Maize leaves, home remedy for fever, diabetes

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O many people, all there is to corn is food. But, corn does much more than feed people and livestock. Aside tea from corn silk that helps soothe urinary tract infection and prevent drug-induced kidney damage, experts found tea made from its leaf is a good home-remedy for malaria.

In a new study, experts found that its tea significantly relieve the pain and symptoms of diseases that are caused by inflammation such as arthritis under laboratory conditions in a dose –dependent manner, and thus a suitable remedy.

For the study, the scientists assessed the effects of different doses of the ethanol extract of corn leaf on experimental rats which were made to have pain and symptoms of arthritis.

The relieve in pain and inflammation achieved in the test animals was significant relative to control and the effect of the highest dose at 30 minutes was more than that of the standard drug used for the treatment of the problem.

Although the effectiveness of corn leaf extract was not comparable to that of the standard drugs used for the problem, the researchers said the study’s finding however confirmed its use in Ibibio ethno medicine.

The 2016 study published in the Journal of Herbal Drug involved Jude E Okokon; Koofreh Davies and Bassey S Antia, all from the University of Uyo. The researchers, however, stated that further work was required on the extract

Maize plant of corn leaf to fully understand its components as well as its mechanism of action in alleviating pain and inflammation.

Leaf of corn plant is used traditionally in Ibibio ethno medicine in Southern Nigeria for the treatment of various illnesses such as malarial fever, pains and inflammatory conditions.

Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, fatigue, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases it can cause yellow skin, seizures, coma, or death.

Besides its nutritive values, maize stalk and inflorescence are also used in ethnomedicine for the treatment of several ailments. The ash of the cob is used for the treatment of cough as well as inflammatory diseases.

The husks are also used in the treatment of pains and arthritis. It is also taken as warm tea for the treatment of malaria in Ibibio traditional medicine.

Folklore uses of a tea made from its cob include treatment of nose-bleeds and menorrhagia (an abnormally heavy and prolonged menstrual period at regular intervals).

In traditional medicine, corn is used for relieving diarrhoea, dysentery, urinary tract disorders, prostatitis, hypertension and tumour.

Researchers have found that the tea made from leaves and roots of corn could be used in the treatment of strangury (slow and painful discharge of the urine, due to spasm of the urethra and bladder), dysuria (painful or difficult urination) and gravel.

Previously, experts had reported the blood sugar regulatory effect of a tea made from corn leaf in West Algeria. According to the 2008 study published in the Asian Journal of Chemistry, individuals only need to take a cup of the tea a day to lower blood sugar level in a diabetic.

Diabetes mellitus (DM), commonly referred to as diabetes, is a group of metabolic diseases in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period.

Symptoms of high blood sugar include frequent urination, increased thirst, and increased hunger. If left untreated, diabetes can cause many complications, including heart disease, stroke, chronic kidney failure, foot ulcers, and damage to the eyes.

Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough insulin or the cells of the body not responding properly to the insulin produced.

In addition, experts in the 2010 edition of the Journal of Medicinal Food investigated the effect of corn husk extract in rats and indicated that it also relieved pain in a dose-dependent fashion.

The researchers Owoyele BV from the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Ilorin in collaboration with others like Negedu MN; Olaniran SO; Onasanwo SA and Oguntoye SO. These results provide scientific validation for the use of corn husk decoction for the treatment of pain and inflammatory conditions in Nigerian folk medicine.

They suggested that its pain reliving and anti-inflammatory effects that may be due to its tannins and polyphenolic constituents.

Lead levels in Nigerian environment unsafe for children —Expert

By Sade Oguntola

A public health expert, Professor Folasade Omokhodion, has said that the lead level in Nigeria’s environment is unsafe for children, cautioning that it may result in decreased intelligence in children, behavioural difficulties and learning problem.

Professor Folasade Omokhodion stated this in a 2015/2016 University of Ibadan inaugural lecture she delivered entitled, “Danger, Men at Work: The Pitfalls, the Perils and The panacea”.

Omokhodion said that a significant proportion of children have blood lead levels of 10 micrograms per decilitre and above, indicating that the Nigerian environment is unsafe for children.

She declared: “A recent WHO report indicates that even blood lead concentrations as low as 5 micrograms per decilitre, which was once thought to be a “safe level “, may result in decreased intelligence in children, behavioural difficulties and learning problem.”

The Professor of Occupational Medicine and Community Medicine declared that lead exposure in children has more severe consequences than in adults, indicating that the toxic metal can also cause anaemia, hypertension and kidney impairment and toxicity to the reproductive organs.

Omokhodion while noting the increasing levels of lead in the blood among Nigeria’s population, despite the use of unleaded petrol, said this may mean that there are other significant sources of lead in the environment such as in food and beverages, soil, water and cosmetics.

She therefore stressed the need for a government agency to monitor exposures and body burden of heavy metals like lead in the general population over time to ensure nec-

essary adjustments can be made in terms of policy and environmentally control measures.

The expert noted that people’s occupation can give a clue to health challenges they may face in life considering that at least half of a man’s waking hours are spent at work.

According to her, “If the work environment is healthy, workers are likely to be healthy. But if not, ill health and fatality can be associated with work.”

She stated that exposure to workplace hazards by artisans was found to lead to various

work-related diseases, including noise-induced hearing loss, hand dermatitis, accidents, eye irritation and low back pain.

The incidence of malnutrition, she said, was also higher in working children, relating it to unreplenished energy expenditure while walking the streets.

Omokhodion therefore urged the Federal Government to focus more on the health of its working population, saying that it was an investment that will ensure a healthy and productive workforce.

She called for the establishment of an

agency to serve the health and safety needs of workers across the country and prevent unnecessary occupational ill health and loss of man hours.

The inclusion of policies to make women’s work less hazardous into the National Policy on Occupational Safety and Health, she said, was required to protect women at work, support their participation in the labour force and protect the unborn child and children from participating in hazardous work.

‘Poor male involvement in contraceptive use still a challenge’ POOR male involvement in family planning has been identified as a major issue in improving modern contraceptive use in Oyo State.

Mrs Adeola Awakan, Oyo State, Deputy, Family Planning Coordinator, stated this at the opening of a three-day training workshop supported by Advance Family Planning in USA to build capacity of Family Planning Advocacy Working group on family planning.

Awakan, who noted a slight increment in modern contraceptive use from 18 per cent in 2008 to 24.4 per cent in 2013, said many men still do not know the benefit of family planning.

She declared: “Majority of men still do not believe in family planning and we still need to counsel them the more. Family planning reduces mortality by about 30 per cent and infant mortality by about 35 per cent.”

The state Deputy, Family Planning Coor-

dinator also highlighted that poor funding, shortage of manpower, lack or inadequate consumables and instruments as well as myths and misconceptions as other challenges against increasing family planning in Oyo State According to her, “without consumables, it is impossible to give family planning services. Also, some religious organisations also do not believe in modern family planning methods; they believe that it is a sin.”

Although there are opportunities to increase family planning services, such as the upcoming World Bank’s “Saving One Million Lives” programme, she decried many developmental partners on family planning concentrating their efforts in some local governments, leaving others underserved.

Awakan, noting that the need for family planning services is inexhaustible, assured of Oyo State’s commitment to contraceptives distribution through the Federal Gov-

ernment’s “last mile contraceptive” distribution model.

While advocating public-private-partnership in addressing the needs of family planning service, she added, “Government is doing everything within its limited resources to take leadership role.”

Earlier, Dr Habeeb Salami, Programme Manager, Family Planning and Reproductive Health for Pathfinder International, Abuja, said that the training was to further strengthen the advocacy capacity of different groups on family planning.

Salami said the advocacy groups were to support family planning units of the Ministry of Health as well as ensure the appropriation and timely release of funds for family planning services.

The expert said this was imperative, to ensure that Oyo State also contributes its quota to the attainment of the national family planning blueprint contraceptive prevalence rate of 36 per cent by year 2018.

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Why it is difficult to resuscitate moribund industries in Oyo State —Speaker In this interview, the Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Honourable Micheal Adeyemo sheds light on bills and motions that have been considered by the Assembly in the past 15 months and why financial autonomy of the legislature remains a challenge. WALE AKINSELURE brings some excerpts:

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T’S been about 15 months since the Eighth Assembly was inaugurated. What bills and motions have you attended to that you would regard as impactful on the people of the state?

We have passed some bills that have been impactful on the society. We have passed at least 13 bills and numerous motions.

One of the essences of the legislative arm of government is to use the legal framework to address the needs and challenges of the society. Towards stemming the tide of the rampant cases of kidnapping in the state, we worked with the judiciary and security agencies to come up with a bill termed “Oyo State Kidnapping Prohibition Bill, 2015”.

As soon as the bill was passed into law and assented to by Governor Abiola Ajimobi, instances of kidnapping have reduced. Prior to the passage of that bill, there was no law to address the now sophisticated methods of kidnapping, and no punishment for offenders. The kidnapping law provides adequate punishment for offenders, including those who aid or abet the criminal act. With the law, people are now more conscious about whom they lease or let out their properties to, because they know that their properties can be forfeited, if they are found to be party to the crime.

Also, the Administration of Criminal Justice Bill has gone past the Second Reading stage. This bill will turnaround our criminal justice system, assist in the decongestion of prisons, speedy trial of criminals, and make the police who are involved in investigation to be proactive. This means that people cannot just be locked up, under the system of withholding charge, even beyond the duration of punishment for the offence. We have also worked on the Oyo State Tertiary Institutions Staff Retirement Age Bill, 2016, where the retirement age limit for all tertiary institution staff is now 65 years. Furthermore, we have attended to the Revenue Administration bill aimed at addressing the challenges of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the state. This bill enabled the overhauling and repositioning of the revenue generating bodies for efficiency. We also investigated several issues affecting Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso where for example, contractors handling projects failed to execute them.

Such contractors were invited, and some brought proposals on executing the contracts. We have passed motions that attend to the specific needs of the people and calls attention of government to areas of concern of the people like education, health, infrastructure, security, agriculture. Some of our motions have also charged agencies of government to be alive to their responsibilities.

We have come up with resolutions that the

concerned agencies have acted upon and we get the feedback.

In May 2016, the Assembly came up with resolutions on resuscitating moribund industries in the state like Oyo State Paper Mill Limited Oluyole, Ibadan; Cashew Nut Processing Industry Limited, Eleyele, Ibadan; and, Conpole Nigeria Limited, Moniya, Ibadan. Which moribund industry has been resuscitated since the Assembly passed that resolution?

The feedback I got from the concerned House Committee and the relevant department is that some of these industries, one way or the other, had been sold, while there are ongoing litigations involving others.

There are some of the industries that have virtually nothing for its resuscitation. We are now trying to get interested partners, investors to resuscitate those companies that are free from litigations and those that have not been sold outrightly. The lack of continuity in governance, where different governments come to power and do away with what the previous government did, caused the state the loss of the benefits of having those industries. These industries can turn things around in the state, like, gainfully employing a lot of people.

Have you advised the executive arm of government accordingly, considering the ability of these industries to generate employment and boost the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR)?

They are working on it. But, the matter concerning some of these industries is in court, and we have suggested that the concerned agency should reach out to the concerned parties for settlement, in the interest of the state. We have advised that whatever interest, be it personal or political, should be buried. We believe that, with that advice, the executive will not fold its hands and will come up with something.

Has there been any occasion where you confronted or disagreed with the executive?

The judiciary and executive disagree but we do not hear such in public. So, must our disagreement with the executive be in the eyes of the public? We are not helping the system if we adopt that style of confronting the executive. There is nothing we will achieve through confrontation. Once the person we are dealing with is ready to listen to our genuine observations, and makes himself available, why do we have to be confrontational? If I notice that someone has done something wrong, what is ideal is to walk up to and tell such person rather than report to a third party. This is what hap-

Adeyemo pens in other climes. We do not hear reports about an arm of government going to the press to criticise or object the executive. We lawmakers are stakeholders in the business in governance. Therefore, the three arms of government must relate with mutual understanding and cooperation to address our people’s needs and concerns. So, it won’t be proper to be confrontational in resolving issues since the parties concerned are favourably disposed to discussion. Where the need arises, we harmonise and move on.

Certain notions in public about the legislature may not be unconnected with previous experiences where the Assembly always witnessed crisis. We are now in an era of commonsense rather than the use of force to get things done.

At the last plenary of the Assembly, some lawmakers raised concerns over the bill seeking approval of the Assembly for the creation of Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs).

What is the fate of that bill?

What the issue of LCDAs creation requires is the amendment of a bill. The local government areas have been created in accordance

The local government areas have been created in accordance with the due process of law – passed by the House of Assembly and the law has not been repealed.

with the due process of law – passed by the House of Assembly and the law has not been repealed. At about the same time when an additional 35 local government areas were created in Oyo State, Lagos State also created additional 37 local councils. But, Lagos was denied the take off due to political reasons. The state approached the Supreme Court and got a judgment which read: “The law creating the local government areas by the Lagos House of Assembly is valid. But, to make it finality, the National Assembly should adopt it in the constitution.” However, for political exigencies and reasons, this is yet to be done. So as to move on, the nomenclature was changed from local government areas to LCDAs. In the north, we have area councils aside from local government areas.

The constitution is so clear about the ability of the House of Assembly to determine the structure, administration, finances of local government areas. There is an existing 2002 law and what we are required to do is to amend the existing law, not the structure. This is because the structure passed through certain processes. The moment we try to remove or add, we tamper with the referendum that made the people accept the creation of additional local government areas. The comments made by members during the Second Reading of the bill showed a consensus on the need for additional local government areas in the state but they noted that certain adjustments have to be made. In 2002, some areas in the state declined the need for additional local councils, but, they now realise the need for additional councils.

There are some areas, who failed to agree on their headquarters. What we are saying is that the existing law on the creation of 35 local government areas should be amended and put to use, then we can later put the machinery in place for additional local councils.

Those with genuine agitations should make them known and we can now initiate another process.

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Why Ajimobi appears slow in his second term —APC chieftain Comrade Oloyede Matthew, a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, served as the coordinator of Ajimobi 2015 forum, one of the groups which spearheaded the re-election of the governor. He speaks with OLAIDE SOKOYA on the activities of the governor before and after his reelection so far. Excerpts:.

he is clearly not happy with the current situation. I believe we will still enjoy him when things turn around. He really tried his best during his first term, in terms of infrastructure and environmental sanitation. If not for the economic recession the nation is currently experiencing, he would have executed more projects. You will recall that he paid the Senior Secondary School examination fees in his first term.

Some people have accused him of talking too much…

Yes, he likes talking. That cannot be denied. But he knows how to talk, when to talk and where to say reasonable things. That is what is important.

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OU spearheaded the Abiola Ajimobi 2015 Forum, one of the groups which campaigned for the re-election of the governor last year. Given the criticisms that have trailed his performance so far, do you regret your decision?

No, I do not. I saw the vision in Israel in 2012 and revealed it to some of our people that were praying together with me at the Holy Land. We prayed over the vision. When I came back to Nigeria, I contacted some of our leaders like Baba Busari Adebisi and Dr Gbade Ojo, who is now the current Chief of Staff to the governor. We saw this vision that Governor Ajimobi was going to be re-elected as the governor of the state; and he saw the vision with me and we started it. The following year, I and Dr Busari Adebisi met the governor, we told him what we saw and he appreciated us. We started the crew by collecting some names, we gathered ourselves together. We launched the group in November 2015.

How would you rate Governor Ajimobi’s last administration, compared to the present one?

Governor Ajimobi’s first administration was very successful. He paid the salaries of the worker as at when due.

He even paid the 13th salary then. What is happening to him now is affecting almost every state in the country and

Matthew

I believe we will still enjoy him when things turn around. He really tried his best during his first term, in terms of infrastructure and environmental sanitation.

There was crisis in the state in June, when the governor shut down schools for over two months over his disagreement with members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state following alleged plan to sell off some schools. What steps did you take as a pro-Ajimobi group?

When Ajimobi came in as a governor, his first priority was on education, employment, agriculture and health. He said he wanted to partner with some associations in the aspect of education. However, immediately the people heard that, they misunderstood him. Let me be sincere with you: the era of everything being free is gone. Government wants to make sure that the phenomenon of students studying under abnormal conditions is over. That was why he invited people who could partner with him to make his dream in the educational sector a reality; he is not selling the schools.

He called for an educational submit where stakeholders could meet and sort out the issues. We have 631 secondary schools in the state. I know there is crisis in the state and country, but I urge everyone to be patient with what is going on in our country. The financial crises we are facing is not going to be permanent.

Security intelligence and Nigeria’s democracy

By Edwin Alivionote THE modern society has grown so complex with knowledge acquisition and has acquired systems for continual data collation, such that, over the years, it has amassed a relative level of accuracy in interpreting and predicting events. The confidence level of security intelligence which is tested and grows over time has a huge impact on the emotional intelligence of the vast majority of the citizens. Nigeria, which happens to be the biggest black nation in the world, exudes the imagery for the black race. The nation state Nigeria has spent the last five decades grooming the various cadre of its security arms into a formidable network that can salvage the nation from threats and dangers of enemies of the state. However, sincere as the operations of the service men had been, it has failed to garner the momentum that win the hearts and support of Nigerians who they exist to protect.

From the onset, Nigerians have continually and consistently shown high distrust for the Nigeria Police. Averagely, an experience in a police will leave you in no doubt of why they should be avoided at all cost.

Corruption as a secret affair of compromised citizenship has had no need to wear mask in the case of the Police. The uniform has become a uniform of dent, distrust and corruption. This is no personal opinion but the symbolism with which an average Nigerian depicts the Police. Away from the Nigeria police who are the custodian of guaranteeing citizen internal security. The whole mix up of servicing security obligation and meddling with the object requiring protection has become the dilemma of our present reality.

Our security agencies should understand that as they amass hard and soft security intelligence, there exist the smart demands to integrate the emotional intelligence of citizens, so as to optimize the outcome of events. With our growing democracy, the current bulk of Nigerians are evolving in their orientation and disposition. The actions and reactions of the past cannot be relied upon to judge how events will unfold in the future of our dear country.

Our political culture of ‘use and discard’ is undergoing a subliminal tilt and politicians who have crafted the act of

using circumstantial, individual and organisational lacuna to their advantage should see beyond their nose, that winning today by hook or crook has dire consequences ahead.

The Edo State election drama is just a clue to the apathy and coldness that the ‘intelligence conflict’ can bring to the fore. The lack of trust between the people’s emotion and the security’s operations is a matter we must begin now to address while things are a bit mild on the centre stage. Mark Zuckerberg’s entry into Nigeria a few weeks

Our political culture of ‘use and discard’ is undergoing a subliminal tilt and politicians who have crafted the act of using circumstantial, individual and organisational lacuna to their advantage should see beyond their nose.

back without notice spelt out in plane, the level of intelligence available to those we rely upon to provide us with intel.

The use of security intelligence report in menial, lackadaisical and gratuitous circumstances has marred the emotional intellect of Nigerians. The average Nigerian’s’ response to real intelligence tip can best be imagined. We are threading on a very dangerous mine with no assurance of where it might ultimately lead us. But, one thing is certain, we are not on a comedy stage where we all go home feeling it was a mere joke after all. The reality of the present day Nigeria, calls for proper deployment of the right psychology in dealing with the ‘civil’ society. We are now more aware than we’ve ever being, this fact cannot be taken for granted.

The obsessive tendencies of power wielders have left Nigeria more volatile by the day. We anchor on the delicate branch of our ethno-religious intolerance to fan the flame of violence. We are no longer a problem to ourselves alone, Nigerian has become a global interest and thus, we should see the picture when we are tempted to play ugly with matters of public interest. The onions now lies on the present government (cut across the three arms) to make Nigerians wear out it old retrogressive ideologies of the state and put up the change garment. Change, like a new doctrine, has to be appreciated and imbibed on a gradual progressive manner. Change can be difficult and most often does not meet with popular reception. The symptoms of citizen’s perception of governance are clearly seen in her policy and directional flow with government when the need arises.

We are a nascent democracy and much more is yet to be learnt before we achieve stability of flow in governance but, we must evolve with the people who have the biggest stake in the nation State. Democracy, which is more about the people, has derived more of its sustenance on the wings of the peoples’ demands and wishes. The questions of interest seem to be; Can Nigerians be more wrong than the Nigerian security? Can the Nigerian security be more attuned to protecting the people than the political class that they call their masters?

Alivionote is a public affairs commentator.

news Nigeria’s unity not negotiable —Tambuwal

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•Wants FG to focus on fiscal restructuring

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OKOTO State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, said on Wednesday that the unity of Nigeria was non-negotiable.

Speaking when he received members of various professional groups who paid him Sallah homage, the governor advised the

country to focus on fiscal restructuring.

The groups included Sokoto Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture; Association of Resident Communities; Coalition of non-governmental organisations,

among others.

“Dialogue is also the most potent tool to resolve all problems, anywhere and at anytime,” he said.

“There are really challenges in Nigeria, and it is not peculiar to the nation,

and these challenges are surmountable… The unity of Nigeria is non-negotiable.”

He also called for the urgent review of the revenue allocation formula, to favour states and local governments.

“The state and the local governments are the closest tiers of government to the people, unfortunately, they are getting less than the Federal Government from the federation account,” he said.

SERAP to FG: Prosecute Patience Jonathan now over $15m unexplained wealth SOCIO-ECONOMIC Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), AttorneyGeneral of the Federation and Minister of Justice, to “use your good offices as a defender of public interest, and exercise your powers under Section 174(1) of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), to urgently institute and undertake criminal proceedings against Dame Patience Jonathan over $15million unexplained wealth frozen in four companies’ accounts.”

The organisation asked Mr Malami to “take this step within seven days of the receipt and/or publication of this letter, failing which SERAP will institute legal proceedings to compel the discharge of constitutional duty in this matter.”

The letter, dated September 13, 2016 and signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni, argued that “Mrs Jonathan is a politically exposed person under anticorruption standards.

She is also covered under the definition of ‘public officials’ contained in the UN Convention against Corruption to which Nigeria is a state party. Under article 2 of the convention, public officials include Mrs Jonathan or any other family members of the former President Goodluck Jonathan who exercised official duties while he was president.”

The letter read in part: “According to article 2 “for the purpose of some specific measures contained in chapter II of this Convention, “public official” may mean any person who performs a public function or provides a public service.”

“The ugly trend should be reversed in favour of states and local governments to enable them meet the overwhelming demands of the grassroots.”

He promised to revive ailing industries in the state in partnership with the chamber, and adopt policies to bolster trade and commerce.

The governor told the group of non-indigenes living in the state that they were equal partners in running the affairs of the state.

He promised that his administration would not discriminate against anyone, irrespective of tribe or religion.

Retro Africa holds Afro modernism exhibition in Abuja

By Dare Adekanmbi

From left, the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Traditional Council, Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari; Kwara State governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed and his wife, Omolewa, during sallah homage to the governor by the emir, at Government House, Ilorin, on Wednesday.

Don carpets Nigeria’s electoral system

By Remi Anifowose

A political scientist, Dr Gbade Ojo, has called on the Nigerian government to take a cue from the South Africa’s voting system as a way of having an all-encompassing electoral system in the country.

Dr Ojo made the call after his visit to South Africa during which he monitored the country’s municipal elections in August.

The don said his visit to South Africa was borne out of curiosity to see how both the whites and blacks co-habit since the collapse of the apartheid policy.

Relieving his experience in South Africa, he noted that the country’s electoral body gave room for a public holiday with no restriction of movement.

“Nonetheless, South Africa’s federal system exhibited glaring variations from Nigeria’s federal structure.

First, local government election took place in all the provinces and municipals simultaneously across the country. Secondly, local governments in Nigeria are not perceived as ‘locale’ of power because they are far away to autonomy as a tier of government.”

In his comparative analysis of both countries electoral systems, Ojo said: “The 1999 Constitution as amended made them an appendage of state governments; completely under legal supervision by the state Houses of Assembly, adding that no doubt, the South African model, actually made the third tier to be a training ground for democracy.

“One other juxtaposition that is worth noting is that of tenure; while, the life span of elected local government functionaries in Nigeria is three years,

NASS Commission appoints Edhere as new House Clerk Jacob Segun Olatunji and Kolawole Daniel-Abuja

THE National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) has approved the appointment of a former Deputy Clerk of the House of Representatives, Mr Edhere Uzezi Basil, as the substantive Clerk of the House.

The Commission took the decision at its 445th meeting, presided over by its chairman, Dr Adamu Mohammed Fika and had conveyed its position to the former deputy clerk of the House.

The letter of appointment reads “I am writing to inform you that the National Assembly Service Commission, has, at its 445th meeting held on Thursday, September 8, 2016 approved your appointment as Clerk to the House of Representatives and the appointment takes effect from August 31, 2016.

“The appointment, which was based on the recommendation of the Clerk to the National Assembly, is in recognition of your hard work, dedi-

cation to duty and responsible conduct as well as loyalty to the leadership of the National Assembly. It is, therefore, expected that you will continue to justify the confidence reposed in you by the Commission and the leadership of the National Assembly.”

Former House Clerk, Alhaji Mohammed SanniOmoroli, effectively took over as Clerk to the National Assembly on Monday, August 15, 2016 after the retirement of former Clerk, Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa, earlier in June.

they govern for five years in South Africa.”

According to Dr Ojo, the beauty of the South Africa’s electoral system was that it reduces both cost and frequency of elections at the municipal level.

“A unique feature of the local election and peradventure the electoral law in South Africa, is provision for special voters. The law allows those that apply for special consideration to vote before the actual voting day. This was two days before the D-day.”

“They were the aged and physically challenged, including those that may have genuine reasons not to be available on voting day,” pointing out that Nigeria’s electoral law and system did not make any provision for special cases of such.

“The uniqueness with the South African system which is cost saving is the fact that voters do not need voters’ card which was even non-existent. To vote, all potential voters signify their intention by registering to vote before the election.”

“What you require on the D-day is the national identity card or international passport. More so that the name was already on the voters register; the voter must have also signified which province he/she intends to vote,” he said.

DRIVEN by the need to express Africa in a modern context through works of art, Retro Africa, a contemporary art platform established as a community of art enthusiasts, curators and collectors, will hold an art exhibition in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

The exhibition, according to a release signed by Abdul Umar and Dolly Kola-Balogun, co-founders of the outfit, is slated for September 17 and 18, at the Pavilion beside the International Conference Centre, Herbert Macaulay Way, Abuja.

The event, which will be held in collaboration with Enigma Art Collective and tagged Afro Modernism, will showcase Africa’s potentialities through canvas and other media and will feature emerging and established African artists.

“From the abstract to the realist, we aim to either delineate or shatter the boundary between the traditional and the contemporary. This will be done through a range of creative outlets, such as pop-up exhibitions, art fairs, intercultural dialogues and our online medium,” the release stated.

The release added that “in our efforts, we found an ally in the secretariat for social development, whose important work as a department under the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), focuses on youth empowerment, poverty alleviation and the promotion of arts and culture.”

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Adenuga charges parents to bequeath cultural values to their wards

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HE Chairman, Globacom Limited, Dr Mike Adenuga Jnr, has emphasised the need for parents to pass the cultural values of the Nigerian ethnic nations to their wards in order to preserve the tradition of unity and social cohesion taught by

cultural events like the Ojude Oba festival.

Dr Adenuga, whose company, Globacom, has sponsored Ojude Oba Festival for the past 10 years as part of its Glo Heritage Series, said this in a goodwill message at the festival celebrated on Wednesday in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.

He reiterated that unless parents took it upon themselves to propagate the values behind cultural events, the next generation may consider the festivals fetish or insignificant and thereby jettison them.

He disclosed that the theme of this year’s cel-

ebration, ‘Ojude Oba: Our culture, our pride’ succinctly captures the societal relevance of the festival within the current milieu and represents a common resolve to ensure that its essence is cascaded to the next generation as a source of pride and honour for the Ijebu race.

Wife of the Oyo State governor and Net Ambassador, Mrs Florence Ajimobi, flanked by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Azeez Adedutan (fourth right) and the members of Malaria Action Plan team, during a courtesy call on the governor’s wife in Ibadan, on Wednesday.

Oyo govt partners USAID, FG to distribute 4.3 million mosquito-treated nets

By Yejide Gbenga-Ogundare

THE wife of Oyo State governor, who is also the state NET Ambassador, Mrs Florence Ajimobi, has reiterated the government’s commitment to eradicate malaria in the state through a partnership with the Federal Government and the United State Agency for International Development (USAID).

The development is expected to herald the distribution of 4.3 million mosquito-treated nets across the state.

Mrs Ajimobi, on Wednesday, reiterated her commitment to the eradication of malaria in Oyo State during a courtesy visit to her residence by the Malaria Action Plan team in Ibadan.

She explained that shortly after her investiture as the state NET Ambassador, she started an anti malaria campaign that included the distribution of insecticide treated nets in all the nooks and crannies of Ibadan and across all council areas to ensure that each family had at least two treated mosquito nets in 2013.

Mrs Ajimobi explained further that a malaria infested person or society cannot produce at optimum, adding that the higher the prevalence of malaria, the lower the productivity of an individual or a society.

Earlier, the leader of the

team, Mr Godwin Aidenagbon, said the Malaria Action Plan team was poised to replace all the nets that were previously distributed in 2013 as they will no longer be effective in keeping the mosquitoes away from

people.

He stated that the Federal Government is ready to reduce the frequency of malaria disease occurrence in Nigeria which is the reason for the partnership with USAID to give net replace-

ments to the vulnerable, emphasising that 4.3 million nets will be distributed in Oyo state.

He solicited Mrs Ajimobi’s support in ensuring the campaign gets adequate awareness and support.

Mimiko renews war against hunger, empowers farmers ONDO State government has opened a new vista in its war against hunger as Governor Olusegun Mimiko, on Wednesday, inaugurated the much publicised distribution of subsidised agric inputs to farmers under the state’s economic relief package.

Performing the inauguration at Bolorunduro, in Ondo East Local Government Area, Governor Mimiko noted that the programme was geared towards energising farmers in the state for maximum productivity.

According to him, agriculture is a major contributor to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) hence the need to pay greater attention to it to be able to redirect the economy.

He said the increase in agricultural produce would ensure food sufficiency thereby combating hunger currently ravaging the country, even as he affirmed that greater percentage of people engaged in farming.

Under the programme,

farmers in the state are expected to visit the farm service centres in their respective local governments with their smart cards, otherwise known as Kaadi Igbeayo, to partake in the government largesse.

The governor emphasised that the distribution would take place simultaneously in the 18 local government areas in the state, adding, however, that the distribution would be sustained beyond the inauguration day.

Some of the materials on offer included agriculture hardware, herbicides, fish feeds, fish nets and iron files among others.

It will be recalled that the state government, as part of its economic relief package, recently launched a palliative programme tagged: Eto Igbe-ayo, through which foodstuffs were given to women in the state for free.

Designed for the 18 local government areas, with over 100,000 women resident in the state irrespective of party affilia-

tions as beneficiaries, the food items were accessed with Smart card, otherwise known as Kaadi Igbe-ayo.

Justifying the decision for the programme, Mimiko narrated that the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently indicated that inflation rate in the country was 16.5 per cent, being the highest in 11 years.

Represented at the event by the Commercial Coordinator, Business Enterprise, Mr Folu Aderibigbe, the business mogul and culture enthusiast recalled that “Over the years, Ojude Oba has remained not only a point of crystallisation and social re-engineering; it is as well an avenue for the constellation of ideas and initiatives that are geared towards prompting the growth of the society and the wellness of its people.”

He declared that unless the next generation understood the significance of the festival, it stood the risk of being relegated into oblivion, especially in the light of the growing penchant for Western cultures by the Nigerian youths.

According to him, Ojude Oba is also an exhibition platform to display the cultural wealth of the people and the values that unite them and has assumed the role of a social melting pot where all divergent issues affecting the lives of the people are processed, congealed and digested.

He said it also provided a platform where the sons and daughters of Ijebuland, both at home and abroad, are reminded of their collective responsibility as active players in the socio-economic growth of the geographical space

known as Ijebuland.

The Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, gave kudos to Globacom for its commitment to the promotion of cultures and traditions in Nigeria through its Heritage Series.

While giving kudos to Globacom for its consistent support for the festival which has been of immeasurable value to the rapidly growing stature of the event, Awujale further enthused that the Ijebus had played significant roles in the social, political and economic history of Nigeria.

Part of the exciting moments of the event was the Regberegbe Competition also sponsored by Globacom to reward the best dressed and best coordinated age grades in the male and female categories.

Egbe Bobagbimo Akile Ijebu was adjudged the best in the male category while Egbe Bobagunte and Egbe Jagunmolu came second and third respectively. In the female category, Egbe Gbobaniyi came top while Egbe Bobagunte and Egbe Bobamayegun came second and third, respectively.

Gaily dressed Ijebu sons and daughters paid homage to the Awujale during an impressive parade.

Abiara’s wife for burial December 2

By Seyi Sokoya

WEEKLONG activities have been arranged for the burial of Prophetess Christiana Abiara, wife of the General Evangelist of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) Worldwide, Prophet Samuel Kayode Abiara.

Prophet Abiara announced the burial arrangement in a release signed by his Personal As-

sistant, Pastor Johnson Oshati and made available to the Nigerian Tribune.

The release indicated that the burial will take place in a series of events between November 28 and December 2, 2016.

The wife of the renowned pastor died on Saturday, September 3, 2016 at the age of 70. She was survived by her husband, children, grandchildren and great grandchild.

Group commends Ajimobi on flood sensitisation A socio-cultural organisation, Oyo Patriotic Front, has commended Oyo State government for its pro-activeness and commitment to flood prevention and control in the state since the flood disaster of August 26, 2011.

The group, in a statement by its chairman, Chief Jare Adepoju, stated that the seriousness with which the government was addressing the flood alert issued by Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency (NHSA) that Oyo State and particularly, Ibadan, is prone to flooding this year was worthy of commendation.

Buttressing his point, Chief Adepoju stressed that despite the heavy rains that occurred in the state last Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, no serious flooding was recorded.

This, he attributed to the sensitisation efforts and the physical infrastructural activities carried out by the government.

According to him, “the recent downpour in the state confirmed the predictions of NHSA that there would be heavy rains in some states which might lead to flood.

“We want to commend Governor Abiola Ajimobi

for running a responsible and responsive government. The state government had embarked on sensitisation programmes, dredging of rivers and streams to prepare for the heavy rains. Only God knows what would have happened if the governor had not mandated the relevant MDAs to do the needful to avert flooding in the state.”

Adepoju also charged the people of the state to help the government by shunning activities capable of blocking waterways and flood plains, in order to prevent a recurrence of flood disaster.

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Masquerade invades church in Ekiti, smashes worshipper’s head No, it was a robbery attack —Masquerade chief Sam Nwaoko - Ado Ekiti

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HERE is tension in parts of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, following allegations that a masquerade invaded St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Oke Ila, Ado Ekiti and allegedly broke the head of a worshipper

with a broken bottle.

Vicar of the church, Reverend Zacchaeus Ibitoye, while speaking with newsmen on the development, decried the incident and described it as “sacrilegious and barbaric.”

Reverend Zacchaeus said they were in the church on the fateful day when one of

their members, who was returning home after prayers, was chased back into the church premises by the masquerades and broke his head with a broken bottle.

He said: “This is sacrilegious and barbaric. We want the indigenes of Ado Ekiti to know that the town is home for everybody and

not for the natives alone.

We have reported the issue to the police and I think the boy who committed the offence has been arrested.

“We have also reported the case to the Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Bishop Christopher Omotunde; the Ewi–inCouncil and the Odogun of Ado Ekiti in particular, who

Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola and some of his aides, during an unscheduled inspection visit to some places affected by flood caused by downpour in Osogbo, on Wednesday.

We’ll implement new education policy —Ajimobi

By Wale Akinselure

GOVERNOR Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has averred that the state would implement a new education policy.

Ajimobi gave this assertion while receiving the report of the committee set up by the state government on participatory management of public schools, on Wednesday.

He said a new education policy was imperative to address poor performance of students in public examinations, lack of commitment of public and civil servants, inefficiency and deterioration in the education sector, among other sectors.

Ajimobi assured that the recommendations of the 31-man committee, headed

by Vice Chancellor, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Professor Adeniyi Gbadegesin, would form the fulcrum of the implementation of the new education policy.

“There is a general deterioration not only in education but in virtually all facets of our socioeconomic activities in Oyo State. Oyo Sate used to be number one in virtually all activities but now we are behind. In education, from the last result of public examination, Oyo State came 27th.

“Anytime we beam our searchlight on any ministry,

we see inefficiency, deterioration, lack of commitment, the culture of impunity and unpatriotic behaviour, and it is our duty as government to improve things. It is about making life better and for us to make life better, we must sacrifice.

“I assure you that the recommendations of the education committee will be the fulcrum of our consid-

eration and implementation of a new education policy.

But, we assure you that we will have a new education policy. It is a must. We cannot do without it,” Ajimobi said.

Presenting the committee’s report, Gbadegesin called for the implementation of the “School Based Management Board (SBMB)” system in the

management of schools.

The system would see the decentralisation of authority of managing schools from the Ministry of Education to individual schools’ management boards and involvement of host communities in making school budgets, allocation of resources, monitoring of teachers and students’ activities and infrastructural development.

GOC promises sustenance of peace in South-West

By Oluwatoyin Malik

THE General Officer Commanding (GOC), 2 Division of Nigerian Army, Ibadan, Major General Kasimu Abdulkarim, has assured that his Division would continue to maintain the peaceful atmosphere in the South Western part of Nigeria, which he described as the most peaceful geo-political zone in the nation.

General Abdulkarim stated this on Tuesday during an interactive session with journalists while hosting them for the last Eid-elKabir celebration, at his residence, the Tiger’s Den, in Adekunle Fajuyi Cantonment, Ibadan, Oyo State.

He also enjoined members of the public to go about their normal businesses without any fear, as the Division would not relent in discharging its con-

stitutional role.

According to him, the issue of kidnapping, herdsmen/farmers’ clashes, robbery, cultism, among others, had been dealt with decisively, while some suspected members of Boko Haram that infiltrated the Division’s areas of responsibilities were arrested and made to face the law.

On illegal bearing of firearms, the GOC explained that anyone who wanted to acquire firearms should follow the procedures laid down by the Federal Government.

“Our men who are on patrol will arrest such person and make sure that due process and rule of law are adhered with. Such persons will be handed over to the police for prosecution,” he stated further.

On Boko Haram insurgency, he assured that military

was on top of the situation, adding that a comparison between what happened in the past and the present would show that the armed forces were in charge.

they said was in charge of the masquerades and they all condemned the action.

“Our church leaders had met and we will meet today by 4:00p.m. to take a definite position on the matter before proceeding to Ewi’s palace where the suspect will be tried traditionally before other things shall follow.

“That was the first time we will be witnessing such attack and we wondered why a church that is supposed to be a place of refuge could be subjected to attacks by masquerades.”

The cleric said they took the victim to the hospital following the injury.

However, the Odogun of Ado Ekiti, Chief Obayemi Aladetoyinbo, who is the custodian of the masquerade called ‘Paragogo’ whose adherents had shaken the entire Ado Ekiti at the weekend, said the incident was either a robbery or cultists’ attack, saying it could not be a masquerade.

Flood kills 60-year-old man in Osun Oluwole Ige - Osogbo

TORRENTIAL rain, which lasted more than two days, in Osun State, on Tuesday, claimed the life of a 60-year-old man after being trapped by flood.

The victim, simply identified as Elder Olabode, was said to have been trapped in his car by flood on his way home on Tuesday evening, but his lifeless body was recovered on Wednesday at the bank of River Okooko in Oke Oniti area of Osogbo.

Sources informed the Nigerian Tribune that some Hausa men, who were contracted by his family, were able to retrieve his body after an intense search, which lasted several hours, just as his corpse was deposited at the morgue of Osun State

Oriire LG boss harps on religious tolerance CHAIRMAN, Caretaker Committee, Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mr Jacob Bamigboye, has stressed the need for religions tolerance in the country.

Speaking when he received scores of Muslim faithful in his house on Monday, during the Eidel-Fitri celebration, he called on them to emulate the holy prophet known for peace and tolerance.

The council boss thanked the league of imams in the

According to Aladetoyinbo, the incident occurred at about 5:00a.m. on a day preceding his festival and that it would be wrong to have fingered his people as being behind the alleged act.

Aladetoyinbo said “I have even taken time to report the activities of cultists during a meeting of Ado Ekiti Security Advisory Committee. I think they were responsible for the attack and this is condemnable.

“We invited the governor of our state, Mr Ayodele Fayose, to our festival and I don’t think we could invite the governor and at the same time be fomenting trouble.”

The incident, which occurred on Friday, was said to have accounted for why the state government and the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe, announced the suspension of the parade of masquerades in the state capital on Sunday.

local government area for their steadfastness and continuous prayers for the Governor Abiola Ajimobiled administration.

In his remark, Alhaji Ismail Adetunji, chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in the council, restated the determination of the people of the council to promote peaceful co-existence, adding that the present administration in the state had zero tolerance for religion bigotry.

General Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo.

According to eyewitnesses, Olabode was returning home in his car when he ran into flood and was advised to go back, but he refused.

One of the eyewitnesses, Mr Thomas Onaolapo, said “we all warned him to go back, but he didn’t listen. After moving for few minutes, the intensity of the flood forced open the booth of his car and the flood trapped him.”

“Two people standing nearby made attempt to rescue him and one of them nearly got drowned in the process and we all became powerless. So, there was nothing we could do again to save him,” he remarked.

However, during a condolence visit to the family of Olabode, the state commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Ayodele Philips, implored residents to avoid flood prone areas, with a view to avoid being trapped.

The Nigerian Tribune correspondent which monitored the effect of the flood, observed that areas terribly affected in Osogbo included Testing Ground, Fiwasaye and Rasco, where roads were impassable.

Many residents of the affected areas have vacated their residences, while goods and property estimated at millions of naira were destroyed by flood.

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LEGAL NOTICE WHEREAS the persons whose names are set out in the first column of the Schedule hereto died intestate on the dates and at the places mentioned therein.

AND WHEREAS the persons whose names and addresses are set out in the second column of the said Schedule along with particulars of their relationship to the said deceased (where-ever found necessary or expedient) have applied to the High Court of Justice, Oyo State of Nigeria for the grant unto them of Letters of Administration in respect of the real and personal properties of the deceased.

NOTICE is hereby given that the said Letters of Administration will be granted to the said applicants unless a notice to prohibit such grant is filed in the Registry of the High Court of Justice, Ibadan, Oyo State of Nigeria within Twenty-One (21) days from today.

DECEASED: A.

SCHEDULE

B.

POY/4156: CHIEF SAMUEL AREMU LATEJU A. Late of Afasegbojo chambers, Ogbomoso, who died on 27th May, 1980 at Ilorin.

POY/7738: STEPHEN OGUNYEMI B. OGUNTOYINBO – Late of Araromi layout, Owode, Oyo, who died on 25th August,

1989 at U.C.H. Ibadan.

C.

D.

E.

F.

POY/8176: THEOPHILOUS OLATUNDE

C. FAJEBE A.K.A. T. OLATUNDE FAJEBE Late of L.S.D.P.C. Block 340, flat 4, Amuwo

Odofin, Lagos, who died on 9th February,

1990 at Ibadan.

POY/367/2003: HIGH CHIEF BUSARI

D. DEPOJU AKANDE – Late of Adebiopon’s

Compound, Kudeti, Ibadan, who died on 16th December, 2002 at Lagos.

POY/319/2006: CHIEF JOSEPH OLAWUYI

E. OMOTOSO – Late of S7/572, Oke Oluokun, Ilupeju, Ibadan, who died on 17th July,

2005 at Metropolitan Specialist Hospital, Ibadan.

POY/492/2009: MRS. STELLA BOLA

F. ADETONA A. K. A. SIDIKAT BOLA ADETONA Late of No. 21, With God Street, Sanyo

Area, Ibadan, who died on 21st January,

G.

H.

I.

J.

K.

L.

POY/632/2010: FREDERICK MORONFOLU EKUNARE A.K.A. SUNDAY MORONFOLU EKUNARE – Late of Plot 1, Blk V, F.M. Ekundare road, Lagelu estate, Challenge, Ibadan, who died on 5th July, 2009 at Ibadan.

G.

POY/502/2011: OGUNJOBI TAIWO H. OLAWALE – Late of Oba Adeyemi road, Beside Ojogbodu Police station, iya-ayo Junction, Oyo, who died on 1st July, 2010 at Hospital, Oyo.

APPLICANTS FOR GRANT:

Mrs.Onaolapo Olatoun Lawumi, Mr. Adetola Soji Aderinto and Mrs Olakunle Peju Komolafe (Nee Aderinto) c/o their solicitor Akin Aiyedun & co. Applicants are Daughter and Grand-Children of deceased.

Mrs. Adeola Omiwole, Mrs. Abiola Ajayi and Mrs. Adebola Akinlabi of Araromi layout, Owode, Oyo. Applicants are Children of deceased.

Mr. Oluwole Fajebe and Mrs. Bimpe Funmilola Adeleke of 46, Ore Ofe Quarters, Olosan road, Alakia, Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased.

Chief Mueez Adegboyega Akande, Chief Mueeny Adeniyi Akande and Walith Olayiwola Akande c/o Akinlabi Babatunde & co, No. 32,Anfani road, off Ring Road, Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased.

Omotosho Oluyemi Omodunni and Mr. Omotunde Omotosho of S7/572, Oke Oluokun, Ilupeju, Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased.

Mr. Adetona Oluwaseun and Mr. Adetona Olukayode of No. 21, With God Street, Sanyo Area, Ibadan. Applicants are Son and Brother- in-Law of deceased.

Fehintola Omotayo Ekundare, Alhaji Isiaq Funso Babatunde and Feyisesan Moronfolu Ekundare of Plot 1, Blk V, F.M. Ekundare road, Lagelu estate, Challenge, Ibadan.

Applicants are Widow and Friend of deceased

Omolara Ramat Ogunjobi and Olasupo Mathew Tijani c/o R. A. Olawuwo & co, Fola tyre area, white house, sawmill, Oyo. Applicants are Widow and Brother of deceased.

POY/808/2014: MR. JOSEPH CHIJIOKE

I.

Mrs. Eucharia Ebere Ogbonna Guardian of OGBONNA – Late of Nigeria Custom

Ebuka Clinton Ogbonna and Mrs. Ijeoma Service, FOU, Ikeja, Lagos, who died on

Merrian Odoemenam (Nee Ogbonna) c/o 30th October, 2013 at Lagoon Hospital,

Mubo Adejumo, No 69, Adelaja Street, Marine road, Apapa, Lagos.

Mokola, Ibadan. Applicants are Widow and Sister of deceased.

POY/350/2015: OFONIME SUNDAY LCPL

J.

Mrs. Esther Ofonime and Mr. Akanimoh Late of Mokola Barrack, Hq 2 Division

Sunday Akpan c/o their counsel, Fakoya, Nigerian Army, Ibadan, who died on 12th Fakoya & Co, 2nd floor, ANCE Building, September, 2013 at Kafiya Forest, Borno Magazine road, Jericho, Ibadan. Applicants State.

are Widow and Brother of deceased.

POY/043/2016: AKANDE JOSEPH

K.

Akande Bolanle Oluremi and Yinka Babatunde KOLAWOLE A.K.A. REVD AKANDE JOSEPH of No. 43, off Elewi Road, Araromi, Oyo. KUNBI – Late of No. 43, off Elewi road,

Applicants are Daughter and Brother-In-Law Araromi, Oyo, who died on 12th August, 2005 at Oyo.

of deceased.

POY/162/2016: LAMIDI ADERINTO A.K.A L.

Mrs. Suliat Muniru and Mr. Suleman Lamidi

ADENTO ADEYINKA LAMIDI – Late of of Olusoji Area, off Oluyole estate ext.

Olusoji Area, off Oluyole Estate Extension,

Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased.

Ibadan, who died on 19th December, 2015 at Ibadan.

M. POY/269/2016: MR. KENNY OLADIMEJI

M.

Olubola Olaitan Jokodola (Mrs), Mrs. Oluremi

JOKODOLA – Late of No. 1, Jokodola

Alarape Sanni and Mr. Mosebolatan

Street, Ologuneru, Eleyele, Ibadan, who

Jokodola of No. 1, Jokodola street, Ologuneru

died on 4th February, 2016 at University

Eleyele, Ibadan and No. 50, Salvation Army

Medical Canter, Brackenridge.

Road, Ibadan respectively. Applicants are Widow, Sister and Brother of deceased.

N. POY/299/2016: SAUDAT OLUSOLA

N.

Bukola Asiat Balogun and Aminat Olasile

BALOGUN – Late of S7/1349, Adeyanju Balogun c/o N.T. Arowolo Esq, Felele

Layout, Felele straight, Ibadan, who died

Challenge, Ibadan. Applicants are Younger

on 22nd April, 2016 at Ibadan.

Sister and Elder Sister of deceased.

O. POY/343/2016: MR. EDWARD O. Oluwaremilekun Funmilayo Aiguanfo,

ONUWAWAGBE AIGUANFO A.K.A. EDWARD

Omobolaji Rita Ojo and Ayobami Olarewaju OLAREWAJU AIGUANFO – Late of Aluko

Aiguanfo c/o Mr. Charles Oladipo Esq,

Street, Felele, Ibadan, who died on 10th

Fishpool legal, suite 10, Trinity Galleria,

January, 2015 at Teju Hospital, Ring Road,

Alaafin Avenue, Oluyole, Ibadan. Applicants

Ibadan.

are Widow and Children of deceased.

1.

POY/466/2016: OLANIYAN OLUJIDE

1.

Olusola Ololade Osundiran and Erioluwa

OSUNDIRAN – Late of No. 4, Alao Akala

Samuel Osundiran of No. 4, Alao Akala

Freedom street, Idi-Ape, Ibadan, who died

freedom street, Idi-Ape, Ibadan. Applicants

21st of October, 2015 at Olabisi Onabanjo

are Widow and Son of deceased.

University Health Centre, Ibogun.

2.

POY/467/2016: ABIDOGUN JOSEPH

2.

Taiwo Bolatito Abidogun and Abidogun

AYOADE – Late of Abidogun’s compound Daniel Abiola c/o Abiodun Ogunjinmi Esq of

Oke Lerin, Ogbomoso, who died on 1st Alasa House, No. 2, opposite Owode Police

February, 2015 at Home.

Station, Owode, Ogbomoso. Applicants are

Widow and Son of deceased.

3.

POY/468/2016: OLUWATOYIN OMOWUMI 3.

Mr. Simeon Odetola and Pa Sunday Ojo c/o

ODETOLA-OJO – Late of 55, Olu Olagunju

Olu Adesina Esq, legal practitioner of 229A

street, Isebo Alakia, Ibadan, who died on

Taiwo road, Ilorin, Kwara state. Applicants

11th April, 2016 at Ikoyi-Ile Orire, L.G. Area Oyo state.

are Widower and Father of deceased.

4.

POY/469/2016: JOSIAH FOLA ALAMU

4.

Grace Titilope Olanrewaju Alamu, Hezekiah

Late of His Grace villa, Fapote road,

Olusoji Alamu and Ruth Oluwemimo AKanmu

Ogbomoso, who died on 2nd July, 2015 at c/o Abiodun Ogunjinmi Esq, solicitor, Alasa

Baptist Medical centre, Ogbomoso.

House, No. 2, opposite Owode police station Owode, Ogbomoso. Applicants are Widow, Brother and Sister of deceased.

5.

POY/470/2016: ERINOSO SADAT BAMIDELE 5.

Erinoso Mutiatu Adepeju and Erinoso

Late of Zone C, House 3, Temidire Agbamu,

Suleiman Oluwasegun c/o their counsel, O.

Sanyo, Ibadan, who died on 18th September,

A. Okeyinka Esq, Okeyinka Desile & co,

2015 at Ibadan.

Oyeks Plaza beside Mobil station, Awolowo

Junction, Bodija, Ibadan. Applicants are

Widow and Son of deceased.

6.

POY/471/2016: ADEBAYO ABIODUN

6.

Jeje Olubukola Olutoyin (Mrs) and Bajomo

BAJOMO – Late of Sw8/720, Sanda Street, Oluseye (Mr.) of 5, Mofoluwaso Estate 11,

Molete, Ibadan, who died on 26th

Olorunda,Abaa, Akobo, Ibadan, and

December, 2014 at Ibadan.

21, Okanlawon Ajayi street, Surulere, Lagos Respectively. Applicants are Sister and

Brother of deceased.

7.

POY/472/2016: MATHEW AKANGBE

7.

Mrs Esther Olaniyan Guardian to Miss Mary

OLANIYAN – Late of Ayoola Area, Orogun, Olaniyan and Mr. John Babatunde Adeniran

Ibadan, who died on 2nd December, 2012 at c/o Agbajelola Akindele & co, 3, Oyo Road,

Hospital.

Mokola, Ibadan. Applicants are Widow and Uncle of deceased.

8.

POY/473/2016: AMOS OLUSANYA

8.

Rotimi Solomon Ogunleye and Atinuke Grace

OGUNLEYE – Late of NE8, Agunja street, Ogundare of No 143, Surulere, Zone A, Alakia

Osu, Osun State, who died on 5th June, Aba-Odan, Ibadan. Applicants are Children of 2016 at Hospital. deceased.

9.

POY/474/2016: NICHOLAS BOLARINWA

9.

Mariam Aduke Enilama and Judith Oluwatosin

ENILAMA – Late of Ladeowo Estate, Zone Enilama of Ladeowo Estate, Zone B, Omi-Adio,

B, Omi-Adio, Ibadan, who died on 30th Ibadan. Applicants are Widow and Daughter

March, 2016 at Hospital.

of deceased.

10.

POY/475/2016: MR. AYOTUNDE

10.

Mrs. Cecilia Kehinde Onagoruwa and Mrs.

ONAGORUWA – Late of C11, Julius Onabiyi, Olanrewaju Yewande c/o O.A. adegoroye Esq,

Avenue, off Johnson Awe street, Apata,

of O.A. Adegoroye & co, Sw8/1037, Odukale

Ibadan, who died on 8th March, 2016 at

street, off Ososami road, Oke-Ado, Ibadan.

U.C.H. Ibadan.

Applicants are Widow and Daughter of deceased.

11.

POY/476/2016: MRS. OLUKEMI ADEBANJO 11.

Mr. Olujimi Iretola Olukoya and Mr. Oluwa OLUKOYA – Late of Registrar’s Lodge,

tobi Iretola Olukoya of Registrar’a Lodge,

University of Ibadan, who died on 12th

university of Ibadan. Applicants are Widower

April, 2016 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital,

and Son of deceased.

Birmingham, England.

12.

POY/477/2016: AFOLABI AYODELE

12.

Mrs. Olajumoke Sururat Ayodele Afolabi and

WAHEED – Late of No. 7, Banji Raji street,

Mr. Adewusi Jamiu Adeshina c/o Kolade

Oyo, who died on 8th April, 2016 at U.C.H

Olubajo & Co. 10, Imalefalafia street, Oke-Ado, Ibadan.

Applicants are Widow and Cousin of deceased.

13.

POY/478/2016: MR. RASHEED OMONIYI

13.

Mrs. Adiat Agbeke Idowu and Akinwande

IDOWU – Late of No. 1, Akogi Area,

Rashidat Omotoyosi of Oluwatedo

Powerline, Apata, Ibadan, who died on

community, Akogi area, Apata, Ibadan.

13th April, 2015 at Ibadan.

Applicants are Widow and Sister of deceased.

14.

POY/479/2016: JULIUS ATANDA OKE

14.

Mrs. Omolara Arewa and Mr. Omololu Oke c/o

Late of Block 34, plot 22, Oluyole Barrister Dele Olomola, Dele Olomola & co,

Estate extension, off ring road, Ibadan,

Sw8/ 350, lagos bye pass, challenge, Ibadan.

who died on 30th June, 2014 at Ibadan.

Applicants are Children of deceased.

15.

POY/480/2016: ABEL ONAOLAPO

15.

Christianah Mojisola Oguntuase (Madam) and

OGUNTUASE – Late of Plot No.3, Tunji

Babadeinde Olabode Oguntuase c/o Barr.

Alao layout, opposite S.D.P Secretariat,

Oludare Adewale of S.O. Adewale & co, 16,

Old new ife road, Ibadan, who died on

Alafia crescent, off Fabunmi street, Ashi-Bodija

22nd June, 2016 at Home.

Ibadan. Applicants are Widow and Son of deceased.

16.

POY/481/2016: PATRICK OLUWOLE

16.

Alice Olayinka Anidi and Rereloluwa Ejiro

ANIDI – Late of 31, Holiness Estate, Idi Anidi c/o Abiola Abioye Esq, suite No. 5,

Omo, Ojoo, Ibadan, who died on 5th

Ikeoluwa office complex, U.I. 2nd gate, Oyo

September, 2015 at U.C.H. Ibadan.

road, Ibadan. Applicants are Widow and

Daughter of deceased.

17.

POY/482/2016: AGABA JOSEPH AMUNDE 17.

Monica Amunde and John Amunde of No.7,

Late of No.7, Onile Aro street, Ojoo,

Onile Aro street, Ojoo, Ibadan. Applicants

Ibadan, who died on 15th February, 2015 at U.C.H. Ibadan.

are Widow and Son of deceased.

18.

POY/483/2016: SALAWU SIKIRATU

18.

Oseni Ramota Toyosi (Nee Salawu) and

Late of E9/264, Oke Adu Area, Ibadan,

Abdullahi Semiu of E7/996, Aremo Binukonu

who died on 3rd October, 1990 at Home.

Area, Ibadan. Applicants are Daughter and

Grand-Son of deceased.

19.

POY/484/2016: ABODUNRIN AFOLABI

19.

Afolabi Ishola Isaac and Afolabi Ademola

AMUDA – Late of Offa-Tedo, Osogbo,

Akeem of Idi-Ikan Area, Ibadan. Applicants

Osun state, who died on 26th July, 2015 at Home.

are Children of deceased.

20.

POY/486/2016: AKINPELU OLUDAYO

20.

Mrs. Opeyemi Adebimpe Akinpelu and Mr.

OLAGOKE – Late of 1, Dosu Adeoye

Michael Akin Akinpelu of 1, Dosu Adeoye

Street, Muslim Area, Ibadan, who died

street, Muslim Area, Ibadan. Applicants are

on 23rd July, 2014 at Ibadan.

Widow and Brother of deceased.

21.

POY/487/2016: KEHINDE NIKE ODESINA

21.

David Olufemi Odesina and Tolulope Odeniyi

Late of 342, North central Blrd, Broomall

Odesina of No. 54, Mission road, Igbeti,Oyo

Pa 19008, United state, who died on 1st

state. Applicants are Widower and Son of

January, 2010 at Darby Twp, Delaware

deceased.

Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital.

22.

POY/488/2016: OLAITAN ASHIMOLOWO

22.

Mr. Tunde Mabawonku and Mrs. Bukola

Late of No. 85, Papa eleye layout, Olomi,

Ibadan, who died on 15th August, 2015 at

Ring Road State Hospital, Ibadan.

23.

POY/489/2016: PASTOR ADOLPHUS

23.

ADEBAYO HANSON – Late of Nw5/132,

Fajuyi road, Adamasingba, Ibadan, who

died on 21st February, 1968 at Adeoyo

Hospital, Yemetu, Ibadan.

24.

POY/490/2016: MUHAMMED FATIMOH

24.

TEMITAYO – Late of No. 3, Quadri street,

Ologuneru, Ibadan, who died 16th June,

2016 at Unity Hospital, Eleyele,Ibadan.

25.

POY/491/2016: ARE MOSHOOD

25.

Late of Oba Awebiabere’s compound,

Igboora, who died on 10th September, 2014

at Home.

26.

POY/492/2016: PROF. OLUMUYIWA

26.

OLORUNNINYO AWE – Late of 8, Paul

Hendrickse road, off Aare Avenue, New

Bodija, Ibadan, who died on 3rd May, 2015

at University Health Service, Ibadan.

27.

POY/493/2016: MRS. JULIANA ARINOLA

27.

SANYA (NEE ONAGBESAN) – Late of 6,

Alh. Olalekan Olujide close, Ososami,

Ibadan, who died on 3rd June, 2007 at Home.

28.

POY/494/2016: CHIEF SOLOMON AYODEJI

28.

AKINBIYI – Late of Sw9/1953, Elewura,

Challenge, Ibadan, who died on 10th August,

2015 at Omoniyi Hospital, Oke- Bola, Ibadan.

29.

POY/495/2016: BABALOLA OYENIYI SAKA

29.

Late of front of Oluyoro Hospital, Ibadan,

who died on 17th May, 2015 at Skyline

Specialist clinics, Iwo road, Ibadan.

30.

POY/496/2016: GOODLUCK MONDAY

30.

Late of Ago-Taylor, Odo-Ona, Ibadan, who

died on 20th February, 2013 at Home.

31.

POY/497/2016: ALHAJI SUBERU AJAO

31.

Late of No. 56, Feleye street, Ibadan, who

died on 7th March, 1991 at Home.

32.

POY/498/2016: MR. ALAO SUNDAY

32.

Late of Sw9/906, Faderera street, Orita-

Challenge, Ibadan, who died on 12th May,

2016 at Adeoyo State Hospital, Ring Road, Ibadan.

33.

POY/499/2016: ABDULAMIDI WAKILI

33.

Late of E7/925, Ilupeju Koloko, Ibadan,

who died on 8th October, 2015 at Home.

34.

POY/500/2016: EREWUMI OLABANJO

34.

ASEPH – Late of No. 5, Palupo street, Asolo,

Ibadan, who died on 26th December, 2013

at Emilagba Hospital & Maternity, Akanran, Ibadan.

35.

POY/501/2016: MRS. SIDIKAT OMOLARA

35.

EMIOLA – Late of No. 22, Heritage street,

Oloruntedo, Iyana Agbala, Adegbayi, Ibadan,

who died on 26th December, 2013 at Adeoyo

Maternity Teaching Hospital, Yemetu, Ibadan.

36.

POY/502/2016: MRS OJO JANET BOLANLE

36.

Late of S7/17C, Oni Lane, Oke-Bola, Ibadan,

who died on 30th January, 2013 at Adeoyo

Hospital, Ring Road, Ibadan.

37.

POY/503/2016: MRS. OLADEPO COMFORT

37.

OLUWATOYIN – Late of No. 12, Road 33,

Temidire community, Oganla Area, opp.

Nigeria Wire & Cable, Apata, Ibadan, who

died on 23rd April, 2016 at U.C.H. Orita-Mefa,

Ibadan.

38.

POY/504/2016: EKUNDAYO GRACE

38.

MORONRANTI AFOLABI – Late of Plot 6,

Adebisi layout, N.N.P.C. Apata, Ibadan, who

died on 7th December, 2015 at U.C.H. Ibadan.

39.

40.

Asiata Ashimolowo of Plot 1 & 2 God-first street, Agunbiade road, Alubata, Apete, Ibadan and No. 85, Papa Eleye layout, Olomi, Ibadan.

Applicants are Brother and Widow of deceased.

Samson Olutayo Hanson and Mr. Morakinyo Hanson of Nw5/132, Fajuyi road, Adamasingba, Ibadan. Applicants are Son and Nephew of deceased.

Owagbemi Oludayo (Nee Muhammed) and Afolabi Abosede Adijat (Nee Muhammed) of No. 3, Quadri street, Ologuneru, Ibadan.

Applicants are Senior Sisters of deceased.

Mrs. Modinat Alhazan (Nee Moshood), Mr. Kabiru Moshood and Mariam Bolanle Moshood (Miss) of Oba Awebiabere’s compound, Igboora. Applicants are Children of deceased.

Prof. Bolanle Alake Awe, Babajide Awe, Tinuade Awe and Oluwole Awe c/o Prof Bolanle Awe, 8, Paul Hendrickse Road, off Aare avenue, New Bodija, Ibadan.

Applicants are Widow and Children of deceased.

Mr. Adeite Sanya and Alhaja Oluyemisi Fowosire c/o their solicitor, Wale Oluwusi Esq, Wale Oluwusi & Co (solicitors & notary public) 1, Abinusawa crescent, Basorun, Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased.

Mr. Olakunle Akinbiyi, Mr. Olayinka Akinbiyi and Miss. Damilola Akinbiyi of Sw9/1953, Elewura, Challenge, Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased.

Babalola Oyekunle Fatai and Babalola Oyewale Akeem of No. 16, Carew layout, Eru-omo Green spring, old Ife road, Ibadan Applicants are Children of deceased.

Mr. Monday Godwin Aigbe and Mr. Monday Omole Nwangbaje c/o their solicitor, Oluwafunto Falodun (Miss) Orimolade & Akintunde, legal practitioners, No. 12, Aare Avenue, New Bodija, Ibadan. Applicants are Brothers of deceased.

Alhaji Iliasu Alabi Ajao and Alhaja Afusat Ayodeji Gali c/o their solicitor, Oladele Temitayo Esq, Cedar Chambers, 24, Ayorinde street, Adamasingba, Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased.

Mrs. Alao Oluwakemi Racheal and Alao Adeola Abosede of No. 9, Ayoola street, Orita Challenge, Ibadan. Applicants are Widow and Daughter of deceased.

Akanni Sadia Aina (Nee Wakili), Ahmed Wasiu Akande of Unity Estate, Amuloko Area, Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased.

Erewunmi Folashade Racheal and Atoyebi Taiwo of No. 5, Palupo street, Akanran road, Asolo Area, Ibadan. Applicants are Daughter and Son – in - law of deceased.

Mr. Oluwatobi Abraham Emiola and Mrs. Mobolaji Olafisoye (Nee Emiola) of No. 22, Heritage street, Oloruntedo, Iyana Agbala, Adegbayi, Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased.

Ojo John Olatunde and Ojo Abayomi Temitayo of S7/17C, Oni lane, Oke-Bola, Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased Rev. Oladepo Olutunde Johnson and Miss Oladepo Oluwatomi Dolapo c/o Ade Adegoke & co, Double crown chambers, flat B, 2nd floor estate house, opp. Watershed events centre, Old Ife road, Ibadan.

Applicants are Widower and Daughter of deceased.

Afolabi Oluwatomisin Ayo and Afolabi Olanrewaju Oladele of Plot 6, Adebisi layout, N.N.P.C. Apata, Ibadan. Applicants are Son and Widower of deceased.

POY/505/2016: AYENI ADEOLA ELIZABETH

39.

Mrs. Osuolale Taiwo Abimbola and Mrs. Late of Lautech staff qrtrs, Ogbomosho, who Olawale Abeni Adekemi of Lautech died on 23rd January, 2016 at Lautech Medical Library College of Health Science, teaching Hospital, Ogbomosho.

Osogbo. Applicants are Sisters of deceased.

POY/506/2016: SAMUEL HARCOURT OLAWALE 40.

Florence Williams and Abimbola Akinjide

WILLIAMS A.K.A. CRYSTAL CLEANING SERVICES - of Nw4/343, Ekotedo, Ibadan and 25,

Late of Nw4/343, Ekotedo, Ibadan, who died main avenue, Idi-Ishin, Jericho Area,

on 10th August, 2016 at U.C.H. Ibadan.

Ibadan respectively. Applicants are Widow and Cousin ofdeceased.

41.

POY/507/2016: ABORISADE DAUDA OYEBODE 41.

Abdulkarim Fatima Ibiyemi (Nee

Late of Sw9/654B, Ayede, Ring road, Ibadan,

Aborisade) and Aborisade Ibrahim of Sw9/

who died on 27th December, 2015 at Home.

654B, Ayede, Ring Road, Ibadan.

Applicants are Children of deceased.

42.

POY/508/2016: ADESHINA BUSARI TOHEEB 42.

Busari Kafayat Ibidun and Busari Baba Late of No. 22, Olodi street, Jinarere Bus-stop, tunde Aderemi of No. 22, Olodi street,

Alakia, Isebo road, Ibadan, who died on 9th Jinarere Bus-stop, Alakia, Isebo road and

May, 2016 at Ibadan.

No. 10, Kayegbo, behind first bank, Challenge, Ibadan,

respectively. Applicants are Widow and Father ofdeceased.

43.

POY/509/2016: CHIEF GIDEON OLUWA 43.

Okunjoyo Olusola Lawrence and Adedotun

GBEMIGA OKUNJOYO – Late of No. 6, Samuel Okunjoyo of No. 6, Ighodalo

Ighodalo Drive, Agbowo, Ibadan, who died Drive, Agbowo, Ibadan. Applicants are

13th October, 2015 at U.C.H. Ibadan.

Children of deceased.

44.

POY/510/2016: WO2 GBADEGESIN 44.

Alfa Wasiu Animashaun and Mr. Kazeem

ANIMASHAUN – Late of No. 9, Balogun Animashaun of No. 9, Balogun street,

Street, Olootu junction, Iyana church area, Olootu junction, Iyana Church area,

Ibadan, who died on 13th May, 2015 at Ibadan. Applicants are Children of

Islamic Heritage Herbal Clinic, Idi Osan, plot

deceased.

5, Muslim area, Ibadan.

45.

POY/511/2016: LASISI ADEKUNLE OKE 45.

Mr. Adewale Olalekan Oke and Mr. Rafiu

Late of Sw4/ 494, Oke Ado, Ibadan, who Ismaila c/o Niyi Ishola & co, 14, Adifala

died on 31st May, 1999 at His Residence. street, Isale Ososami behind Bodlink, off

Ring road, Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased.

46.

POY/512/2016: MUDASIRU KAMALI TUNDE

46.

Mudasiru Rafiu and Mudasiru Habeeb of

Late of No. 61, Ireakari street, Olunloyo, Ona No. 61, Ireakari street, Olunloyo Ona Ara

Ara Local Government, Ibadan, who died

Local Govt. Ibadan. Applicants are Father

on 28th January, 2016 at Emilagba Hospital. and Brother of deceased.

47.

POY/513/2016: OYELEYE TIMOTHY

47.

Mr. Ogunwande Elijah Adeyemi and Mrs.

OGUNWANDE – Late of Obuioge street, Ogunwande Victoria Olawumi of HOB,

Benin City, Edo state, who died on 14th Adeyemi Ogunwande Avenue, Ologuneru,

May, 2015 at Abuja.

Eruwa road, Ibadan and E/7, I.K. Dairo Street, Old Ife

road, Ibadan respectively. Applicants are Brother and Widow of deceased.

48.

POY/514/2016: FLORENCE FUNMILAYO

48.

Lawrence Olufemi Adeleke and Samuel

ADELEKE – Late of Plot 16, B.A. Lawal Olubukola Adeleke of Plot 16, B.A. Lawal

Layout, Olunde, Ibadan, who died on 5th layout, Olunde, Ibadan. Applicants are

February, 2016 at U.C.H. Ibadan.

Widower and Son of deceased.

49.

POY/515/2016: WAHAB OYETAYO

49.

Bamidele Razak Agboola and Mujidat

AGBOOLA – Late of E4/169, open space,

Kazzem of E4/169, open space, Aderogba

Aderogba compound, Oje, Ibadan, who

compound, Oje, Ibadan and N1/362,

died on 13th February, 2016 at Hospital.

Asukuna, Bere, Ibadan respectively.

Applicants are Children of deceased.

50.

POY/516/2016: ADETONA TAIWO

50.

Adetona Oluwaseun and Adetona Modupe

SYLVESTER – Late of 6, Agbamu with God,

c/o Pierson solicitors, 14, Akinsemoyin

Sanyo, Ibadan, who died on 1st August,

street, Bode Thomas, Surulere, Lagos.

2015 at Home.

Applicants are children of deceased.

51.

POY/517/2016: COMRADE KOLAWOLE

51.

Mrs. Kayode Afolake Ajoke and Kayode

KAYODE – Late of Adeyemo layout,

Olujide Sunday of No. 9, Ire Akari estate,

Molete, Ibadan, who died on 20th

New Garage, Ibadan. Applicants are

November, 2014 at Adeoyo Hospital, Ibadan.

Widow and Son of deceased.

52.

POY/518/2016: OKETADE MATHEW

52.

Esther Olufemi Oketade, Mary Olufunke

OKEBIYI – Late of S7/3021 Temidire

Ajayi (Nee Oketade) and Victoria Yemisi

Street,Odo-Oba, Ibadan, who died on

Popoola (Nee Oketade) of S7/3021,

15th October, 2007 at Home.

Temidire street, Odo-Oba, Ibadan.

Applicants are Widow and Children of deceased.

53.

POY/519/2016: SAMUEL IBRAHIM

53.

Samuel Sylvester Sunday and Samuel

Late of Irorun-Oluwa estate, Soka, Ibadan,

Naomi Mercy c/o their solicitor, Ayo

who died on 15th February, 2015 at

Muyiwa Ayoade & Co, office No. 4, first

Benin road, Edo state.

floor, Alhaji Amoo complex, Idi-mango

Road, Soka, Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased.

54.

POY/520/2016: SAMUEL LANIYAN

54.

Mr. Anthony L. Laniyan and Miss. Sarah

LATUNJI – Late of No. 1, Alebiosu House,

O. Laniyan c/o their solicitor, Isaiah A.

Akobo, Ibadan, who died on 12th June,

Okoigi & co, Sw8/236, victory road, Oke 2015 at Ibadan.

Ado, Ibadan. Applicants are Son and Grand-Daughter of deceased.

55.

56.

POY/521/2016: ALIDU RAMANU A.K.A

55.

Umoru Rasaq Friday and Umoru Tajudeen UMORU ALIDU RAMANU – Late of 8,

Oshoke c/o their solicitor, Isaiah A. Okoigi Irede Quarters, Oloola street, Soka,

& co, sw8/236 victory road, Oke-Ado, Ibadan, who died on 26th October, 2014 at Home.

Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased POY/522/2016: OYELEDUN ABIGAIL

56.

Oyeledun Oluwafemi Idajombo, Oyeledun

AYODELE – Late of No. 10, Araromi street,

Isoji Ayobami and Oyeledun Ifeoluwa

Oloko Elere, Ibadan, who died on 10th

Oyedun of No. 10, Araromi street, Oloko

October, 2015 at Hospital.

Elere, Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased.

57.

POY/523/2016: AKINSOLA OLUSOJI

57.

Akinsola Babatunde Akeem and Idowu Tawa

AJAGBE – Late of No. 1, Akinsola close,

Akinsola c/o their solicitors, Folorunso

Oloko area, Apata, Ibadan, who died on

Ahmed Esq, city solicitor, 2nd floor 2nd suite,

30th March, 2016 at Hospital.

lister building, ring road, Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased.

58.

POY/524/2016: ALHAJI RAMON AJANI

58.

Ogunyemi Akeem Olasunkanmi and

OGUNYEMI – Late of Nw7/263, Poly road,

Ogunyemi Suraju Olatunde of Nw7/263,

Eleyele, Ibadan, who died on 5th August,

poly road, Eleyele, Ibadan. Applicants are

2013 at U.C.H. Ibadan.

Children of deceased.

59.

POY/525/2016: JULIANAH OMOYEMI 59.

Mr. Ayodele Olurotimi Fasoro and Mr.

FASORO – Late of No. 9, Koyejo layout,

Ayodeji Sunday Fasoro of No. 9, Koyejo

College crescent, Oke Ado, Ibadan, layout, college crescent, Oke-ado, Ibadan.

who died on 3rd March, 2012 at Home Applicants are Children of deceased.

60.

POY/526/2016: CHIEF PAULINIUS ECHEFU

60.

Lawrence Uchenna Nwachukwu and

NWACHUKWU – Late of 32, Are Avenue, Kenneth Chibuzo Nwachukwu c/o

New Bodija, Ibadan, who died on 9th Babatunde Kasim Salami Esq, Babatunde

October, 2014 at Home.

Kasim Salami & co, Akofa building, Jericho

GRA, Idi-Ishin, Ibadan.

Applicants are Children of deceased.

33 61.

Thursday, 15 September, 2016

POY/527/2016: FALODUN PATRICK OJO 61.

Falodun Adebayo and Olaide Falodun (Mrs) Late of Araromi Area, Oyo, who died on

of Araromi Area, Oyo. Applicants are 7th November, 2015 at State Hospital, Oyo.

Brother and Widow of deceased.

POY/532/2016: ALIMI AKEEM 62.

Akeem Alimi Abolore and Alimi Ibrahim

Late of No. 92, Ifewumi Gbaremu, Ibadan,

Adesola of No. 92, Ifewumi Gbaremu,

who died on 28th June, 2013 at Hospital.

Ibadan. Applicants are Widow and Son of deceased.

63.

POY/533/2016: GBEDE JAMES AJAI A.K.A 63.

Mrs. Naomi Ajai Gbede and Olalekan

OLUWABIYI AJAI JAMES – Late of No. 7, Oluwafemi Gbede of No. 7, Wale Laoye

Wale Laoye street, Eleyele, Ibadan, who street, Eleyele, Ibadan. Applicants are

died on 30th April, 2014 at Home.

Widow and Son of deceased.

64.

POY/534/2016: ADEWUNI SIYANBADE

64.

Victoria Monisola Shiyanbade and

Late of Adedayo House, Yemetu Ajip, Temitope Ebunoluwa Shiyanbade of

Ibadan, who died on 9th May, 2015 at Adedayo House, Yemetu Ajip, Ibadan.

Oluyoro Oke-Ofa Catholic Hospital.

Applicants are Widow and Daughter of deceased.

65.

POY/535/2016: GEORGE ABIODUN AKINDELE 65.

Titilola Kofoworola Akindele and

Late of House 9, Road, 2, Zone 3,

Christianah Omolara Akindele of House 9,

Orisumbare, Apata, Ibadan, who died on

Road 2, Zone 3, Orisumbare, Apata,

2nd February, 2016 at Home.

Ibadan. Applicants are Widow and Daughter of deceased.

66.

POY/536/2016: MICHAEL OLADIPUPO

66.

Abidemi Oluwatoberu Abiona and Oladele

ABIONA – Late of Plot 1, Oladipupo Abiona

Abiona of Plot 1, Oladipupo Abiona close,

Close, Oluwo Kekere, Basorun, Ibadan, who

Oluwo Kekere, Basorun, Ibadan. Applicants

died on 10th August, 2016 at U.C.H. Ibadan.

are Children of deceased.

67.

POY/537/2016: JANET AJAGBE 67.

Ajagbe Henry Ajiboye and Adeniyi Samuel

Late of 12, Moremi road, new Bodija,

Olanrewaju of 12, Moremi road, new

Ibadan, who died on 14th November, 2012

Bodija, Ibadan and Sw6/30, Labaowo street,

at Ibadan.

Ogunpa, Ibadan respectively. Applicants are Widower and Nephew of deceased.

68.

POY/538/2016: ABIADE MURITALA KOLA

68.

Mrs. Ramota Abiade and Mr. Kazeem

Late of No. 262, Iyana community along

Abiade c/o Akin Ajidagba Esq of Nw6/1B

Oyo-Ibadan expressway, Moniya, Ibadan,

Ekotedo, Dugbe, Ibadan. Applicants are

who died on 2nd December, 2014 at Home.

Widow and Son of deceased.

69.

POY/539/2016: FRANCIS ADESOLA

69.

Mrs. Abiola Babalola and Samuel Adekola

BABALOLA – Late of S2A/39,Ile Onikeke, Babalola of S2A/39, Ile Onikeke, Oranyan,

Oranyan,Ibadan, who died on 21st April, Ibadan. Applicants are Widow and Son of

2016 at his residence. deceased.

70.

POY/540/2016: MR. OKEWUMI RUFUS 70.

Mr. Okewumi Samuel and Mrs. Clementina

Late of No. 3, Agbaje, Orita Challenge,

Apiriye Okewumi of No. 7, Femola Junction

Ibadan, who died on 13th March, 2015 at

Olorunsogo, Molete, Ibadan. Applicants

Ebimacc Maternity & Health –care clinic. are Widow and Son of deceased.

71.

POY/541/2016: KOLADE MICHAEL FAJEBE

71.

Mrs. Toyosi Asisat Fajebe and Mr. Babatunde

Late of Plot 60/63, Alhaji Alamu layout, Stephen Fajebe of Plot 60/63, Alhaji Alamu

Oke Alaro, Oluyole Estate, Ibadan, who layout, Oke Alaro, Oluyole estate, Ibadan.

died on 26th April, 2016 at Samron Hospital,

Applicants are Widow and Son of deceased Ibadan.

72.

POY/542/2016: OLUWOLE JIMOH ABEJIDE

72.

Mrs. Oluwole Suliat Mosunmola and Mr.

Late of 28, Tunde Ojo way, Bashorun, Olorunfemi Surajudeen Bolade of 28,

Ibadan, who died on 1st September, 2015 Tunde Ojo way, Bashorun, Ibadan.

at Jolua Hospital, Dopemu, Agege.

Applicants are Widow and Nephew of deceased.

73.

POY/543/2016: PEARCE AKINWALE

73.

Pearce Yetunde Tunrayo and Jayesimi

OLANREWAJU – Late of Omigade street, Deborah Olusola of 5, Sodeinde street,

Roberta junction, Ososami, Ibadan, who Fodacis, Ring road, Ibadan. Applicants

died on 16th December, 2015 at Ibadan

are Sister and Mother of deceased.

Central Hospital, Ososami, Ibadan.

74.

POY/544/2016: BABATUNDE OGUNDOYIN 74.

Mrs. Kehinde Ogundoyin and Mrs.

Late of Oluana, Akingbile Area, Ibadan, Modupe Ogundoyin of Oluana who died on 24th July, 2016 at U.C.H

Akingbile area, Ibadan. Applicants Ibadan. are Widows of deceased.

75.

POY/545/2016: ISAAC OLATUNDE FALODUN 75.

Mrs. Grace Olupeju Falodun and Ms.

Late of Sw4/810, Olorunsogo Akuro, Oke- Funmilayo Christianah Falodun of

Ado, Ibadan, who died on 17th November, Ajinde 1, Road 2, Academy, Ibadan

2015 at U.C.H. Ibadan. and 10, Gbade Adejumo street, Oluyole Bus stop, Eleyele, Ibadan respectively. Applicants are Widow and Daughter of deceased.

76.

POY/546/2016: MR. AGUNBIADE BENJAMIN 76.

Mr. Agunbiade Ayo and Mrs. Oluwa Late of No. 2, Redeeming Truth Church Yemisi Eyiaro c/o Babatunde Alaka

Street, Ibereko, Badagry, Lagos, who died Esq, No. 1, Azeez Aina street,

on 3rd July, 2007 at Lagos.

Olusanya roundabout, ring road, Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased.

77.

POY/547/2016: AKERELE ALBERT AJAYI

77.

Chief (Mrs) Victoria Onaolapo

Late of No. 19, Amisu street, Okeremi Akerele and Adebowale Mobolaji

Layout, coca-cola, Ibadan, who died on Akerele of No. 26, Oba Olagbegi

26th February, 1991at U.C.H. Ibadan.

Avenue, Bodija, Ibadan. Applicants are Widow and Son of deceased.

78.

POY/548/2016: ADEBOYE AMOS WEMIMO 78.

Oluwaseyi Adeboje Micheal and

Late of Road 5, No. 13, Isokan estate, Akinyemi Oluniyi Adeboje of E4/94,

Ojurin-Akobo, Ibadan, who died on 13th Oja-Igbo, Ibadan. Applicants are

June, 2016 at Hospital.

Children of deceased.

79.

POY/549/2016: AYOOLA OLABISI AREO

79.

Ayoola Idowu and Ayoola Olaniran

Late of E9/2085, No. 4, Bode Kumapayi of No. 4, Bode kumapayi street,

Street, Iwo road, Ibadan, who died on 7th Iwo road, Ibadan. Applicants are

February, 2013 at U.C.H. Ibadan.

Children of deceased.

80.

POY/550/2016: JOSHUA OLUKUNLE 80.

Aderinto Olaide Victoria and

IYIOLA – Late of E5, Alafara, Oje, Ibadan, Alakunle Olufunke Odun of No. 26,

who died on 12th August, 2014 at Adeoyo Akinriola street, Oke-Odo, Alimosho

Maternity Teaching Hospital, Ibadan.

Lagos and Oke-Aremo, Ibadan respectively. Applicants are Children of deceased.

81.

POY/551/2016: JAIYE JOACHIM OLAJIDE

81.

Mrs. Olajide Ruth Jaye and Mr. Joachim

Late of off Alfa road, Federal Prison, Ezekiel Bayo c/o Olujimi Falaye Esq,

Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state, who died on 19th Fadele & Fadele, al-Barka Plaza, Bodija,

April, 2016 at Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Ibadan. Applicants are Widow and Adamawa state. Son of deceased.

82.

POY/552/2016: REV CANON LAPESE LADIPO 82.

Mrs. Lanike Balogun and Mr. Dokun

Late of No. 7, Ifelodun way, Oluwo nla,

Ladipo c/o Bowofade Aderemi Esq,

Basorun, Ibadan, who died on 26th December, 11B, Aare avenue, new Bodija

2003 at St. Patrick’s Hospital, Nw7/780, Idi- estate, Ibadan. Applicants are

Ope, Eleyele, Ibadan.

Children of deceased.

63.

POY/553/2016: KOLAPO NASIR ADE-

83.

Akinduro Folajimi Ayodeji and Ibiyemi

GBOYEGA IBIYEMI – Late of 67, Adeniyi Ibrahim Adeniyi of Dangote Cement

Jones, Ikeja, Aba-Johnson b/stop, Lagos depot, Alakia, Ibadan. Applicants are

State, who died on 4th November, 2015 at Hospital.

Younger Brother and Son of deceased.

84.

POY/554/2016: NURENI ADIGUN AKINOLA

84.

Akinola Lukman and Akinola Gafar c/o

Late of No. 32, Oluwatosin street, Ajasa

C.A. Majekodunmi & co, 96, Fajuyi

Command, Lagos, who died on 20th May,

road, Adamasingba, Ibadan. Applicants

2015 at Flat 12, line A, Sango, Ibadan.

are Children of deceased.

85.

POY/555/2016: OGUNLARI OLUWABUNMI

85.

Ogunlari Ogunlana Joshua and Ogunlari

CECILIA MOFEYISAYO – Late of No. 2,

Oluwakemi Motunrayo of No. 2, lane 6,

Lane 6, Ifesowapo community, Oke-Oroki,

Ifesowapo community, Oke-Oroki, Oyo.

Oyo, who died on 20th April, 2011 at Ibillo, Edo State.

Applicants are Widower and Daughter of deceased.

86.

POY/556/2016: MR. WILFRED ATUBU

86.

Mr. Monday Atubu, Mr. Kingsley Atubu

Late – Oke Ayo Mosque Area, Agbowo,

and Mr. Emmanuel Atubu c/o Agbajelua

U.I, Ibadan, who died on 24th May, 2014 at Akindele & co, 3, Adewunmi layout,

Peace Hospital, Agbowo, U.I. Ibadan.

Agbowo, Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased.

87.

POY/557/2016: ISIAKA AKINADE FASASI 87.

Toheeb Oluwaseun Fasasi and Basit

Late of Ile Olomo-Odo, Oyo, who died on

Ololade Fasasi c/o Barr. Ayodele

11th February, 2016 at Lautech Teaching

Oyebamiji Oyeduntan of 138/139, Oyo

Hospital, Ogbomoso.

state sports council shopping complex, Mobolaje, Oyo. Applicants are Children of deceased.

88.

POY/558/2016: OLAFIMIHAN OLAYIWOLA

88.

Mrs. Oluwatoyin Oluwafunke Ojesanmi

OJESANMI – Late of Divine Favour House,

and Mr. Oluwatimileyin Babajide

Boluwaduro area, Ogbomoso, who died on

Ojesanmi c/o Gbenga Falade Esq,

10th January, 2015 at Hospital, Ogbomoso.

the Falade chambers, 1st floor, ANCE Building,

Jericho, Ibadan. Applicants are Widow and Son of deceased.

89.

POY/559/2016: AYOOLA ALICE ASIRU

89.

Asiru Anuoluwapo and Adekunle

Late of Agun Alubata, Apete Area, Ibadan, Damilola Olawumi of Agun Alubata,

who died on 2nd August, 2015 at Bismo

Apete area, Ibadan. Applicants are

Medical Centre, Apete, Ibadan.

Children of deceased.

90.

POY/560/2016: FATIMEHIN MICHEAL 90.

Okubanjo Oyinlola Olayinka and Soyoye

KOLAWOLE OLATUNJI – Late of Sw8/1021, Elizabeth Titilayo of No. 14, Irewolede

Bolarinwa Street, Anfani layout, Ibadan, estate, off Soka, Idi-Mango, Ibadan.

who died on 23rd October, 2015 at Home.

Applicants are Adopted Daughter and Grand-Daughter of deceased.

91.

POY/561/2016: MRS. ALICE ORITSEWEYINMI 91.

Mr. Ayotunde Banjo and Mr. Ayodapo

BANJO – Late of No. 12, Oluga street, New Banjo of No. 12, Oluga street, New

Bodija, Ibadan, who died on 30th November, Bodija, Ibadan. Applicants are Children

2014 at Alpha-Beta Medics Health Care, Ibadan.

of deceased.

92.

POY/562/2016: NURUDEEN BANKOLE OKE 92.

Abimbola Omowumi Bakare and

Late of No. 12, Ososami Road, Oke-Ado,

Babatunji Oke of No. 4, Makinde

Ibadan, who died on 1st January, 2014 at

compound, Iwo Road, Ibadan.

Home.

Applicants are Niece and Brother of deceased.

93.

POY/563/2016: SULAIMAN ISHOLA

93.

Balogun Kazeem Adewale and Balogun

BALOGUN – Late of No. 19, Taiwo street, Sodiq Adekunle of No. 19, Taiwo street,

Sango, Ibadan, who died on 17th June,

Sango, Ibadan. Applicants are Children

2012 at Adeoyo State Hospital, Ibadan. of deceased.

94.

POY/564/2016: KADIRI ALADE 94.

Isiaka Kadiri, Nurudeen Quadri, Abass

Late of E7/915, Lagelu Agugu- Oremeji,

Kadiri and Adisa Lola Sherifat of No. 59,

Ibadan, who died on 8th May, 2013 at Home.

Ojesanmi street, Muslim, Ibadan.

Applicants are Children of deceased.

95.

POY/565/2016: ALICE ADEWUNMI AJIBOLA 95.

Ademola Ajibola and Abimbola Ajibola

Late of 22, Amu street, Mushin, Lagos, who of 4B, Alhaji Bashiru street, Ajao estate,

died on 13th May, 2008 at Calvary Hospital,

off Muritala Mohammed Airport Road,

Mushin, Lagos.

Ajao estate, Lagos State. Applicants are Son and Grand-Son of deceased.

96.

POY/566/2016: JOSEPH AKINLOLU OLUGBEMI 96.

Olutundun Olubukade Olugbemi and

Late of No. 4, Association Crescent, Ashi, Olufisayo Mojisola Olugbemi of No. 4,

Bodija, Ibadan, who died on 5th June, 2016 Association Crescent, Ashi, Bodija,

at Home.

Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased.

97.

POY/567/2016: JOHN AYOOLA TOKUNBO

97.

Adekunle Adenike Victoria (Nee Tokunbo)

Late of Ile-Ekeje, Oke-Agunpopo, Oyo, and Olaolu Micheal Tokunbo of Ile-Ekeje,

who died on 30th March, 2006 at Home.

Oke-Agunpopo, Oyo. Applicants are Children of deceased.

98.

POY/568/2016: OLUTAYO JAMES WINNIRAN 98.

Olalekan Winniran and Busayo Idowu

Late of Aba Afa, Olomi, Olunde Area, Ibadan, of Aba Afa, Olomi, Olunde Area, Ibadan.

who died on 24th February, 2015 at Ibadan.

Applicants are Brother and Widow of deceased.

99.

POY/569/2016: ADEBANJO ADEYEMI 99.

Prof. Debo Adeyemi, Mrs Comfort Tinuade

Late of No. 8, Adeosun Street, Oluyole Ajayi and Prince Adekunle Adeyemi of

Estate, Ibadan, who died on 29th January, 17B, Fatai Animasaun street, Magodo

2015 at U.C.H. Ibadan.

Shangisha, Lagos State. Applicants are Brothers and Sister of deceased.

100.

POY/570/2016: ABSETU OTUVEKE SALAWU 100.

Hafeez Adeniyi Kolade and Rashedat

Late of E9/1056, Akinloye layout, I.K.Dairo Bukola Kolade of E9/1056, Akinloye

Street, Old Ife Road, Ibadan, who died on layout, I.K. Dairo street, Old Ife road,

26th June, 2016 at U.C.H. Ibadan.

Ibadan. Applicants are Children of deceased.

101.

POY/571/2016: MRS. LUCY REGINA SAMSON 101.

Mr. Victor Oluwaseyi Samson and Mr.

Late of No. 10A, Uphill Quarters, Ore-Ofe Emmanuel Oluwatosin Samson of No.

Community, Aponmode, Moniya, Ibadan,

10A, Uphill Quarters, Ore-Ofe community

who died on 25th July, 2016 at Brotherhood Aponmode, Moniya, Ibadan. Applicants

of Cross and Stars Healing Home, Sango, Ibadan. are Children of deceased.

102.

POY/572/2016: AJIBOLA OLAYEMI 102.

Mrs. Adebola Akinlabi and Mrs. Abiola

OGUNTOYINBO – Late of Araromi layout,

Ajayi of Araromi layout, Owode, Oyo.

Owode, Oyo, who died on 27th February, 2016 Applicants are Children of deceased.

at U.C.H. Ibadan.

62.

DATED 14TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2016.

CENTRE FOR DEGREE PROGRAMMES [CEDEP] FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, P.M.B. 2096 ABEOKUTA. IN AFFILIATION WITH

THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION INTO FULL-TIME [REGULAR] DEGREE PROGRAMMES FOR THE 2016/2017 ACADEMIC SESSION THIS IS TO INVITE CANDIDATES WHO SAT FOR 2016/2017 ACADEMIC SESSION JAMB EXAMINATION AND SCORED 180 AND ABOVE, TO APPLY FOR FULL-TIME DEGREE PROGRAMMES AT THE FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ABEOKUTA, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IN THE UNDERLISTED PROGRAMMES: EDUCATION/ CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES EDUCATION/ ENGLISH EDUCATION/ FRENCH EDUCATION/ BIOLOGY EDUCATION/ CHEMISTRY EDUCATION/ PHYSICS EDUCATION/ MATHEMATICS HUMAN KINETICS/HEALTH EDUCATION ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: FOUR (4) YEAR-DEGREE PROGRAMME The Four-year degree programme is available to candidates with at least 5 passes at credit level in O/Level WASCE, SSCE, NECO/GCE including English Language and Mathematics in one sitting or at least 6 credit passes in not more than 2 sittings. In addition, candidates are required to have credit passes in specific relevant subject{s} THREE (3) YEAR-DEGREE PROGRAMME The Three-year degree programme is available to candidates who possess the Nigeria Certificate in Education [NCE] in relevant courses and must have purchased the 2016/2017 JAMB DE form. All DE applicants must equally have graduated with a minimum of MERIT in their NCE courses, with requisite O/L requirements of the University of Ibadan as contained in the 2014/2015 UTME/DE Brochure.

METHOD OF APPLICATION Candidates for the Four-year degree programme are to pay Two thousand five Hundred Naira [N2,500.00] through Remita into CEDEP FCE Abeokuta Remita (TSA Account) at any commercial bank of your choice. Applicants should write their UTME Registration Number first, followed by SURNAME and other names, as it appears on their UTME result slips e.g. 90583457GB, EZE, DANKWANBO IFEOLUWA in the space provided for “Name of Depositor” on the Bank teller.

Consequent upon payment of the processing fees, a Code would be sent to the applicant after confirmation of payment within 24hrs.Candidates will access the registration on-line platform at www.fce-cedep.com and fill the form appropriately.

Candidates for the Three-year degree programme are to pay Two thousand five hundred Naira (N2,500:00) throughRemita into CEDEP FCE Abeokuta Remita (TSA Account) in any commercial bank of your choice. Applicants should write their DE Registration Number first, followed by SURNAME and initials, as it appears on the DE acknowledgement slip e.g. 90583457GB, -CHUKWUDI, U. A. in the space provided for “Depositor” on the Bank teller.[With registration number and surname first] to access the registration portal. Consequent upon payment of the processing fees, candidates will access the registration on-line platform at www.fce-cedep.com and fill the template after 24 Hours of payment.

NOTE: All candidates should ensure that they carefully fill the on-line forms in CAPITAL LETTERS, use functional mobile phone numbers and follow ALL other necessary instructions. Care must be taken NOT to click FINAL SUBMISSION until the necessary preview/editing has been done.

All candidates are expected to upload their passport photograph. The image format for the passport is JPEG and must not exceed 20kb. The photograph must be in plain background, without any form of hair cover, face cap etc.

UTME Candidates should monitor the website for the Post-UTME screening date and come for the screening with their online registration print out, photocopies of credentials and evidence of bank payment.

D.E. Candidates must have graduated with a minimum of MERIT in their NCE programmes to be eligible for admission. Furthermore, D.E. Candidates shall be screened with their detailed results [O/L & NCE] which must be forwarded to CEDEP before 28th September, 2016 for processing, with evidence of bank payment.

Closing date for completion of the online form is 28th September, 2016.

DATE AND TIME OF SCREENING The Post-UTME screening exercise for the UTME candidates shall take place at the College at a date to be communicated to all applicants on the mobile phone numbers provided.

Signed

Mr. R.A Akinola Registrar

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Operation Crocodile Smile targeted to protect lives, national assets — ­ Defence minister Austin Ebipade - Yenagoa

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HE Operation Crocodile Smile, an exercise by the authorities of the Nigerian Army, has projected that the training exercise was targeted to protect lives and defend national assets from vandals of pipelines, oil wellheads, installations and manifolds, thereby containing the activities of oil theft and militancy in the Niger Delta region.

However, the special force are now fully abreast on how to operate in a maritime environment at the training that took place in Twon Brass in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

Addressing the combatant soldiers during the closing ceremony, the Minister of Defence, Brigadier- General Mansur Dan Ali, (retd), who was represented bv the permanet secretary, in the ministry Danjuma Sheni, said the exercise, Crocodile Smile, was aimed at training soldiers on how to fight crimes in the riverine area and also to defend the territorial area.

He said the idea was to stimulate the troops to see how effective they can be in carrying out their operations.

“We have the capacity and the manpower to defend this area, the people and the oil facilities. It’s not to harass, intimidate or threaten the community people but also to protect them from miscreants and oil thieves”.

According to him, they have discussed with the political leaders in the area and also sensitise the people on the importance of the exercise and therefore, urged

them not be panicked.

“We cannot allow some criminal elements to continue to operate along the watery ways by killing innocent people who are busy going about their legitimate business. We want to make the water way safe”, he said.

He said the launch ‘of op-

eratio crocodile smile, is to checkmate the activities of pipeline vandalism, illegal bunkerers, among others.

In his remark, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Burutai Takur, said the exercise had aready achieved a tremendous result, adding that arms and ammunitions

have been recovered from those involving in criminal activities, destruction of illegal refineries alongside the boat they are using and the exercise still continues.

He said the challenges are enormous but assured the officials that they shall overcome.

Arms and ammunition surrendered by militants before Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha and others, in Owerri, on Wednesday.

Avengers surrender arms, ammunition to Okorocha Joe Nwachukwu - Owerri NIGER Delta Avengers (NDA) of Imo State extraction, who had hitherto held the state through pipeline vandalism , on Wednesday, stormed the Government House, Owerri, in trucks, where they surrendered their arms and ammunition, to Governor Rochas Okorocha and all security chiefs in the state.

The ex-militants stormed Owerri, at mid-day, with

white T-shirts, bearing the inspiration “Disarmament of agitators powered by the Niger Delta Youths Volunteer Peace Advocacy, condemned oil companies operating in the area for their insensitivity to the plight of the people.

In the presence of top security agencies comprising the police, army, DSS and the deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Okorocha, who is the chairman of the disarmament committee and an

indigene of the Ohaji Egbema council area, Kingsley Uju, who had earlier received the ex-militants, said that the ceremony was in response to the mandate given to his committee by Governor Okorocha to solve the problem of youths restiveness in oil bearing Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta Local Government areas of the state.

Uju lamented that since 1953 when oil firms commenced operations in the

Man kills 2, injures others in Jigawa Adamu Amadu - Dutse A 30-year- old man, Haruna Barde, of Nahuce Village in Harbo, Jahun Local Government Area of Jigawa State, attacked his neighbours on Tuesday and killed two people while several others were injured.

The Nigerian Tribune gathered that the incident occurred at midnight on Tuesday when Barde took a sharp cutlass and confronted a family in the area and attacked them leading to the death of Zainab Abubakar and her son, Hassan Abubakar, An eye witness, who want to be anonymous, told the Nigerian Tribune that Haruna did not stop at that, he also attacked other innocent people who came to the deceased and those that were injured.

According to the eyewitness: “as we are conceined the man is healthy,

“We are not working alone, all the security gencies are with us and we are uniting to fight this criminal element that have turned our water ways to criminal haven and make it safe for innocent people that pass through to go about their legal business”.

we don’t know may be it was the current economic hardship that made him to do that.”

Another eyewitness, Mansur Ahmed Jahun, told the Nigerian Tribune, that he saw two corpses in the area and others with various degree of injuries at the Jahun General Hospital, receiving treatment, adding that while at Nahuce Village, Barde slaughtered animals belonging to the community members and destroyed some buildings.

Mansur attributed the action of the man to the current economic hardship in the country, most especially, those living in the rural area.

When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed that one Hamza Barde of Nahuce Village, in Jahun Local Government Area, was arrested for caus-

ing crisis in his community which led to the death of two people while others were injured , adding that sheep, goats, houses and food stores were also burnt.

The PPRO said: “Yes, one Haruna Barde, 30 -year- old man, attacked an elderly women, Malama Zainab Abubakar, 70 -year- old, in

his community with a cutlass and killed her”.

According to him, “the man also killed her son, Hassan Abubakar, when he attempted to assist his biological mother”.

Jinjiri added that the incident happened at Nahuce, Harbo, in Jahun Local Government Area of the state.

area, they had failed to address the yearnings and aspirations of the indigenes, hence, the frequent outburst of youths restiveness.

The youth, who later spoke through their respective leaders, accused the multi-national companies of neglecting them and urged the Federal Government as well as the state to prevail on the oil companies to urgently address their grievances and called for the release of their members in detention.

Governor Okorocha, after receiving the surrendered arms and ammunitions, commended them for their rare display of patriotism and assured that security agencies would no longer invade their areas adding that, their demands, grievances and agitations would be addressed soon.

Muslim community decries neglect in Benue Johnson Babajide - Makurdi

MUSLIM community in Benue State has decried neglect by the Governor Samuel Ortom-led administration.

Speaking when they paid Sallah homage to the governor at the Government House, on Wednesday, the leader of the delegation, Alhaji Ibrahim Aliu, lamented that their support for the current administration has not yielded any positive result.

“We are part of this government, we all know the support we gave to the cur-

rent administration during the last election, even, at the expense of what the previous administration did for our people.”

“Despite the fact that the previous administration hated us, yet, we were given seven slots for appointment as special advisers and senior special assistants, but since the past 16 months of the current administration, our people have not been considered for anything”.

Aliu said that the Muslim community in the state

should be treated as natives, stressing: “our forefathers were born here, died and buried, so, we do not have anywhere to go, Benue is our home.”

The state deputy governor, Benson Abounu, who received the team on behalf of Governor Ortom, commended the community who are mostly Hausa people in the state for the support they gave to the current administration and promised that Ortom-led administration would integrate them into the system.

FG trained 41,161 graduates under GIS in 2 yrs Ayodele Adesanmi - Abuja THE Federal Government has trained over 41,161 graduates under career development and entrepreneurship skills training in the last two years.

The scheme was set up by the Federal Government to reduce unemployment and make Nigerian youths to be self reliant, innovative and enterprising.

Also, it has demonstrated high prospects for job creation and social protection for youths and has entered into special partnership with governmental and non governmental organisations (NGOs), to have graduates trained, mentored and supported in areas like non- oil export trade, agriculture, community health, construction, among others.

The project director of the scheme, Mr Dennis Chukwu, said during one of the trainings in Abuja that the youth of Nigeria have proven that when “they are focused, no amount of pressure, threats and inducement can derail their resolve for change.”

He said that with the monthly stipends paid the interns, they have demonstrated high prospects for achieving the social prospect and inclusive growth objective of government.

Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy inducts 6 today THE Nigeria Academy of Pharmacy will today induct six professionals into its esteemed ranks.

According to Professor Fola Tayo, the Pro-chancellor and chairman of Governing Council of Caleb University, who doubles as the general secretary of the academy, will also assess progress made regarding the Pharmacy degree curriculum reviews currently ongoing across Faculties of Pharmacy in Nigeria’s universities.

One of the high points of 2016 investiture event will be a feature presentation by Nigeria’s former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr Christopher Kolade.

“We have every confidence that Dr Kolade will ignite robust self-appraisal in the profession with his lecture which will examine the place of Pharmacy in the enhancement of quality and accessibility of healthcare in Nigeria,” he said.

The new inductees into the academy, he said, all have sterling profiles and have distinguished themselves over the years, in different spheres of professional life.

“We are very confident that they will add real value to our quest to positively impact the health and wellbeing of Nigerians.

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other NEWS Trump Foundation under investigation for suspected ‘impropriety’ NEW York’s attorney general says he is investigating Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s foundation over suspected “impropriety”.

A payment from Mr Trump to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi (left) has been under investigation. PHOTO: AP

Eric Schneiderman said his office wanted to ensure the foundation is “complying with the laws that govern charities in New York,” BBC reported.

The Trump Foundation has been hit by a number of damaging media stories.

Mr Trump’s team have dismissed Mr Schneiderman, a Democrat, as “a partisan hack.”

The attorney-general has endorsed Mr Trump’s chief opponent, Hillary Clinton, for president.

Painting eyes on cows to prevent lion attacks FOR more than 10,000 years, ever since man started herding cattle for food and enrichment in Africa, lions have been a huge problem.

A lion, or, more likely, a pride of lionesses - who are the real hunters - can ruin a small farmer’s livelihood by killing even a single cow, especially one that is pregnant or producing milk.

Thanks to Botswana’s excellent conservation policies, the country has one of Africa’s largest wild lion populations - estimated at

3,000.

BBC revealed that recent dry weather in southern Africa however is shrinking wildlife protection areas, while farmers are forced to seek new grazing lands. As a result, lions are increasingly coming into contact with humans.

For poorer subsistence farmers, though, it is harder.

At night they herd their livestock into stockades made of logs and thorn trees to deter the lions. They also rely on barking dogs and perhaps the bravest might have once attacked lions with a spear. Some resort to shooting them or putting out poison, although hunting is illegal in Botswana.

A cow with eyes painted behind it. PHOTO: BEN YEXLEY

South Africa’s Tutu discharged from hospital after surgery South African cleric and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu was discharged from hospital on Wednesday after a successful surgery to treat recurring infections that have afflicted him for more than a year, his family said on Wednesday.

The 84-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner has struggled with ill health in recent years, but his family has not said whether his current ailment is related to the prostate cancer Tutu has battled with for nearly two decades, Reuters revealed.

“Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was this

morning discharged from the Cape Town hospital where he has spent the past three weeks,” the brief family statement said.

Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, spoke against whiteminority rule from his pulpit, earning him global acclaim.

Desmond Tutu: REUTERS

Obama lifts decade-old sanctions against Ivory Coast, citing progress

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NITED States President Barack Obama on Wednesday lifted decadeold sanctions against Ivory Coast, the world’s biggest cocoa producer, citing a successful presidential election last year and its progress in tackling illegal trafficking of arms and natural resources.

Reuters reported that the sanctions were imposed in February 2006 under President George W. Bush against Ivory Coast political figures for blocking a 2003 peace process.

The country had been split in two since a 2002 civil war launched by rebels against then President Laurent Gbagbo.

Wednesday’s move follows the lifting a 12-year-old arms embargo and asset freezes and travel bans against six individuals by the United Nations Security Council in April, including

against Gbagbo, who is on trial before the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

“Côte d’Ivoire has taken important steps to strengthen its governing and economic institutions and reconcile the differences that led to war,” White House National Security Council spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.

“Challenges remain as the country continues to tackle difficult land reform issues and works to ensure that the benefits of economic growth are felt throughout the Ivoirian population,” he said.

Five years after the country’s civil war that followed a 2010 presidential election, Ivory Coast has been reborn as one of Africa’s economic stars and held up by many as a model of postconflict reconstruction.

Deep-seated tensions between

US president, Barack Obama supporters of Gbagbo and President Alassane Ouattara, who won the war with French backing, continue to simmer, however.

MPs attack Cameron over Libya ‘collapse’

Syrians exchanging gift during the Eid al-Adha holiday. PHOTO: ANADOLU

On Eid al-Adha, Syria’s children laugh again THE sounds of war, for now at least, have given way to the infectious laughter of children.

The celebration of the Islamic holiday of Eid alAdha, which began on Monday, has provided a long-overdue respite for the littlest victims of Syria’s devastating war.

Also known as the Feast of Sacrifice, the four-day celebration started with morning prayers and continues with feasts and visits to friends and family.

Gifts are exchanged.

CNN revealed that the second of two major holidays in Islam, Eid alAdha coincides with a fragile peace brought on by a ceasefire deal brokered by the United States and Russia.

The deal calls for a halt to the violence between the Syrian regime and rebel

forces. It also allows muchneeded humanitarian access to besieged cities such as Aleppo.

Aleppo has seen many of its neighbourhoods come under fire and more than 6,000 people, mainly civilians, killed or injured.

The action had been called A United Kingdom parliamentary report has for by the Arab League and severely criticised the authorised by the UN Security intervention by Britain Council, the Foreign Office and France that led to the added.

An international coalition overthrow of Libyan leader led by Britain and France Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

The foreign affairs launched a campaign of air committee accused the and missile strikes against then PM David Cameron of Muammar Gaddafi’s forces in lacking a coherent strategy March 2011 after the regime threatened to attack the rebelfor the air campaign.

It said the intervention had held city of Benghazi. not been “informed by accurate intelligence”, and that it led to the rise of so-called Islamic State in North Africa.

According to BBC, the UK government said it had been an international decision Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy (left) and David to intervene.

Cameron led the case for intervention. PHOTO: PHOTOSHOT

North Korea able to produce 20 nuclear bombs –Experts weapons experts.

The revelations came as North Korea accused the United States of pushing the Korean peninsula to “the point of explosion” after it dispatched two huge bombers in a show of force against North Korea, Al Jazeera stated.

The American supersonic B-1B Lancers flew over South Korea on Tuesday as the US pledged its “unshakeable North Korean leader Kim Jong-un waves to officials in this undated photo. PHOTO: REUTERS commitment” to NORTH Korea will have enough material for about 20 nuclear bombs by the end of this year with enhanced uraniumenrichment facilities and an existing stockpile of plutonium, according to new assessments by

defend its allies in the region, following North Korea’s fifth and largestever nuclear test conducted last week.

The North has evaded a decade of United Nations sanctions to develop its uranium enrichment process, enabling it to run an effectively self-sufficient nuclear programme that is capable of producing six nuclear bombs a year, arms analysts say.

The true nuclear capability of the isolated and secretive state is impossible to verify.

communitynews Ndokwa ‘Okpanam will retain its rich cultural heritage’ community

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gets new traditional ruler Alphonsus Agborh-Asaba

A retired teacher, Michael Omoefe Enueme, has been installed as the new Agadagba of Adiai Kingdom in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State.

He succeeds Obi Thompson Enuesike, who lost his life four years ago in a boat mishap in 2012.

The installation ceremony of the Agadagba was performed on Monday, September 12, 2016 by the Okpala-Uku and former regent, Igwe Ase Eke, at Agadagba’s palace, Adiai Obiaka.

While noting that the newly installed Agadagba is the choice of Umunkwo royal family, the OkpalaUku advised him to lead the four communities in his kingdom: Adiai Obiaka, Obiofu, Utu and Utuechi (spread across Delta and Rivers states) with the fear of God, praying that his reign would attract development to the kingdom.

The Okpala-Uku also appealed to Ndokwa East Traditional Rulers and the state governor to recognise Obi Enueme, as the rightful Agadagba by presenting him with the staff of office.

Also speaking, the Chairman of Adiai Community, Mr. Sunday Onarudu, Chief David Etugbo and John Ikpide appealed to the federal and state governments to save Adiai which is at the verge of being eroded into River Niger.

It will be recalled that the entire community was submerged during the 2015 flood, alongside St. Paul’s Anglican Church, the only primary school in the community and virtually every house, including the palace of the Late Agadagba.

Thursday, 15 September, 2016

Alphonsus Agborh-Asaba

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HE Ogoani of Okpanam kingdom in Oshimili North Local Government Council of

Delta State, Obi Michael Mbanefo Ogbolu, has said that nothing will make his subjects to abandon their rich cultural heritage.

Speaking in his palace during the celebration of

THE Muslim community in Benue State has decried neglect by the Governor Samuel Ortom administration.

Speaking when they paid Sallah homage to the governor in Government House on Tuesday, the leader of the delegation, Alhaji Ibrahim Aliu, lamented that their support for the present administration has not yielded any fruits.

According to him, “we are part of this government. We

people of his kingdom for a successful harvest, noting that with the celebration of the festival, the season of hunger was over.

The Ogoani, however,

Kwara Speaker commissions cottage hospital in Isale-Asa biola azeez-ilorin

THE Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, Honourable Ali Ahmad, has commissioned IsaleAsa Cottage Hospital.

Speaking at the commissioning ceremony, the Speaker said the intervention was made to complement the efforts of the state government in the provision of qualita-

tive healthcare delivery services.

The hospital, which falls within Ilorin South Constituency which is represented by the Speaker, has equipped with necessary hospital facilities.

Commissioning the health facility, Honourable Ahmad said any serious government must at all times accord priority to the people’s welfare,

especially the provision of healthcare services.

He noted that the facility would ameliorate the suffering of the people of the community who travel long distances to access healthcare.

Earlier in his address, the President of Isale Asa Development Association, Mr. Raji Tunde, who appreciated the donor, stated that the commu-

nity would forever cherish the lawmaker’s gesture.

Tunde, however, called on the state government not to hesitate to provide personnel to man the facility.

Also speaking, a political leader in Ilorin South, Alhaji Saka Kutijifu, commended the Speaker and urged other political office holders in the area to emulate the gesture.

charged his subjects to continue to live in peace and be good hosts to people from other parts of the country, who reside in the kingdom.

Also speaking during the ceremony, the Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah, stated that once fetishism is not involved, the culture of the people will continue to be celebrated.

Mr. Ukah, who is from Okpanan, advised Nigerians to always distinguish between tradition and culture, stressing that culture is what makes a set of people different from another.

The ceremony, which was witnessed by non indigenes resident in Okpanam, featured traditional dances by different groups and paying of homage to the traditional ruler in the town.

The traditional ruler of Akwukwu Igbo, Obi Azuka II, chiefs from other kingdoms and representatives of various communities also were in attendance.

Olode, Bioku residents decry govt’s neglect by gbenga olumide

The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Honourable Ali Ahmad, cutting the tape to commission the hospital while the Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Atolagbe Alege; the President of Isale Asa Development Association, Mr. Raji Tunde and others watch.

Residents abandon Itele Road over deplorable condition olalekan olabulo-lagos

RESIDENTS of communities in Idi-Agbalumo, Lafenwa, Itele and other communities in Sango

Ota area of Ogun State have decried the deplorable state of road network in their communities.

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Benue Muslims visit Ortom, decry neglect johnson babajide-makurdi

Iwaji Festival, the traditional ruler stated that the annual event had come to stay, adding that the scope of the celebration would continue to expand.

He congratulated the

all supported the present administration during the last election even at the expense of what the previous administration did for us.

“During the previous administration, we were given seven slots in the state executive council as special advisers and senior special assistants but for the past 16 months since the present administration assumed office, our people have not been considered for anything.”

Aliu explained that the Muslim community in

the state should be treated as natives, stressing that, “our forebears were born here; they died and were buried here so, we do not have anywhere to go, Benue is our home.

The deputy governor, Benson Abounu, who received the team on behalf of the governor, appreciated the community, who are mostly Hausa for their support for the present administration and promised that the Ortom-led administration would integrate them into the system.

dents have since abandon the roads.

They noted that the bad state of the road had prompted commercial motorcycle operators to increase the fares by over 200 per cent .

The residents have, therefore, urged the Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, to urgently fix the roads and save thousands from the agony of driving through bad roads.

Ibrahim, whose father owns a house in Itele said: “We have been living here for more than seven years but this is the worst period, considering the state of the road.”

Aside the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, the road here used to be the link to Ayobo and Iyana-Ipaja areas of Lagos State but it has com-

pletely failed .

According to him, “it is always a terrible state, whenever it rains. Our people suffer a lot whenever it rains. Sometimes some of us don’t even come home, whenever it rains.”

Gbenga, a resident of Idi-Agbalumo told Nigerian Tribune that “the road in the area was constructed by the last administration in the state but it is now worse than it used to be.

“Commercial motorcyclists and tricycle operators now seek for alternative routes in order to avoid this deplorable link road.

“Government should not only consider the thousands of people in the communities here.

They should consider the revenue prospect.

RESIDENTS of Olode, Bioku and Araba communities in Egbeda and Ona-Ara Local Government Areas of Oyo State have decried the state government’s neglect of their communities, especially as it related to road construction.

Mr Oyebanji Abiodun, in a release signed on behalf of the communities, said the area had been cut off from other communities, while the people are living under harsh condition.

He said: “All roads and bridges linking Adekola, Bioku/Araba have collapsed, making life unbearable for the people.

“When one of the bridges collapsed some months ago, two persons lost their lives. If urgent steps are not taken, it may claim more lives.”

Abiodun added that business and social activities had paralysed in the area, while vehicular movement have almost been grounded.

“I am appealing to Oyo State government to come to our rescue before more lives and property are wasted,” he said.

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Thursday, 15 September, 2016 Editor: Wale Emosu tribunesporteditor@yahoo.com 08111813054, 08055444383

Gold medalist and world record holder, Flora Ungwunna

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Guild of Sports Editors salutes Team Nigeria THE Guild of Nigerian Sports Editors on Wednesday congratulated Team Nigeria’s special athletes, who have defied all odds to excel at the ongoing Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

As of the last count, Team Nigeria had won eight gold, two silver and one bronze to technically better the Sydney 2000 Paralympics all-time haul of seven gold, one silver and five bronze medals.

In a communiqué signed by the Guild’s President, Tony Ubani, the body described the team’s feat as

By Wale Emosu

LAYERS and officials of Heartland FC of Owerri were involved in a road accident on Wednesday afternoon in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

The Naze Millionaires were billed to engage the El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri in a rescheduled Match Day 35 fixture on Thursday (today September 15) before the accident.

According to Cajetan Nkwopara, the media officer of Heartland FC, the accident happened within Maiduguri metropolis after the bus conveying the players and the officials of the team had a collision with a vehicle belonging to the Nigerian Army.

The team had travelled by air from Abuja to Maiduguri airport, where the ill-fated bus had gone to pick the players and officials before the accident occurred, according to Nkwopara.

“As I am speaking with you now, eight of our players are on admission at the Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri, with a few of the injured officials,” Nkwopara told Tribunesports by phone.

Among the injured players on admission, according to the Heartland FC media officer, is goalkeeper Ebere Obi, brother to Super Eagles captain, John Obi Mikel.

The Team Manager and former Golden Eaglets defender, Mobi Oparaku is also on admission at the hospital.

Champions League results Man City Bayer Leverkusen Tottenham Hotspur Legia Warszawa Real Madrid Club Brugge FC Porto Juventus Lyon

By Olawale Olaniyan

PLAYERS of the Shooting Stars on Wedensday continued their strike action to press demand for backlog of unpaid five months’ salaries and match bonusses.

The team started the strike on Tuesday and not even the presence of the state’s Commisioner for Sports, Barrister Yomi Oke on Wednesday at their training camp could persuade the players to train ahead of their away game to Warri Wolves.

Shooting Stars are 14th on the table with 44 points

“remarkable and added: “It is instructive that when Nigerians are reeling from the effects of the current economic recession ravaging the country, a group of special athletes are in far away Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, showing the whole world that we can rise above our adversity to rub shoulders with the best in the world in any endeavour.

“We, therefore, urge the Federal Government, especially the principal officers of the Sports Ministry, to without delay, show that Nigeria cares for them.”

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from 33 matches as the players noted that the presence of Barrister Oke could speed response to their request.

“It’s nice the commissioner is here, he will brief the powers that be. On our part, we won’t resume training until all our oustanding payments are made,’’ one of the players who preferred not to be named told Tribunesport.

Apart from the five-month salaries, the players are agitating for the 15-match bonuses owed them last season and 12 games match bonus this season.

General Manager of the team, Rasheed Balogun and head coach, Gbenga Ogunbote were not available for comments.

New UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin lists priorities

Conte has improved Chelsea —Moses Saliu Gbadamosi -Abuja

CHELSEA gaffer, Antonio Conte, has only been in charge for five matches at former English Premier League (EPL) champion, Chelsea FC but his presence at the Stamford Bridge, according to Nigerian international, Victor Moses, has brought about changes in few things in the club.

Moses, who only returned to the Blues from a loan spell at Swansea City last term, told Chelsefc.com, the London-based club’s official website, that Conte was not only a great coach who brought changes to the way things were done at the club, including food regime, but also the right coach for Chelsea.

“He is a great manager if you look at what he did at Juventus and he is a very passionate manager and he wants the best from us.

“You could see in pre-season how hard everyone was working. I think he is the right man for this club.

“He came in and changed quite a few things and everyone was expecting that. The food regime and the training have changed and he wants everyone to gel together as a team.

“He speaks to every player and wants the best from each and every one of us, and he will get the best out of us,” the 25-year-old Moses said.

ALEKSANDER Ceferin, a little-known Slovenian soccer official, was elected as the head of European soccer’s governing body UEFA on Wednesday and promised to stand up to the big clubs.

The 48-year-old will replace disgraced Frenchman Michel Platini after comfortably beating experienced Dutch football administrator Michael van Praag by 42 votes to 13.

“I am not a showman, I have no ego issues and I am not a man of unrealistic promises,” said Ceferin after the poll amongst Europe’s 55 national football associations.

“My small and beautiful Slovenia is very proud about it and I hope that one day you will also be very proud about it.”

Ceferin said his first task would be tackling widespread dissatisfaction at controversial changes to the Champions League agreed between UEFA and the European Club Association, which has 220 members from 53 FAs, in favour of the big clubs.

UEFA increased the number of places allocated to clubs from Spain, England, Germany and Italy in the lucrative group stage and cut the slots for the smaller countries.

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Nigerian Tribune Pools compilers remain the best all season with thier incredible weekly performances. promoters in problem promised by our pools page compilers. Last week 2 bankers mastero added to promoters heavy winning problems. Ola city the ace reliable compiler, with confidence, Alase draw, winner code mister draw and modupe added to stakers winning dividends on 2 banker draws. One banker medal went to charity and our pair Experts were MBA, Expert, Zenith, Innocent, Peter, Oguguo, Volvo, Akande, Proff & Kings, Joseph, New Era, Godwin, John super, New Era, Mac Anthony, Bolu one, 4 members, Dosa and Ikechukwu. Congrats, our pools compilers promised not to relent in giving the best to our pools page stakers/friends. To who much is given much is equally expected. Please appreciate them to serve you better.

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OJIKUTU NAPS – 09091672122 03X 11X 20X 43X

Congratulations am back from my overseas tours with 4 weeks operational naps in week 10,11 12 and 13. The above free win for week 10 is to enable you to win with us in the remaining 3weeks – N50,000 each weel. Join the winners & celebrates. Good luck.

ALASE DRAWS –

09081716580 (20 MUST 14) 03X 26X 47XXX 30X 40X 5/5 CHESTERFIELD MUST CHELTHEHAM on same digit of Os. Control another 3 fixed matches as draws. Our coming on board is for stakers sake. Winners celebrates at Alase Naps.

Call & win programe – N25, 000 Another win at Alase draws office. Call & win again.

LAST HOPE 2016= 08103222635=31xx 32xx

WK 08 NO 13X 26X 31X 33X Wk 09 BROWN NO 23X 26X 28X 30X 4. Special Draws WK 8 PURPLE NO 13X 26X 31X 33X WITH 13X 14F 4Special Draw N6000 Wk 09 No. 23x 26x 28x 30. Two Bankers N3000 wk 09 No 23x 26x pair 28x 30x WK 10 NO NAP NAP. Stakers try to get last Hope 2016. 4 special draws this wk cost N6000 and two bankers cost N3000 following wk 10 Blue to control 4. Special draws cost N6, 000 two bankers cost N3000 send MTN. card Card.

MALLAM BAWA MUSA IN ACTION

08052506287 PAIR 33, 37 WK 9 = 21XX, 23XX, 24XX = 3/3

It is winning time again as my purple coupon key drew 7x 17x 33x in wk.8, while the Brown colour key scored another 3/3 Nap correct in wk. 9 on 21x, 23x 24x. It is now the turn of Blue coupon and nothing will stop it. Cost N15,000 cash, one direct banker is still available at N5,000 cash. Payments at Access Bank to Mallam Musas Ibrahim Bawa, acct No: 0042075587.

SHORT – GUN 20 HOT 21

08050614477/ 8168241902 With the success recorded by us last week with the pair and the Nap Playing, the above pair will also supply to continue our winning tradition this season.

This week’s game goes for N25, 000. Don’t doubt this. Call for your game.

WITH CONFIDENCE= 08166222529, 08139714848= 6XX 22XX

Two Bankers= N5000 Wk 10 NO NAP NAP PAIR NAP NAP Two Banker= N5000 Wk 08 No 13x 26x Pair 17x 31x Two Bankers N5000 Wk 09 No 10x u26x Pair 23x 40x wk 10 No Nap Nap Wk 10 No Nap Pair Nap Nap One Bankers= N2500 Wk 07 No 29x Pair 7x 8x One Bankers= N2500 Wk 08 No 33x Pair 15F 17x Wk 09 No 28x Pair 23x 40x wk 9 No Wk 10 No Nap Nap Pair XX 23x 30x Pair 26x 27x.

League Table Two Bankers= N3000 Stakers try to get with Confidence two Bankers this Wk 9 BROWN cost N5000 two N2500 League table Bankers cost N3000 one Bankers cost N2000 we set for 6 Wks operations.

Wk 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.

NEW ERA —

07088103080 (20 XX 43).

Stoke away number one.(1).

Sothampton ON N0 6 = as KEY. Wk9-14x 22x 41xxx-20x = 11drs.

Wk 34 - 08x 30x 46xxx - 20x Wk 10 -2016 X X X - 20x = 11drs.

The above chat shown week 9 and 34 ‘2015/16 football draws record and week 10 2016. X X X — 20 xx 43 and other reserved 3 draws — N25,000 = Good luck.

CHARITY NAP

08054325929 (41 HOT 46)

Congratulations!!! to all our fans and customers who brought our ILEYA/SCHOOL FEES released part I = 24x 46x 47x = 26x 34x = part II of this commenced again this wk.

Don’t doubt as we promised to do better. Registration is still in progress. Call for details, our Nap cost N20,000. Best of luck. Charity Nap.

SHORT–GUN (20 HOT 21)

08050614477/ 08168241902 With the success recorded by us last week with the pair and the Nap Playing, the above pair will also supply to continue our winning tradition this season.

This week’s game goes for N25, 000. Don’t doubt this. Call for your game.

WEEK 10 STATUS

LKO – 02 AND 11 SUNDAY - 01, 06, 07 AND 08

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MBA EXPERT (08104694618) PAIR 8XX27

Watford vs Manchester United playing on Sunday at No 8 is a match destined for a good draw if science of Numbers still remains relevant in Pools computation. The 1st date of play as well the addition of the 2dates of play still work in favour of No 8. When reduced to a primary number from science of numbers computation number 27 that pairs 08 is similarly computed from both the week and one of the dates of play.

Numbers 02x 41x which played draws inn wk. 6 1st Blue were products of Pools computation from week/Dates of play. There were 6 draws altogether and stretched from the 1st to the 4th segments of the fixtures.

They included the singer draw from the Premiership with ratio 2 – 1 – 2 in the championship and Skybet Leagues one and two respectively. One draw came from the MBE’s which had in wks. 05, 06 and 07 landed on the Bar with accompanying draws. Call or text and win. Good luck.

NEW VICTORIOUS VICTOR WINNING STATEMENT.

08126994034 — SILENCE BREAKER. 03X 10X 19X 30X 40XXX — 4/4 again.

We fulfiled our 4/4 winning promised to all our clients especially the Muslim faithful with WATFORD on BAR = In week 5 and week 9.

WYCOMBE + STEVENAGE = WYCOMBE on BOREHAM = 43 xx 44.

W = 25 + S = 19 = and game on top are draw due with other 3 fixed matches. Your reliable victorious victor is your winning venue. Our new source of information is your winning guarantee N50,000 = Good luck.

Thursday, 15 - 21 September, 2016 AKIN MR AKIN –

07067202291 (15 XX 43) CONGRATULATIONS.

Our annual week 10 sensation naps is at it again = cluster draws.

Week 10’ 2014 — 15x 16x 17xxx – 15 x 43 Week 10’ 2015 — 36x 37x 38xxx – 15 x 43 Week 10’ 2016 — X X X 15 x 43 Akin mr Akin on current annual cluster draws in week 10. Join the winning team today. You are a WINNER. Call the draw director & win = N35,000 good luck.

DOUBLE SHUFFLE ADDS 14/15 TO 26/27.

(09052942626)

The system which brings 26/27 to supply a draw was not at work last week, yet 26/27 supplied a draw last week, the sixth time consecutively. Can we expect another draw from the duo this week? Our own pair however is on 14/15. May be the 4 game will supply 2 good draws. Try them.

Our 1BK still costs only N1,500, our 2 draws sell for N3,000 while our 3BKS cost N10,000 on 09052942626. God bless.

FORTUNE DONOR DONATES 40/41 (08099111828)

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JACOBSON NAP - 07065292905 (14 XX 15) 2 WEEKS WIN ON LEICESTER NO 4.

Attention to all stakers!!! Bank on coupon No 24 to draw again this week plus 2 other accurate draws and sure pair to make you win in week 10, cost only N10,000 cash.

This is an opportunty you cannot afford to miss. I don’t give idle Nap. Pay at GTB to Alhaji Sadiku Adedoja, Acct No: 0030411077.

Call 08183573342, 08057416201.

Congrats once more again!!!

Your selfless and hardworking Fortune Donor International settles on coupon Nos 40-41 for a good draw this weekend.

Use the pair well in all your entries this week. Also combine them with our 1BK and secure your 2/3. Our 1BK sells for N1,500, 2 draws cost N3,000 and 3 draws sell for N10,000 on 08099111828. Be a regular winner!

WEEK 9 – X X X – BRISTOL C XX BURTON A. WEEK 10 - X X X - BRISTOL C XX BURTON A. Bristol city must Burton as a free pair for weeks 9 & 10 and LEICESTER NO 4 winning instruction as directed by our overseas experts and prominent members of the pools panel forum in England.

WIN – WIN – WIN = now in preparation for another 2weeks win in weeks 11 and 12 on Scunthrope vs Sheff utd in weeks 11 and Shrewsbury and Swindon in week 12. NOTE = must be on same No = 31 and 31 whao! Another incredible winning gazzet cost N250,000 for weeks = 11 and 12. Hit the iron when hot in week 10 if you missed week 9 fixed NAP at the rate of N50,000 = (Newly Arrived Winning Directives. Promoters Regret = In God we trust.

ZENITH SURE NAPS – 08146879314 01 MUST 11 (17X 30X 47XX) – 23XXX.

STOKE MUST SHEFF WED = WYCOMBE ON LAST BAR = AGAIN. Week 5 – 06x 27x 42xxx – 9 x 19x — 16drs Week 7 – o2x 23x 44xxx – 14x 03f — 11drs.

Week 10 – X X X - 01 xx 11 — 12drs.

Zenith experts is your best place to win this week 10. Our weeks 5, 7 winners on the above illustration trust our winning potential. On Wycome on last bar (3rd) third time winning sure. Let’s take you to Zenith of finance N25,000 = considered fee. Good luck.

INNOCENT NAP 4X NAP 5X = 08095602590= 36 NAP 37

4 Special Draws cost N6,000, Wk 07 No 14 24x 26x 44x PAIR 38F 39X 4 Special Draws cost N6,000 Wk 08 No 13X 26X 31X 41X 4 Special Draws cost 6,000 Wk 09 No 23x 24x 26x 27x Pair 16f 17x 4 Special Draws cost N6, 000 Wk 10 No Nap Nap Nap Nap Pair 2 Special Draws cost 4,000 Wk 09 No 24x 26x Pair 16x 23x 2 Special Draws cost 4,000 Wk 10 No Nap Nap Pair Nap Nap 2 Special Draws cost N4,000 Wk 11 No Nap Nap Pair Nap Nap 1 Special Draw cost 2,000 with Pair Wk 04 No 5x wk 5 No 28 Wk 6 No 14x. wk 7 No 14x, Wk 08 No 20x Wk 9 No 10 Wk 10 No Nap Wk 11 No Nap Wk 12 No Nap. KEY WK 10 BANK NO 6. 24. PLUS 4 OTHERS PLUS 4 OTHERS. It’s time to get your own copy of our release and the Current English Booklet which is now on sale. One Banker Wk 6 got No. Nap. There is no need for much advertisement or boasting, just get your copy now without further delay. For your bookings, kindly send MTN/GLO recharges.

DR. B4 DR – 08067248396 – WEEK 10 = 01 PAIR 11.

On BRENTFORD and IPSWICH winning information. In week 5 – Brentford met Ipswich on No.13 I – 9 = stoke at away No. 19 = xxx in week 10 - Ipswich meet Aston V on No 17 ‘A’ = 1 stoke at away No 1 and sheff. Wed at away No.11 = XXX (results).

Week 5 — 10x 28x 43xxx 09 x 19x = 5/5 Week 10 —X X X — 01 X 11 = Note – Doctors winning office only operates on fixed draws directives.

We shoot on target not on doubts welcome once again to the winners abode. N50,000 – Good luck.

GODWIN NAP - 08156829811 (11XX 12) 2016/2017 UK/SCOTTISH SEASON 2 — 2 WEEKS TABULATED.

Draws programe on teams and nos = 27x 28x.

Weeks 4 and 5 = X X X X = 4/4 Northampton, Fleetwood, Portsmouth and Aberdeen. weeks 10 and 11 = another 2 weeks naps must not on forcast but on newly unveiled draw management directive from our uk based experts — N25,000. Never miss this rear opportunity today. NB= played all the 4 teams and nos last week.You are free to benefit from this week nap with a regular fee of N25,000 on weeks 10 and 11 fixed draws on teams and nos — Godwin and you will also win — stakers win — N25,000.

OLOYODE IBRAHIM SUPER NAPS 08103244128 BET 29, 30.

Special key: Bradford C meeting letter B at home or away on the same number for two consecutive weeks.

Dear sir, dear ma, I have 3 unstoppable Nap draws for weeks 10 and 11. It is your turn and time to win now if you can get my Nap for both weeks. Cost N15,000 cash weekly.

Payments at GTB, to Mr. Oloyode Ibrahim Olamide, a/c No: 0154084537.

PROFF & KING DAVID NAPS – 07069009601 = 43 MUST 23 PROMISED KEPT — 03X 23X 43XXX 17X 30XX

Two good heads are better than one, the result of our formidable pairing is the above promised kept. Everyone love to associate himself to a successful pals. Call it proof or David you are right our mission is to guarantee your winning. Free – chesterfield and Wycombe. We merged to serve you better. Welcome once again to the proof & kings winning place — N50,000 = .

PARTRICK THE ENGLISH MAN – 08154836338 (11 XX 17) 10X 30X 40XXX — 20 X 21X

Home No. 10 in week 9 to away No. 17 in week 10 – ASTON VILLA promote 3 fixed draw with home 20 team to away 11 in weeks 9 and 10 = SHEFF. WED. NAP — NAP — NAP = 11 XX 17.

We are known as promoter bitter pills that is why we always give our clients the best. Please your week 10. Sure bet is on fixed and gazzetted winning teams N35,000 — Good luck.

08183573342. BANK NO 24.

MONEY DOLLAR -

08135637650 = 18 NAP 19

4 SPECIAL DRAWS N25, 000 WK 08 NO 11X 17X 31X 33X= N25, 000 4 SPECIAL DRAWS N25, 000 WK 9 NO 10x 23x 26x 30x 4 Special Draws for N25,000 Week 10 No Nap Nap Nap Nap N25, 000 4 Special Draws for N25, 000 Week 11 No Nap Nap Nap Nap With Nap Nap= N25, 000 2 Special Draws for N 10,000 Week 7 No 14X 24X Pair 26 34x Wk 08 No 11x 31x 11x 31x 2 Special Draws for N 10,000 Week 9 No Nap 10x 30x With 7f 9f Wk 10 Nap Nap Our Week 8 Release No. 11X 17X 31X 33X WK09 NO Nap Nap. For your booking, send MTN recharge cards to 08135637650, and the message will be send to you.

MR. BILLY NAP –

08034970970 (12 MUST 15)

Again it was a mixed feelings last week 9 when 2 bankers 34, 46 and he alt 21. But sorry for the failed pair 20/22 but this week 10. Number 12 or 15 that must give 3/3 and 4/5 at N10,000. Don’t miss it.

JOSEPH INTER. NAP

08167278061.(20 XX 11) 2014 – 2015 – 2016.

ANNUAL WEEK 10 UNIQUE WINNING CALCULATION. Draws are fixed on tabulation, calculation and tabulation. Joseph newly winning key for annual week win of full payment that covers 10weeks staking experiences.

WK. 10 ‘2014 — 05X 17X 36XXX 20 – 11X WK. 10 ‘2015 — 08X 21X 42XXX 11X 20 WK. 10 ‘2016 — X X X 20 XX 11X. Please i appreciate all stakers that has accurate records for confirmation/perusal, therefore confirmed before call. Your winning is guaranteed N25,000 = Good luck.

EMIRATES WIN — 08087104491

07X 14X 43X 47XXX Free win with the above slanting of our 3week naps.

KING OF CHAIN DRAWS

08142362005=

08103222635= 31. 32. 33.

9 wk 10 Blue= 2015 No 19x 20x 21x with 36x 37x 38x Wk 10 Blue 2016 No CHAIN CHAIN CHAIN CHAIN WITH CHAIN CHAIN Wk 11 BROWN No CHAIN CHAIN CHAIN WITH CHAIN CHAIN Following wk 11. To control 3 Chain draws cost N7000= 08142362005, 08103222635= Wk 10= 2015 No 19x 20x 21x WITH 36x 37x 38x N7, 000 wk 10= 2016 No CHAIN CHAIN CHAIN WITH CHAIN CHAIN. Send MTN card= 08142362005= 08103222635= KEY EVERY WK 9. BANK NIGER NO 12. 13. 14 FOR TWO DRAWS PLUS 4 CHAIN DRAWS.

DR. SAM – 08084077244

WIN= 11X 12X 17X 43XXX Our introductory free win is stated above.

Prepare to win in weeks 9, 10 & 11 with N100, 000.

NAP 21X 40X NAP 21XX 40 MRS. HENRY 08170779623 & 08071554934 Congratulations! Congratulations!! Congratulations!!!

to all those who bought our special guarantee KEY on Nos 17XX 27XX 32XX which played 3/3 KEY:- MACCLFIELD at no 49 away, open to advance week, bank on GRIMSBY and BRADFORD C. as two fixed draw on coupon. I am releasing these to all stakers to celebrate Eid-El-Kabir.

Happy Celebration. Call now for our 3 direct/fixed draws.

GODWIN NAP ON 2-2 WEEKS TABULATED FIXED DRAWS ON TEAMS. 08156829811.

GET VICTORIOUS CALLAND WIN 08126994034

IBUKUN OLU NAP SPECIAL RELEASE

20XXXCBK 3 GAZETTED DRAWS. 1 STRONG PAIR COST N10,000 CASH. WEEK 06 RESULT 13Z 14Z 19X. DO NOT MISS IT. CALL 07026839837 CRODON.K KINGSTON YEOVIL TWO BANKER TWO BANKER TWO BANKER WK 09 N3,000 WK 09 N3,000 WK 09 N3,000 X24X F07F F15F X40X X34X X23X WK 10 BLUE WK 10 BLUE WK 10 BLUE NAP X NAP X NAP X NAP X NAP X NAP X CHECK LAST YEAR WK 8, 9, 10.

SEND MTN CARD TO 08103222635.

JACOBSON — 07065292905 BRISTOL C XX BURTON A. (14XX15) Confirmed winning in 2 weeks 9 & 10 on LEICESTER No 4 winning directive = N50,000. Guaranteed win.

DIAMOND & SOLOMON — 09091111800.

EXETER CONTROLLED 7 WEEKS NO DRAW AND NON-APPEARANCE ON COUPON IN WEEK 10 TO PRODUCE 3 FIXED DRAW. N35,000.

DIAMOND & SOLOMON NAP – 09091111800

(11 XX 12). EXETER CONTROLLED WEEK 9 NAP.

Did you aware that Exeter feather on Coupon as a setting for 7 weeks without a single draw. Exeter position in week 4, 5 and 6 = 26x 40x 34xxx to form a NAP in week 9 = NAP = 26x 34x 40xxx. Week 10 — Exeter Non appearance on Coupon controls 3 super draw.

WIN X SURE X NAP XXX — 11 XX 12.

BIRMINGHAM MUST BLACKBURN and other tabulated controlled Naps.

The duo of diamond & Solomon & resort=(Comfort place) N35,000.

WINNING SOLUTION OF MOSES – 08072974729 2 — 2 — YEARS SCHEDULED WIN.

MAN UTD – WEST HAM – READING = (READ & WIN) at away 2 up and down on Bar. WIGAN ‘A — MUST — FULHAM ON 2ND BAR. Letter ‘P’ must be at away under the 3rd bar. In week 16 ‘2014 = No. 31 = 3 + 1 = 4 Swansea must be at away.

Week 16 ‘2014 — X X X — 18 X 43 Week 10 ‘2016 — X X X — 20X 43.

Congratulations, to all our winning solution winners/friends again please don’t compromise your fortune this week fantastic winning spree. = N50,000 Good luck (please pay up today).

ZENITH ANNIVERSARY FREE WIN 11X 14X 17X 20X 43XX (08146879314)

The above game is to celerate all my esteemed friends/customers and well wishers to celebrate my golden anniversary in pools compilation. To God be the glory moreso, be informed that our week 11 special release will cost N100,000 = the above winning games is to prepare you for our 3weels anniversary NAPS & WIN. Now it is absolutely free. Please don’t bother to call. Invest handsomely against weeks 11, 12 naps. Till then good luck = N100,000.

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Fulani herdsmen wielding guns are foreign terrorists, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has said.

Since it is a house without doors that goats enter at will, those paid to secure Nigeria’s borders had better act now, before it is too late!

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REAT Britain which in 1996 finished as 36th on the Medals table with one gold medal while Nigeria was ranked 32nd on the table. However at the conclusion of the Rio Olympics, Great Britain finished 2nd overall with 27 Gold, 23 Silver and 17 bronze medals when Nigeria was ranked 78. So what has happened to Great Britain since 1996 to enable it improve dramatically while Nigeria has suffered a dip in fortune? What have we failed to do to build on the success of 1996? The answers to these questions do not require a crystal ball. We have simply failed to put our money where our mouth is. Nigeria as a country has failed to prepare for the funding of sports”.

At the close of the 2016 Olympics Games held in Brazil, Nigeria ranked 78…on the final medals table with only one bronze medal to show for its participation. This dismal performance many not have come as a surprise to some given the chaotic state of the country’s preparation for the games and the abysmal funding available to its athletes. Prior to the start of the games, it was reported that athletes billed to represent the country had been asked to source for funds to pay their airfares to the venue of the games in Brazil. While the accuracy of this report was denied by sports ministry officials, subsequent events and revelations at the games proper called into question the level of funding available for our athletes.

Firstly, the entire Nigerian team turned up at the opening ceremony in tracksuits while their foreign counterparts were adorned in attires designed to showcase the rich culture of their various countries.

The reason for this anomaly was stated to be the inability of officials to ensure that the teams attire arrived Brazil on time for the opening ceremony. Second up was the late arrival of the country’s football team.

The team arrived Manaus, the venue of its opening march against Japan, seven hours to the start of the game. The delay was attributed to logistics problems which were in turn occasioned by paucity of funds. When the games began proper, the team reportedly suffered yet another em-

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Nigeria’s poor showing at the Olympics:

Need for new approach to sports funding (1) barrassment when its members were not allowed to depart their hotel by hotel officials who insisted on full settlement of the teams bills. A prominent member of the team was reported to have picked up the bill. In an interview granted to a national daily, the Coach of the team described the poor state of affairs which characterised its preparations thus: “We lacked a lot of basic things that we could have had. There were delays with the flight arrangements, and travelling the same day we had a game and all that.

Those are things that won’t allow a team to do anything. That means we are not well-organised. When those that we would be playing against arrived there (Brazil) a week before, we arrived on the day of our first match. ..We’ve been wearing one set of jerseys for two years. We used one set of jerseys for matches throughout the competition because we didn’t have any other set of jerseys. We played with one set of jerseys in Senegal (African U-23 championship) to qualify (for the Olympics)..We didn’t have water to drink; we found a way to get water to drink because we wanted to make sure the players were perfect. They wanted to kick us out of the hotel, I begged the woman in the hotel so that we could stay before we got our tickets to travel. “ NIGERIA FAILED TO BUILD ON SUCCESS OF 1996 AND THE EXAMPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN Yet this poor showing is coming two decades after the sterling performance at the

1996 Atlanta Olympics where Nigeria recorded a total of five medals inclusive of two Gold medals. At that time it was felt that Nigeria would build upon its success at that games and use the performance of its athletes at those games as a launch pad for success at future olympic games. Interestingly the story is different for another country which was ranked lower than Nigeria at the Atlanta Olympics. That country is Great Britain which in 1996 finished as 36th on the Medals table with one gold medal while Nigeria was ranked 32nd on the table. However at the conclusion of the Rio olympics, Great Britain finished 2nd overall with 27 Gold, 23 Silver and 17 bronze medals when Nigeria was ranked 78. So what has happened to Great Britain since 1996 to enable it improve dramatically while Nigeria has suffered a dip in fortune? What have we failed to do to build on the success of 1996? The answers to these questions do not require a crystal ball. We have simply failed to put our money where our mouth is. Nigeria as a country has failed to prepare for the funding of sports.

To bring this point home, it is important to examine what Great Britain did differently after its dismal outing in 1996.

After the debacle of 1996, the British Government under the leadership of Prime Minister John Major set up a National Sports Lottery with a percentage of the earnings from the lottery going towards the funding of several national concerns including the arts and sports. Prior to that time the average national spending

on sports was in the region of five million pounds. However with the coming of the lottery funding for sports increased to the hundreds of millions. Examining the link between the increase in funding and the medal haul at the recent Olympics, the BBC wrote as follows: “The sight of Team GB above China in the Olympic medal table has led some to heap praise on John Major, whose government took the decision to launch the National Lottery. The lottery has poured money into sport in the UK…..In addition to funding athletes directly, UK Sport gives money to the governing bodies of selected sports - such as British Swimming - to spend on training facilities and trainers, such as Adam Peaty’s coach, Mel Marshall.

Reportedly, the UK government spent just £5m per year funding Olympic sport before the 1996 Atlanta games. But UK Sport spent £54m on elite sports in the runup to the Sydney games in 2000 - where Team GB won 28 medals and ranked 10th.

By the time of London 2012 it was spending £264m, and Team GB came third in the medal table, with 65 medals.

“Perhaps the strongest evidence is to compare the results Team GB are achieving now and compare them to Atlanta 1996 - the last games before National Lottery funding was introduced when we won one gold medal and came 36th in the medal table,” says a UK Sport spokesperson.

Next week I will address how Nigeria can replicate a similar system of funding here with the same level of results.

Josephine Orji sets new Paralympics record, wins Nigeria’s 8th gold

By Olawale Olaniyan JOSEPHINE Orji on Wednesday won Team Nigeria’s eighth gold medal at the ongoing Rio Paralympics.

Orji smashed the existing record to

MEDALS TABLE

Country China Great Britain Ukraine United States Brazil Australia Germany Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria

G 66 39 28 22 10 8 8 8 8 8

B 53 18 21 25 21 21 13 12 5 2

S 37 25 25 23 14 18 8 15 3 1

clinch gold in the +86kg powerlifting event taking Nigeria’s medal haul to 11 and in the process, broke the world record in the women’s +86kg powerlifting at the Rio 2016 Paralympics.

The world champion, also known as ‘Precious’ had won gold at the 2015 Asian Open with a new world record of 153kg, with very few women in the category coming close to lifting that amount of weight.

On Wednesday, the Nigerian had an impeccable performance that she established a big gap with her closest challengers. Poland’s Marzena Zieba finished second with a mark of 134kg while Netherlands’ Melaica Tuinfort took bronze lifting her best mark of 130kg.

Zieba, by her lift of 132kg in February had showed her potential ahead of the

Rio Paralympics.

The field also included Egypt’s world silver medallist Nadia Ali, who lifted 141kg at a World Cup event in Dubai in February this year. The Egyptian however placed a distant sixth on Wednes-

day.

“It’s pure determination,” said Orji.

“I came here to win for Team Nigeria, the record is an added incentive, something to cheer for me, my coaches and the entire Team Nigeria,’’ she said.

Orji, flanked by the silver medallist, Marzena Zieba (left) and the bronze medallist, Melaica Tuinfort, after she was decorated with her gold, on Wednesday.

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