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Adieu, Mama HID Awolowo

ad the reaper delayed just a little bit, she would have hit the centennial mark today. Today, after a 10day funeral programme celebrating the life and times of Yeye Odua, Chief (Dr) Hannah Idowu Dideoluwa (HID) Awolowo, the co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of ANN (Plc) and publishers of the Tribune titles, she returns to her Creator after an eventful and fulfilled life. The reaper always delights in defying wish-

ful human timing, as humans are rarely given the privilege of choosing the tenor of the major events in their lives, such as births and deaths. Otherwise, perhaps Mama might have chosen to, at least, live to witness the presentation of her biography, In the Radiance of the Sage: The Life and Times of HID Awolowo, even if she would not be spared to read it eventually. However, it is all part of the HID mystique that would guarantee her a comfortable place

in the pantheon of the great women in history. And she deserves it, for in her time, it was a thick risk to pitch tent with a politician saddled with the precarious role of freedom fighting, or agitation for independence for their countries. Many of them, who were similarly circumstanced, were less fortunate with their homes which were inexorably lost to the vagaries of politics. The list is endless. But with mutual trust and discipline, the Awolowos, contrary to the dominant

paradigm of their time, were gifted with a scandal-free and ideal home in which they raised their children in love despite vicious challenges, including the incarceration of one on trumped up charges of treasonable felony and the death of their first fruit, Segun in a ghastly auto accident. Arguably, not many of the prominent politicians of Awolowo's calibre had been so lucky to weld a stable family life in similar circumstances. Continues pg19

Kogi: APC to organise primaries to replace Audu —P35

•I don't envisage fresh primaries —AGF •INEC calls for replacement, fixes supplementary election for Dec 5 •PDP rejects substitution, asks AGF, INEC chairman to resign Fuel scarcity: Senators disagree on subsidy removal —P44 Treasury looters returning stolen fund —Buhari —P42

CBN cuts interest 16-PAGE PULLOUT ON rate from —P8 HID AWOLOWO INSIDE 13% to 11% •Buhari, govs for her burial •I have no doubt HID is in heaven —Adeboye —P43 From left, Professor A.B.O.O. Oyediran, Reverend (Mrs) Tola Oyediran, General Overseer, The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor E. A. Adeboye, Ambassador (Dr) Olatokunbo Awolowo Dosumu and the wife of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Dolapo, at the private prayer session for the Awolowo family, in Ikenne, on Tuesday. MORE PHOTOS ON PAGES 9, O2 AND N2.

HID goes home today

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HID goes home today

Police hold dress rehearsal with Dress Team 1 Stories by Olayinka Olukoya and Tunde Ogunesan

the venue of the funeral service, to make her final home

journey a memorable one. The rehearsal was led by

the Ogun State Commissioner of Police Abdulmajid

Ali, with the Police Dress Team 1, the Land Rover,

ODAY, the chairman of African Newspapers of Nigeria (ANN) Plc, publishers of the Tribune titles, Chief Dr (Mrs) Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, will be buried after an 11-day programme held across three states, in her honour. Her final journey will begin with a funeral service at Our Saviour’s Anglican Church, Ikenne, this morning, and end at her final resting place- the mausoleum, right beside her husband, who joined the triumphant saints 28 years ago. Earlier on Tuesday, horse riders in police uniforms had a dress rehearsal from the Awolowos’ residence to

Chief (Mrs) HID Awolowo lying-in-state on Tuesday.

I have no doubt HID is in heaven —Adeboye THE General Overseer, The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has said he has no doubt in his mind that the matriarch of the Awolowo family, Chief (Mrs) Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, is resting with the Lord. Pastor Adeboye said this while speaking at a private prayer session held with the family at the Efunyela Hall, Awolowo compound, Ikenne, Ogun State. The renown cleric, popularly known as “Daddy GO” entered the Awolowo compound at exactly1.00 p.m, headed straight to the hall and commenced the programme, where the family members, relations, friends and other well wishers were already seated. He said: “By the special grace of God and because of my interaction with Mama, I have no doubt at all that she is in heaven now.” Pastor Adeboye, who shared his experience with the audience on how he was privileged to confirm that Mama was resting in heaven, noted that he had a personal encounter with Mama Awolowo two weeks before her death. According to Pastor Adeboye: “Before Mama passed on, she was making a request and I was contacted. I won’t go into details about the request, but I was abroad and when I came back, I saw her and we had a little discussion before she passed away. As a result of that, I have no doubt that Mama is resting

with the Lord.” He then used the occasion to charge the congregation who gathered inside the Efunyela Hall to also work to make heaven. “You have have to consider your own case, because all of us can’t say when it will be our turn. Would you end up resting in the Lord or you end up on he other side? The choice is yours.” The General Overseer then led the 20 minutes prayer session, which he classically said was being held on three points. According to him, “the question is why are

we having a special prayer at this time like this? The reasons are — number one, time of celebration is when we are most vulnerable to the enemies. If you look through the scriptures, you will find out that most of the people who ran into serious problems got into trouble because of celebration and we don’t want that to happen during this celebration. “This is a very big celebration involving the whole nation. We want to pray in advance that nothing evil will happen to us during this celebration and after this

celebration. “Second reason we need to pray is because a lot and lots of people will be coming. We don’t want anybody to say that it was when I was when returning for any occasion that I had an accident. We have started peacefully and we will end it peacefully. We want people to come in peace and return in peace. “Thirdly, we need to pray because of the legacy of our parents who had gone. We want it said that after the transition of Papa and Mama, the Awolowo family became stronger and bigger.

We don’t want a situation where things will now begin to diminish. We want to pray for the legacy they are leaving behind that the Almighty God will keep the legacy and move the children to higher heights,” he said. Also, a Christian ministry, Christ the Redeemer’s Friend International (CRFI), which is serving as a tool to achieve one of the purposes for which God called Pastor Adeboye into the ministry distributed a handbook entitled: “A good wife goes home” after the prayer session.

which will carry Mama to the church. The dress rehearsal team was put through by Reverend (Mrs) Omotola Oyediran. The team rehearsed on how best to carry the remains of the deceased, who will be interred in a goldplated casket made in Italy, weighing 140 kilogrammes. Thereafter, the Dress Team 1 was also led through a route her remains would take to the church. Meanwhile, finishing touches were being put on rehabilitation of Sagamu/ Ikenne Road on Tuesday, in particular, car parks and nearby school, where important dignitaries who are expected to come by helicopter would land. Also, there was heavy present of security personnel at the deceased’s compound and on major roads leading to Ikenne and even inside the town. Hundreds of men of the Nigeria Police, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), men of the Department of State Security Service (DSS), among others. Road leading to the Awolowos’ residence had been barricaded, especially as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, his wife, Dolapo and other special dignitaries were already in Ikenne. It was learnt that President Muhammadu Buhari, state governors, members of the diplomatic corps and other eminent personalities from different walks of life would be in attendance.

HID, a role model for any woman to emulate —Uduaghan FORMER governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, has described Chief (Mrs) HID Awolowo as role model for every woman to emulate. Uduaghan stated this on Tuesday while speaking with journalists when he paid a condolence visit to the Awolowos at the Efunyela hall, Ikenne. Uduaghan said: “Mama was a real mother and a role model for every woman to emulate. She was a wife and leader and of course, somebody who gave her children good upbringing. “She is a mother every woman should emulate. She was a mother to all persons, both the biological and non-biological, to somebody like me. She was my mother. She was somebody that had good

memory. She remembered the wrapper I tied five years after, to tell you the kind of memory that she has.

“She always insist any time I came visiting her that I must eat. She is that kind of a nice woman. God

has blessed Nigeria with the Awolowo family. I sincerely believe that they have made a lot of impact on Nigerians,

including my own life and I want to say thank you to the family. She was an epitome of good motherhood.”

Kaduna govt begins sensitisation on LG harmonised tax law KADUNA State Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Alhaji Shehu Balarabe, has called on trade groups and market associations within the state to study the harmonised local government tax law, so as to ensure they comply with paying appropriately as legally required. The commissioner made this statement while declaring open the ministry’s business week, a platform for interaction with the private sector. The forum, supported by DFiD’s Enhancing Nigerian Advocacy for a Batter Business Environment (EN-

ABLE), was an opportunity to brief the market associations on how the government is making efforts to alleviate the business environment, particularly with regards to harmonised local government taxes which were discovered to be too burdensome to the business community. The taxes were reduced from 200 different sources to just 19. The commissioner further stated that the Mallam Nasir el-Rufai-led administration would fulfill its promise to create an enabling environment for legal businesses to thrive.

He added that the governor would create a quarterly interactive forum for direct interface between government and private sector, effective 2016. Alhaji Balarabe further informed the participants that the harmonised taxation had provision for refund of excess tax paid; establishment of public private dialogue committee at the state level, whereby the committee takes complaints from taxpayers. He pointed out that the harmonised rates and levies would eliminate multiple taxation that overlapped

between state and local governments taxes. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Tijjani A. Musa, while thanking the market traders for responding promptly to the ministry’s call, stated that the ministry was aware of the complexity of local government taxes and its toil on businesses; hence, the need for all to embrace the harmonisation of the rates and levies. He urged the participants to take advantage of the sensitisation programme by ensuring that they only pay the approved taxes and rates.

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CHRISTIAN WAKE KEEP BY ANGLICAN COMMUNINON IN IKENNE

10 1. From left, Reverend (Mrs) Tola Oyediran, Ambassador (Dr) Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, his wife, Dolapo and the wife of the Osun State governor, Alhaja Sherifat Aregbesola. 2. Cross section of clerics at the wake keep. 3. From left, Mrs Bola Awolowo, Mr Segun Awolowo and Professor Kayode Oyediran. 4. Cross section of grandchildren and great grandchildren of Chief HID Awolowo. 5. From left, former governor of Lagos State, Chief Lateef Jakande; his wife, Abimbola; Mrs Vivienne Okde and Chief (Mrs) Abba Folawiyo. 6. From left, Chief (Mrs) Oprah Benson, Dr Doyin Abiola and Chief (Mrs) Florence Ita-

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Giwa. 7. Mr Doyin Okupe and Mr Akin Osuntokun. 8. From left, Mrs Adaora Oyediran, Babatunde Adeyemi, Funmi Adeyemi, Mrs Yejide Badmus and Alhaji Tunde Badmus. 9. Bola Adegbenro, Olori Funmilayo Adegbenro Aderemi, Mrs Yemi Alabi and former Lagos State deputy governor, Alhaja Aderoju Ojikutu. 10. Cross section of Provincial Guild of Students, Province of Lagos, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion).

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Senate probes AIPB’s failure to publish air accident’s reports Taiwo Adisa and Ayodele Adesanmi - Abuja

HE Senate, on Tuesday, commenced a probe into the activities of the Accident Investigation and Prevention Bureau (AIPB) in respect of reports of air crashes in the country. The decision to probe the reports of past air crashes was sequel to the debate of a motion entitled, “The need to publish accident investigation reports” sponsored by Senator Theodore Orji (PDP Abia Central). The senator decried the failure of AIPB to publish and carry out holistic investigation into probe of past air crashes. The senator, in his lead debate, said that the AIPB had failed to publish details of its investigations into the crashes of Bellview, Sosoliso, ADC and Dana Air between 2005 and 2012, adding that nothing has been heard about the crashes till date. He said: “The Senate remembers with sorrow and sadness the Bellview Airline crash of 2005, the Sosoliso Airline crash of also 2005, the ADC Airline crash of 2006 and the Dana Airline

flight number 0992 of 2012.” He added: “in all of these unfortunate incidents, precious lives were lost, the nation mourned and investigations were also ordered to find out the immediate and remote cause.” The senator further stated:,

“the publication of air accident investigation report will do no harm to nobody but will only enable pilots, engineers to learn from past mistakes and help members of the public to be informed on how to also be vigilant as to developments that could endanger their safety.”

Suspect dies in police cell in Delta Ebenezer Adurokiya - Warri

A suspect, Ebi Ogodobiri, has died in the custody of the Nigeria Police Command, Asaba, Delta State. The suspect was residing behind Family Super Market, Asaba. He was detained at A’ Division Police Station, Asaba, in connection with the offence of office breaking/stealing. Ogodobiri was said to have complained of severe headache but died before medical help could reach him at the Police Hospital in Asaba. The corpse of the suspect, whose death occurred last Friday, has been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre mortuary in Asaba for a postmortem. Delta State Police Public

Relations Officer (PPRO), Celestina Kalu, a DSP, confirmed the incident in a statement. She said further investigation into the incident was ongoing. Meanwhile, the police in Delta has denied shielding the identity of two cops who allegedly killed one Nsika Amos at Number 2, Omarekwe Street, Okurede-Urhobo, in Warri, on November 2. DSP Kalu, in a statement, disclosed the identity of the two killer-cops as Cpl. Ademoye Segun and Cpl. Danazumi Mohammed. She said both suspects were attached to Mopol 36 Birnin Kebbi and were on a special duty at Eagle Height International School, Warri, when they, in error, snuffed life out of the AwkaIbom-born Nsika.

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Of man, nature and harmony

VIDENTLY, the human environment is made up of many beautiful things that all played out well at the beginning of time until man’s intervention. Man is constantly spoiling these works that took nature years to create, the creator in his infinite wisdom made our environment in the best possible way with colourful flowers, beauti-

Letter to Nigerian politicians TO say Chief Obafemi Awolowo is one of the greatest Nigerians who ever lived is saying the obvious. Through his fight for his people, Chief Awolowo remains a model for everybody in Nigeria, particularly people of the South West. It was also with great joy when I listened to Chief Adeniyi Akintola’s interview on the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), where he spoke glowingly about Chief Awolowo. The legal luminary explained how much he benefited from Chief Awolowo’s policies, particularly the free education programme. Chief Awolowo did his best to eradicate illiteracy in the country; a large number of people would not have been learned if not for the former Premier of the Western region. I quite agree with Chief Akintola when he said Awo’s name will never be forgotten by the people of the South West. We shouldn’t forget that after all these years, our politicians still want to identify with the Sage; this goes a long way to show how highly revered he is. I, therefore, want to use this opportunity to call on today’s politicians to give their best to the people so that they can say good things about them when they are no longer in power. •Jimoh Mumin, jimohmumin@yahoo.com

ful trees, amazing insects, mountains among others. These creations are made to be appreciated and developed on until man decided to bend nature to his will thereby upsetting the balance of Life. A lot of advantages are derived from these natural components of the environment which is the reason why they should all be treasured by man. Basically they make our living possible as they provide some substance we cannot survive without. Scientifically, it is believed that trees have the ability to convert Carbon dioxide into oxygen necessary for human respiration; they also provide shade from the sun, prevent erosion and are a very valuable raw material in making furniture, paper and other things of importance. Flowers beautify the environment, serve as

deodorants and a raw material in making perfumes; some other plants also serve as food and nutritional supplements as everything created by God has a purpose. Oceans, rivers, brooks and springs all serve human functions as there can be no life without water. Valuable natural minerals are also gained from land and it has other indispensable functions. But despite these fundamental benefits, man instead of preserving nature engage in habits that not only kill nature but kill man as they are inseparable. The level at which we degrade nature is astonishing. Deforestation, pollution, bush burning and ozone layer depletion and other habits that lead to climate change, disease outbreaks, disasters that claim lives and proper-

ties, all affect man one way or the other. In order to curb these habits we need to increase our level of discipline and awareness to the fact that man and nature has to cohabit in harmony without one

killing the other. Although our day to day activities may warrant us disturbing these beautiful works of nature it is advisory that we restore whatever is destroyed by keeping good hygiene and

protecting our environment in the best way possible. •Shittu Sodeeq Solape, Mass Communication Department, The Polytechnic, Ibadan.

As Mama HID transits finally today THE celebrations in honour of Mama HID Awolowo will come to a climax today when she is finally interred. Since Mama’s transition on September 19, tributes have been pouring in for her. Many spoke about her support for her husband, Chief Obafemi Awolowo while he led the Yoruba people. There is a popular saying in Yorubaland that: “Eni aiye ye l’orun a ye,” meaning heaven will honour only those the earth honours. Going by the tributes

pouring in for Mama, we have seen that the earth has honoured her, and I am sure that she has been ushered into heavenly glory. As Mama transits finally today, I want to urge the family to continue to lead the Yoruba race. It may not be politically, but by giving advice where necessary. The family should continue to unite the Yoruba people. When Mama was alive, she saw everybody as her child; she welcomed people with different political and religious affliations,

and this is what I want her surviving biological children to continue to do. May God give them the wisdom to step into the shoes of their great parents. •Yekini Akanni, Sagamu, Ogun State.

Govs and the N18,000 minimum wage RECENTLY, governors met in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, to discuss the issue of the N18,000 minimum wage, which had been generating controversy in some states of the federation. At the end of their deliberations, the governors concluded that they would not be able to continue to pay the N18,000 minimum wage. This has, therefore, prompted the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to go against the governors. Instead of not wanting to pay the N18,000 minimum wage, governors should simply look inward by generating more revenue. The era of relying only on the Federal Government is over, and it is high time governors got more creative. Civil servants will never accept a reduction in their pay, and I am calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to call these state governors to order. The solution to this problem is just for the governors to look inward. •Fatoki Olaoluwa E, olasmart4eva@yahoo.com

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Adieu Mama HID Awolowo (Continued from Front Page) Her husband, Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo, SAN, who 28 years earlier, responded to the reaper’s call was indubitably the most influential politician in Africa, south of the Sahara to make a yet to be matched impact on the people of their country in terms of policy formulation and implementation with reverberating effects through many subsequent generations. As many have observed, Mama’s role as a pillar of support for her husband put her in the lead amongst women. Mama was able to sustain the Awolowo legacy without flinching. Papa’s views on public education, social welfare, public health and sustainance of the African newspapers of Nigeria (ANN) as a publishing outfit were all properly nurtured and prevented from going to seed after his demise. Her astute management prowess stood her in good stead to keep the publishing outfit from going under in the precarious business environment which the country offered. For instance, Mama, in her lifetime, was reputed to be ruthlessly punctual at board meetings until she breathed her last, the pressure of aging notwithstanding. She gave her all for the survival and relevance of all the legacies left behind by her doting husband whom she loved and respected till the very end. Perhaps, for us at the Nigerian Tribune, her efforts at stabilising the newspaper in the predatory business environment, which Nigeria represents, is the most rewarding and delightful experience of all. Turning 66 recently, the Nigerian Tribune is the oldest private newspaper in Nigeria, out of which Mama sat on the board for 64 years during which she showed how to be in charge of a business without being meddlesome. It was somehow possible for mama to trust professional

editorial judgment without forcing her views on the management and this, easily, is the reason for the newspaper’s continuous success and achievements. Although Mama departed at a good old age, it will be impossible not to miss her for her motherly mien which is legendary without being indulgent. It will also be impossible not to miss her astute business decisions that are far beyond the capacity of even trained business moguls most of them contrived from street wisdom and experience. It is enthralling that Mama departed like her husband to whom she was married for about five decades with her integrity and senses intact. It is not for nothing that Mama was named after the heralding of her saviour’s second coming, even though that fact was lost on the many people who could not pronounce her Yoruba name, Dideoluwa ku si dede, correctly. Certainly, we are not mourning; we are, however, celebrating a life lived in full for an accomplished purpose. Many women are mothers, and very good ones at that. But it takes a special individual to be a Matriarch. That person has to have the instincts of nurturing, the aura of knowledge and wisdom, and the patience to be the mother of more than just her immediate offspring, Segun, Tola, Wole, Ayo and Tokunbo. It takes years to fortify this role. For us at the Tribune House, it has been 64 years of being where she was needed, solving crisis after crisis, and being the mother within the family that everyone looked up to, trusted and felt safe with. The affirmation of her authority blended with her soft side as she empathised with us as we battled the turbulent media world that exists in Nigeria. True Matriarchs don’t work at being who they are. They just do it. Adieu Mama, Hannah Idowu Dideoluwa ku si dede. Our truest Matriarch.

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My memories of Papa and Mama Awolowo By Gbenga Daniel

NCIDENTALLY, you cannot talk about Mama Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo without talking about Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo. They are simply two of a kind. The Awos’ marriage was a collaboration of genius and commitment. It could well be said that Mama’s support ignited and sustained the flame of Chief Awolowo’s long-held visions as she was ready to spend her life side by side her husband in their patriotic, humanitarian and political dreams. I found in Mama not quite a lot of difference between the two great personalities — strong-willed, highly disciplined, sharp memory and uncanny attention to details. My early ‘meeting’ with Chief Awolowo was through his books at the library. As a young university undergraduate, I read a lot of biographies and autobiographies. I read all the books written by Chief Awolowo and I came to the conclusion that this is one personality that was clearly misunderstood and I was determined to meet him personally. I was in my third year at the University of Lagos then. I summoned the courage and made for his house. He ushered me in, gave me audience and we spoke. He even gave me N10 as transport fare. And since that day, I got hooked with the family. We then set up a club then at the university, the Dyna Club. Actually, the club was a sort of cover-up. It was intended to gather together politically-minded young undergraduates in readiness for the second republic. That was how I found myself as a young unofficial member of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) when the ban on politics was lifted in 1978. The first thing one can decipher about Papa is that he was highly disciplined. If he said this is what he would do, you could take it to the bank. He was a man of his words. When he came with the idea of free education in the Western region in 1952, not many approved of it, but

he knew what he was going to do to achieve it. Although, he met with stiff opposition in the short run, he still pursued it. Now, everybody is talking about free education,

I doubt if we can easily find a couple like that of Papa and Mama again.

even up North. When I heard the news that some governors said they would adopt the free education policy in their states, I said to myself: this is what Awolowo did in 1952 Western region now re-echoing in 2015 Nigeria! Awo was a man of integrity, honesty, hard work, research and very deep thinker. A number of people was of the opinion that he came ahead of his time. One philosophy I learnt from Papa was that one must be principled. Whatever you cannot stand for, don’t do! Papa was not celebrated when he was alive but God gave Mama the grace to live long and see the greatness in Chief Awolowo. Mama was not only an obedient housewife; she kept the family, business and Chief Awolowo’s political family together. Today, anybody who wants to do anything politically still needs to go to and get affiliated with the Awo family. After Papa’s demise, Mama provided leadership for all, including Afenifere and its offshoots. Firm but noble, full of charm, grace and beauty, her intellect combined with her unique resilience made her a unique woman. Even at nearly a century, Mama still looked cheerful, impeccably dressed and sharp as a tack. Having lived her life so full of love, the way we can best honour Mama is to follow her steps and beliefs as much as we could. How great could it have been if our daughters strive to be such woman of faith, compassion, ability and love, all of which she was. My wife, Yeye Olufunke Daniel, met her few days before she passed on, and she (my wife) came back to inform me that by the look of things, Mama was ‘going’. Regrettably, I doubt if we can easily find a couple like that of Papa and Mama again, but we take solace in the Awolowo legacy, which has, arguably, remained unmatched in the political history of Nigeria. •Chief Daniel is a former governor of Ogun State.

Of marriage, motherhood and fatherhood By Ademola Orunbon

I have always known my wife to be a strong and determined woman. Sometimes, I call her the “Amazon” or “Iron Lady” but each time she was in the labour ward, the iron in her always melted. I could not believe it. So the pain could be that dreadfully bad? I hope science discovers something soonest that would help reduce it. Our formation - into intricate and very delicate interwoven cells, veins, arteries, arterioles, muscles, flesh and bones, is all but a profound miracle. Any man who is worthy of the name man has no right to kill a child or even any human being. Left to some of us, infanticide should be visited with instant death penalty. For a woman to carry a child for nine months and then turn around to kill that baby is unbelievable, yet it does happens. Most medics see such women as suffering from “Post Natal Depression.” More dreadful, as is the in-thing in Lagos State, is to brand a child a witch. In Nigeria, if there is no term or nobody to explain the term “post Natal depression”, the people concluded that the woman is also a witch. However, even though post natal depression is more prevalent in the advanced countries where there is complete lack of community spirit and sincere social interaction, that fact is that our “extended family” principles and practice has effectively nipped in the bud the early manifestation of such dangerous state of mind. In Africa, post natal depression are easily taken care of by the abundant presence of a couple’s extended family member. Their daily presence is a succour and a curative measure for the onset of its symptoms. In Europe, everything (including social relationships), is a commodity with an affixed price tag. In African tradition, a child is God’s gift to a family and must be accepted whether it was born out of wedlock or in it. I find it strange to use very funny but derogatory sounding terminologies like “bastard” or “illegitimate child”. To me, their coinage and usage ought to be limited to the English culture where authoritative assertiveness, bequeathed on all British citizens, is the order of the day. Every child has bona fide father and mother. Though, in the way we had lived, and even in modern time too, it is

traditionally wrong for a lady to have children when her “bride wealth” has not been paid for by a man; but, that does not mean if the woman per chance becomes pregnant and gives birth, the child should not be absorbed into a family. Again, it is not every man that has paternal instinct just as it is not every woman that has maternal instinct. Some people just want to give birth and run away from responsibility. I call them simplicity-seekers. A man who flees because his wife or partner has given birth to a baby cannot claim to have paternal instinct. This is notwithstanding the man’s social economic status or maternal condition. He has got to support his wife, his partner, and most important of all, his child. Financial support is not the all in social relationships. Moral support and the fact that one is always there from cradle to adulthood is equally of beneficial importance. Following from this and in the African tradition, the fact that you are a “biological father” does not automatically confer on you the status of “a social father”. If your demeanour and character as a “biological father” has a question mark, the “other others” and “significant others” will take control immediately. In other words, by the principle of the unity of the extended family practice, a neonate is never left in the cold. The child must be taken care of by either the mother’s or father’s siblings or by any

member of that extended family unit. Part of the work of the UK “SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT” has been effectively shortened and taken care of by the intricate working of our extended family system. Though modernisation has impeded and somehow truncated its peaceful but gradual process of evolution, most of its practices are still intact in our countryside and villages. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, the joy of motherhood is, therefore, the joy of fatherhood. Women, especially African women, have this erroneous believe that the inability of children to start coming in a marriage is more of their headache. This is very, very wrong. 101% of men who sincerely go into marriage, especially African marriages, go into it not only for the sake of love and companionship but for the sake of procreation. Every man will like to reproduce himself for his sake and for the continual evolution and existence of society. Women should always have it at the back of their minds that for a man to genuinely and sincerely choose you out of a whole lot, kneel before you to propose and then later vowed to live the rest of his life with you, is a surmounting obligation which goes with enormous responsibility. That is why I will always advise men not to easily open their mouth and propose to a woman. Men have got to be psychologically ready and mature to utter such words. No lady, even though she may decline a particular proposal, take such utterances lightly. Watch and look directly into a lady’s eyes when a proposal is being made and you will understand what I mean. They do not take it lightly. And when a man later goes back on his words, the woman, who had earlier accepted the proposal is deeply hurt. It becomes even worse when the man has traditionally “knocked” (isu’bu lule, in Yoruba usage) at the homestead of the girl’s family as a prelude towards the eventual consummation of the marriage. May God almighty be with us. •Orunbon, a political analyst wrote in from 17, Ajanosi Street, Oke-Posun, Epe, Lagos State.

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Dickson ends campaign Saturday Austin Ebipade-Yenagoa

HE Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, said its candidate, Seriake Dickson, will hold the grand finale of his campaign on Saturday, in Yenagoa, the state capital, in what it claimed will be the “Mother of all rallies”. In a statement by the Director of Publicity of the Restoration Campaign Organisation, Jonathan Obuebite, the mega rally is

a culmination of Governor Dickson’s community-tocommunity tours, a grassroots campaign which had taken him to the nooks and crannies of the state in the last one month, spreading his message of restoration and consolidation of peace, security and development through his re-election. Obuebite said the grand finale which would also witness the presentation of PDP flag to Dickson and his running mate by the national leadership of the party as a symbolic ritual of

his aspiration and support would no doubt shut down the state capital due to the expected crowd which, he

said, will make the reported uncommon crowd at his declaration ceremony of September 8 a child’s play.

Wednesday, 25 November, 2015

Lagosmetro 1 feared dead as container falls on vehicle in Apapa Olalekan Olabulo

HERE was palpable confusion around Itire area of Lagos State, along the Apapa – Oshodi Expressway as a trailer truck laden with a container fell on a vehicle. One person who was identified as the driver of the crushed vehicle was feared dead in the accident. The accident created intense gridlock along the expressway as a large portion of the road was blocked by the trailer and the container. Lagos Metro gathered that the truck was coming from the Apapa end of the road and was heading towards Oshodi, when the accident happened. Eye witnesses at the scene of the incident blamed the fallen container on the bad state of the road which according to them has con-

tinued to contribute to a lot of accidents. The trailer was reportedly trying to navigate a

ditch in the middle of the road when one of its tyres fell into the ditch resulting in the accident.

Ibrahim Farinloye, the spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Agency, confirmed

THE Lagos State Government has said that over 282 roads have been rehabilitated in the last six months, just as it assured residents that the ongoing construction across the metropolis will be completed in due course. General Manager of the Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC), Mr Ayotunde Sodeinde, who gave the assurance on Tuesday while briefing newsmen on the work done so far, said that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s desire was to see that the roads across the state were motorable. “We have done 282 roads since June 2015 till date. We have listed another 189 roads and anytime from now we would start. We would work every day and night to ensure we make life more comfortable for residents in the state,” he said. He listed some of the roads completed and fully rehabilitated to include Metal Box Road, Acme Road inward Akilo, Ejigbo-Ikotun Road among others, while extensive fixing of potholes were

also carried out on other roads. He also listed some roads such as Alfa Nla/Capitol Road in Agege, Brown Street in Oshodi, Okota road in Isolo as some of the roads under construction. “Metal Box Road and Acme Road are special projects; they are not routine projects that we do. The routine projects are

about 280. If I start to mention all of them, it would take a lot of time. We are doing the second asphalting on Ejigbo, the place is quite motorable now. We have finished that Ikotun-Ijegun. Why I said it is 85 per cent completed is because of the drainage system.” Sodeinde said the rehabilitation of these roads has to

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a large extent reduced the traffic congestion in the last three weeks, saying that the Public Works Gangs were working day and night to give the roads a facelift. “The governor is not sitting down; he wants all the roads in Lagos to be motorable. He wants the hard life that Lagosians are going through to be alleviated. He

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cannot stand Lagosians going through hardship and most of these roads. People are testifying now that the traffic is moving. You know when the roads are good, it means economic growth.” He assured that by the end of December, the LSPWC would have rehabilitated more roads across the state.

TWO members of a robbery gang who attacked and injured a woman and her baby have been arrested by policemen from the Lagos State Police Command. The two suspects simply identified as Wasiu Iku and Seun Esu had reportedly attacked a motorcycle which was conveying the mother and the injured baby to their home. Lagos Metro gathered that the Wasiu and Seun wanted to snatch the victim’s bag, which resulted in the motorcycle accident that injured the woman and her baby. The baby had a deep cut very close to one of his eyes while the mother was also injured. The state police boss, Fatai Owoseni, who paraded the suspects, stated that they would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded. The suspects are currently being detained at the headquarters of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the state police command for further investigations. One of the suspects, Seun, while speaking with Lagos Metro said confessed to the crime. “I must confess, I regretted what we did to the mother and child. When the police showed us the deep cut in the baby’s eye, I wept. I am nicknamed Esu meaning Devil but I am not a wicked person. It is because I am ugly that I am called devil,” he said.

Lagos has highest number of prison inmates in Nigeria — Prisons controller Ayomide Owonibi Odekanyin THE Controller of Prisons, Lagos State, Vincent Ubi, on Tuesday said that Lagos

State has the highest number of prison inmates in Nigeria. Ubi, who stated this during a courtesy visit by the

Court grants phone thief N10,000 bail Ayomide Owonibi Odekanyin A 30-year-old man, Promise Nwambuko, has been accused of stealing a cell phone valued at N25,000. Nwambuko was accused of stealing the phone at Rita Lori Hotel, along Babs Animashaun Road, Surulere. The victim Tashie Bamidele, went to the station to

report that his cell phone was stolen by the accused while he was charging it in the swimming pool bar of the hotel. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs M.I. Dan-Oni, granted the accused bail in the sum of N10,000, with one surety in like sum. She adjourned the case till December 2 for mention.

Attorney-General of Lagos State and Commissioner of Justice, Adeniji Kazeem, lamented the manner in which many people that ought not to be remanded in prison were sent behind bars. The attorney-general, however, pledged to support the Nigerian Prisons Service to decongest the prison. Adeniji noted that as a federal agency, the Nigeria Prisons Service was critical in the administration of justice. “As a federal agency, the Prison Services is in partnership with Lagos State. It plays an important role in the administration of justice. It is so critical when

there is so much crime and people are brought to prison for rehabilitation. I want to pledge the full cooperation of my administration and Ministry of Justice to support prison services,” he said. He further said the Ministry of Justice now has a community service desk and emphasized the importance of creating a database of prisoners so as to monitor them. The controller said Lagos prisons has 6,258 inmates, the highest in the country, out of which 90 per cent of them are from the South West.

“No other state has such number. When police arrest criminals, they take them to court and the court remands them in prison. So the bus stop of national security is the prison,” he said. He urged the Lagos State Security Council to always involve officers of the Nigeria Prison Service in any decision concerning security in the state. The attorney-general who also paid a visit to the Office of the Public Defender (OPD), also promised to see to the welfare of the staff of the agency through provisions of working materials and personnel.

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Kogi: APC to organise primaries to replace Audu

•Supplementary election holds Dec 5 •I don’t envisage fresh primaries —AGF •PDP rejects substitution of APC candidate, demands resignation of AGF, INEC boss Jacob Segun Olatunji, Kolawole Daniel, Sunday Ejike - Abuja

ATIONAL chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Tuesday, said it would soon announce the replacement for the late Kogi State governorship candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu, through another round of primaries. Chief Odigie-Oyegun, while briefing newsmen in Abuja, said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was in agreement with the views of the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami. Malami had on Tuesday said the All Progressives Congress (APC) would only need to substitute its candidate, Prince Audu, who died on Sunday, for the inconclusive governorship election in Kogi State. Malami, who spoke in Abuja, at a seminar organised by the Nigerian Law Reform Commission on the reform of the National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency (Establishment) Act, said the governorship election in the state had to be concluded. Malami said the APC would have to substitute its candidate for the purpose of the supplementary election, but however, did not say the party’s deputy governorship candidate, James Abiodun Faleke, would automatically step in as the candidate. “The issue is very straightforward. Fundamentally, Section 33 of the Electoral Act is very clear that in case of death, the right for substitution by a political party is sustained by the provisions of section 33 of the Electoral Act. “And if you have a community reading of that section with Section 221 of the constitution, which clearly indicates that the right to vote is the right of a political party and the party in this case, the APC, has participated in the conduct of the election. “It is, therefore, apparent that the combination community reading of the two provisions does not leave any room for conjecture. APC as a party, is entitled to substitution by the clear provisions of section 33 of the Electoral Act.

“Also, Section 221 of the constitution is clear that the votes that were cast were in favour of the APC. Arising from that deduction, it does not require any legal interpretation. “The interpretation is clear: APC will substitute, which right has been sustained by Section 33 of the Electoral Act. So be it,” the AGF stated. Asked if that substitution should automatically benefit Faleke, Malami said: “It all depends on the appreciation of issues arising from the primaries conducted before now. “There was a first and a second candidate. That primaries that had taken place over time had not by anyway been nullified and is recognised by law. “But then, a further consideration would be the idea of conducting another primaries, but that is not envisaged in view of the sustainability of the first primaries,” the Chief Law Officer stated. However, Odigie-Oyegun announced that the party had already received a letter from the electoral body to provide a candidate ahead conclusion of the election scheduled for December 5 in the affected 91 polling units. According to him, due process would be followed in choosing a replacement for its candidate, saying “the electorate will determine the fate of the running mate.” Speaking further, he said:

“It’s in the public space already that the Chief Law Officer of the Republic has made his views known on how things should develop from this stage on. “He has made a pronouncement to the effect that all that is required is for the APC to go through the processes of providing a substitute to our late candidate. “The implication being that thereafter the supplementary elections to conclude the process of electing a new governor of Kogi State will begin to be put in place, so, as a party, we are going to proceed with the process of organising primaries to produce a substitute candidate for Audu. “The INEC is also in agreement with the views of the Attorney-General, because we have already received a letter from them, formally asking us to find a replacement for the vacancy that has been created by the passing on of Prince Audu, so that is what will engage the APC at this moment,” he stated. Earlier, INEC, in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, on Tuesday, by its secretary, Mrs August Ogakwu, said the APC had, on Tuesday, formally informed it about the death of its candidate in the ellection, Prince Audu. It declared that following this development, the commission would “allow the APC to fill the vacancy cre-

ated by the death of its candidate. “Accordingly, notice is, hereby, given to all the 22 political parties participating in the Kogi governorship election that supplementary election in the 91 affected polling units shall hold on December 5, dated this 24th date of November 2015,” the commission stated. Reacting to the development, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the move by the APC to replace its candidate for the inconclusive Kogi State governorship election even before the process could run its course. The opposition party has accused the AGF, Mallam Malami and the chairman of the INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, of trying to subvert the constitution of the country through their decision to implement the illegality. National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, addressed a press conference in Abuja, on Tuesday, following a meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) and demanded the resignation of the two officials. According to him, Malami has to immediately vacate his office for harrying and misleading INEC into arriving at an unconstitutional decision to allow the APC to substitute its candidate in the inconclusive Kogi State governorship election. He said: “The party is

shocked that INEC, a supposedly independent electoral umpire, could allow itself to succumb to the antics of the APC, by following the unlawful directive of an obviously partisan AGF to substitute a candidate in the middle of the ballot process. “We are all aware that the two legal documents guiding INEC in the conduct of elections; the constitution and the Electoral Act, have provisions for electoral exigencies, as well as empower the electoral body to fully take responsibility for any of its actions or inaction, without undue interference from any quarters whatsoever. “We are, therefore, at a loss as to which sections of these two relevant laws INEC and the AGF relied on in arriving at their bizarre decision to substitute a dead candidate in an ongoing election even after the timeline for such has elapsed under all the rules. “INEC as a statutory body, has the full complements of technical hands in its legal department to advise it appropriately and we wonder why it had to wait for directives from the AGF, an external party, if not for partisan and subjective interest. “Consequently, the PDP rejects, in its entirety, this brazen move by the APC and INEC to circumvent the laws and ambush the yetto-be concluded election by introducing a practice that is completely alien to the constitution and the Elec-

toral Act. “The clear implication of this action of the AGF and INEC is that the APC would be fielding two different governorship candidates in the ongoing Kogi election, meaning that INEC would be transferring votes cast for late Prince Audu to another candidate, scenarios that have no place in the constitution of the land. “Whereas the PDP, in honour of the sanctity of human life and respect for the dead, had since Sunday, refrained from making comments on the conduct of the election, we can no longer maintain such in the face of the barefaced attack on our democracy. “This INEC, under the leadership of Professor Yakubu, has shown itself as partisan, morally bankrupt and obviously incapable of conducting a credible election within our laws. “In view of the foregoing, therefore, the PDP demands an immediate resignation of the INEC chairman, as the nation’s democracy cannot afford to be left in the hands of an electoral umpire that cannot exert its independence and the sanctity of the electoral process.” Worried by the developments concerning the Kogi poll, the PDP has now summoned an emergency meeting of its national caucus on Wednesday, November 25, “to take a decision on this obvious threat to our democracy.”

ADC threatens to sue INEC over Kogi supplementary poll By Kunle Oderemi THE African Democratic Congress (ADC) national chairman, Chief Ralph Nwosu, on Tuesday, threatened to stop the supplementary election in Kogi State fixed for December 5, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He was reacting to the announcement by the commission that it had chosen the date to complete last Saturday’s governorship poll, which was declared inconclusive by INEC. The sudden death of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Abubarka Audu on Sunday hours after he cast his vote had triggered anxiety of a looming constitutional crisis. Nwosu described as im-

punity of the highest order, the announcement of the INEC on the new date, as well as the pronouncement by the office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, that APC will replace the name of Audu for the poll for the supplementary poll. “World over, the judiciary recognises the place

of a person who has transitioned.. Nigeria cannot be an exception. It is sad but death of candidate/Governor Audu nullifies the Kogi election,” Chief Nwosu said. The deceased was coasting home to victory, having polled a total of 240,867 votes, as against 199, 514, by incumbent Governor Idris Wada, the standard bearer

of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before INEC declared the election inconclusive. In a text message to Nigerian Tribune, Chief Nwosu claimed that the INEC and AGF separate announcements as impunity of the highest order, which “no true patriot will allow such abuse of process to

stand. “While my party joins the people of Kogi to mourn the demise of Prince Audu, I regret to announce that we shall go to court over the pronouncement of INEC and the AGF. INEC must do the right thing; the candidate for the election could run the full course,” the ADC leader stated.

APC’ll win Kogi, realise Audu’s dreams —Kwara Speaker Biola Azeez - Ilorin SPEAKER, Kwara State House of Assembly, Honourable (Dr) Ali Ahmad, said the sudden death of Prince Audu Abubakar would not deter the All Progressives Congress (APC) from winning the supplementary election and bring the much desired change to

Kogi State. Ahmad, who rued the APC governorship candidate at the last Saturday poll’s demise, described his passage as tragic for the ruling party, his state and Nigeria as a nation. In a statement issued by his Media Aide, Shuaib Abdulkadir, in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on

Tuesday, the Speaker said the only thing the party could do to make late Audu’s dream a reality was to ensure that the party won convincingly and provided dividends of democracy to his people. He added that as a former governor, who had served the state meritoriously, there was no denying that

Audu was loved and respected by his people. This, Ahmad stated, was justified with the manner the Kogi people, both old and young, trooped out en masse to cast their votes for him last Saturday, noting that until his death, his priority remained how to serve his people and nothing more.

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Prominent Benue traditional ruler, Tor Tiv, dies at 71 Johnson Babajide – Makurdi with Agency Report

he chairman of the Benue State Traditional Council and the Paramount Ruler of the Tiv, the Tor Tiv, Alfred Akawe Torkula, has passed on. The Tor Tiv, who was installed as the fourth Tor Tiv on April 21, 1991, died on Monday, in a private hospital in Gboko, the tra-

ditional seat of his throne. The Tor Tiv was aged 71. Confirming the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, in Makurdi, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State said, he had already

paid his condolences to the deceased family. Ortom said members of the Tiv Traditonal Council were on their way to the Government House for proper briefing and the handover of the staff

of office, which was previously held by the former king. He described the deceased as a bridge builder, adding that details of the burial plans would be announced later.

The Tor Tiv was also the pro chancellor of the Michael Okpara University in Abia State. The late Tor Tiv was born on July 10, 1944 and was state commissioner for Agriculture in the 80s.

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We need to change the way we do things in Nigeria

—Lai Mohammed The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has stressed the need to change the old ways of doing things in Nigeria and embrace the change mantra of the present administration. The minister made this known on Tuesday, while presenting the template of a nationwide reorientation campaign to the leadership of different parastatals under the ministry. According to him, “let me state unequivocally that everyone in the Ministry of Information and Culture as well as its parastatals is key to the campaign. This is because as the lead ministry, we must first buy in to the campaign and own it before we can propagate it. “Make no mistake about it, we need to change the way we do things in Nigeria. It is important to let our people know that we cannot continue to do things the same way and expect a different result.” He further said “the impending campaign must take on the indiscipline, the lack of respect for time, loss of our time-tested values and generally lead to attitudinal change in such a way that there will be a paradigm shift in the way we do things. This is also in line with my vision as Minister of Information and Culture.”

Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, presenting the 2016 budget, tagged: “Budget of Optimisation”, to the state House of Assembly, in Abeokuta, on Tuesday.

Amosun presents N200.27bn 2016 budget to Ogun assembly Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, on Tuesday, presented a budget proposal of N200.27 billion for 2016 to the Ogun House of Assembly. Christened “Budget of Optimisation,’’ Amosun said the 2016 figure represented a moderate reduction of 4.79 per cent compared to N210.35 billion budget for 2015. The governor said that the 2016 budget reflected the government’s resolve to minimise costs and maximise capacity to generate revenues. He said N99.29 billion was earmarked for capital expenditure, which represented 49.6 per cent, while N100.98 billion would be for recurrent expenditure. The governor said the expected revenue from both IGR and Federation account was N150 billion, representing 74.90 per cent. He said external loans would be N40.2 billion, while grants would be N10 billion, adding that the budget would be funded through Internally Generated Revenue. He said the education sector had the lion share of N40.170 billion and was followed by rural and infrastructure development with N31.04 billion. The governor said affordable housing and urban re-

newal would gulp N26.56 billion, health care delivery N14.34 billion and agricultural production/industrialisation N10.16 billion. “We placed great emphasis on capital expenditure during our first term in line with our development objectives. “Our emphasis has now shifted a little and the budget this year is balanced between capital and recurrent expenditure,” he said.

The governor assured the legislators that his administration would complete most of the ongoing road constructions across the state by 2016 and also complete all projects before the end of the administration. “We will complete most of the ongoing road constructions and other projects by 2016 and I also assure the people that we will complete all the projects we embarked upon before

the expiration of our tenure,” he said. The governor also promised that he would not be part of any meeting that would stop the payment of N18, 000 minimum wage, saying that he would not stop in his efforts of making life easy for his people. The Speaker, Mr Suraj Adekunbi, said the budget would be carefully scrutinised to meet the expectations of the people.

Ekiti House revises state budget, fixes tenure of regents Sam Nwaoko - Ado Ekiti THE Ekiti State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, passed two additional bills, one reviewed the operating budget of the state and the other has fixed tenure for regents in communities where appointments of new traditional rulers are being awaited. The bills passed by the lawmakers at Tuesday’s plenary were named: Ekiti State Revised Appropriation Bill (2015) and a Bill for a Law to provide for the Tenure of Regents in Ekiti State and other Connected Matters (2015). The 2015 Revised Appropriation Bill was passed after the lawmakers unanimously agreed to proceed action on it, based on Standing Order 78 of the House rules.

Deputy Leader of Business, Mr Alagbada Adeniran, who moved the motion for the consideration and approval of the revised budget, said it was aimed at re-allocating funds to projects that are of paramount importance to government. Members of the House, including Dr Omotoso Samuel; Wale Ayeni, Fasanmi Temitope and the chairman of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Jeje Samuel, said the revised budget was “to reflect the economic reality of the present-day Ekiti State as well as re-strategise towards achieving a better result in the area of revenue generation.” A statement by the Special Assistant (Media) to the House Speaker, Stephen Gbadamosi, said Jeje held that the revision was “not

aimed at inserting bogus funds into the approved 2015 budget, but to re-order the priorities of government towards achieving the budget objectives without any change in the total sum approved.” He said the total sum of the budget still remained N80.7 billion with recurrent expenditure at N50.6 billion and capital expenditure at about N30.1 billion. Speaker of the House, Right Honourable (Pastor) Kola Oluwawole, recapping their contributions, said the revised budget was to allow government shift attention to certain vital areas of the people’s needs. He appreciated his colleagues for their quick action on the revised budget and promised to convey their decision to the executive without delay.

Tension in C/River assembly over plan to impeach speaker, deputy Anthony Ubong - Calabar There is palpable tension in the Cross River State House of Assembly as a plan to impeach the Speaker, Honourable John-Gull Lebo and his Deputy, Honourable Joseph Bassey failed on Tuesday. An aggrieved member of the House, who pleaded anonymity, told the Nigerian Tribune in Calabar that some members had planned to move a motion on the floor of the House to impeach the two principal officers because of welfare issues, but that the House did not sit. “Since we came in, there has not been any official car for any member, and our remunerations have not been paid. In fact, since the governor presented his budget more than a month ago, the House has not sat again,” the source said. The source however acknowledged that the state was going through financial crisis, adding that the leadership of the House has lost the confidence of members because of his inability to carry them along.

NCCE begins accreditation of colleges’ programmes •Gives June 2016 deadline for release of students’ results Clement Idoko - Abuja THE National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) has commenced nationwide accreditation of programmes run by all Colleges of Education in the country, in line with the reforms that is ongoing in the teacher education subsector. The commission has also issued June 2016 as deadline for all the colleges of Education in Nigeria to release results of their students for the 2014/2015 academic session and other backlog of results. Executive Secretary of the Commission, Professor Monday Joshua, spoke while addressing Committee of Provosts of Colleges of Education in Nigeria at their fourth Annual National Conference and send-forth for immediate past Executive Secretary of NCCE, Professor M. Junaid.

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CONFIRMATION I, Quadri Akeem Omotola am the same person as Kehinde Quadri Omotola now wish to be called and addressed as QUADRI AKEEM OMOTOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Jolaoye Oyetomi Adunola now MRS AJIBOLA OYETOMI ADUNOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Adedigba Samuel â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Bunmi now ADEDIGBA SAMUEL OLUBUNMI. All former documents remain valid. GT Bank and general public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Mosobalaje Ruth Abiola now ADELUGBA RUTH ABIOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly Mr Adeleke Kunle Joshua now MR ADELEKE KUNLE JOSHUA OLADUNJOYE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Emmanuel Uche Adeleke now EMMANUEL UCHE NWOSU. All former documents remain valid. Sumal Foods Ltd, First Bank Plc, Zenith Bank and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Awopetu Kehinde Damilola now MRS ADEYEMI KEHINDE DAMILOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Kareem Shakirat Bolanle now MRS. BELLO SHAKIRAH BOLANLE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Mrs Idayat Odunjo now MRS IDAYAT ABDULAKEEM. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly Mr Badmus Eniola Idowu now GBADAMOSI LUKMAN ALAO. All former documents remain valid. UBA Plc and general public take note.

I, formerly Onu Eucharia Nkiruka now MMADU EUCHARIA. All former documents remain valid. Diamond Bank and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Sipasi Toluwalase Funke now MRS AWOSANMI TOLUWALASE FUNKE. All former documents remain valid. The Nigeria Police Force and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Jojolawo Caroline Omolayo now MRS ADEDOYIN CAROLINE OMOLAYO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Mrs. Adeosun Adekunbi Florence now MRS. OLUWATUYI ADEKUNBI FLORENCE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Agoi Adenike Victoria now MRS. ADEKUNLE ADETOYE ADENIKE VICTORIA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Afolabi Shakirat now SHAKIRAT AKILAPA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Adeoye Oludayo now MRS OYETUNBI OLUDAYO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Mr. Ogunleye Tunde Emmanuel now MR. OLUWALEYE TUNDE EMMANUEL. All former documents remain valid. U.B.A and general public take note.

I, formerly Mr. Dapo Shola Dayo now MR. OLAWOYIN SHOLA OLANIYI. All former documents remain valid. GTBank and general public take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, Owolabi Christiana Dele am the same person as Owolabi Kuburat Dele. Henceforth, I wish to be known and addressed as OWOLABI KUBURAT DELE . All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Lamidi Kolawole Adeleke now ADELEKE KOLAWOLE BABATUNDE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Aderogba Aminat Abimbola now MRS. RAJI AMINAT ABIMBOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Makanju Ademola Akeem now MAKANJU ADEMOLA AZEEZ. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly James Emmanuel Dare now JAMES SURU TUNDE. All former documents remain valid. Fidelity Bank, and general public take note.

I, formerly Mr Jude Chukwudum Dim now MR JUDE CHUKWUDUM DIMEJIMOLEAKA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Mr. Sylvanus Jonathan now MR. ONOFA JONATHAN. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc., and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Ogundepo Olayemi Odunayo now MRS FADARE OLAYEMI ODUNAYO. All former documents remain valid. TESCOM, Oyo State and general public take note.

I, formerly Taiwo Peter Mudashiru now AJIBOLA SIKIRU TAIWO. All former documents remain valid. Skye Bank Plc., and general public take note.

I, Adesokan Samson Ige am the same person bearing ADESOKAN SAMSON ISHOLA. All former documents remain valid. Access Bank and general public take note.

I, Friday John am the same person as Tali Friday John. Henceforth, I wish to be known and addressed as FRIDAY JOHN. All former documents remain valid. Union Bank Plc., First Bank Plc., and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Awala Joyce now MRS. JOYCE ONUWAJE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Olayemi Comfort Lawal now MRS. AFINJUOMO OLAYEMI COMFORT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Moriliat Oyebisi Lawal now MORILIAT OYEBISI EMIOLA. All former documents remain valid. UBA Plc., and general public take note.

I, formerly Adeyemi Ganiyat Adebukola now MAKINDE GANIYAT ADEBUKOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Mrs Sonuga Adebisi Oyeyemi now wish to be known and addressed as MISS OYEJOBI ADEBISI OYEYEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Sonaike Oluwaseun Ifeoluwa now MRS UKAH OLUWASEUN IFEOLUWA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, Hillary Onyema am the same person as Pius Onyema Hillary now wish to be known and addressed as PIUS ONYEMA HILLARY. All former documents remain valid. FCMB, Zenith Bank and general public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, Ubon Patrick am the same person as Tom Dennis Itoro now wish to be known and addressed as UBON PATRICK DENNIS ITORO. All former documents remain valid. Access Bank, Zenith Bank and general public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Julius Adebowale Popoola now MR OLUWOLE POPOOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Adeyeye Yemi now ADEYEYE ISAAC OYEYEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly Miss Aransi Rukayat Folake now MRS OLUKUNLE RUKAYAT FOLAKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Miss Franca Ngozi Ntoka now MRS NASR FRANCISICA NGOSI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly Miss Odekunle Taiwo Oluwakemi now MRS. MARCUS TAIWO OLUWAKEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, Jide Ojo am the same person as JOSEPH OLUJIDE OJEDEJI. All former documents remain valid. Nigerian Army and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly Miss Awoniyi Kafayat Oriyomi now MRS. OGUNDARE KAFAYAT ORIYOMI. All former documents remain valid. SUBEB, Osogbo, Osun State and general public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Bulus Amos now YAKUBU KYAUTA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

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I, formerly Oluwatoyin Falade now FALADE OLORUNTOYIN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Oyewola Maria Oluwakemi now MRS. OLOWOOKERE MARIA OLUWAKEMI. All former documents remain valid. Nestle and general public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Yusuf Aminat Titilayo now MRS. ABDULAZEEZ AMINAT TITILAYO. All former documents remain valid. OYHMB and general public take note.

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I, formerly Emmanuel Daniel Wilson now UTIBE DANIEL WILSON. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Babayode Sheriff Oluwasegun now ADETULA TAJUDEEN ADETUNJI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Mr. Olaniyi Kolapo Dauda now MR. ADANLA KOLAPO DAUDA. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc., and general public take note.

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I, formerly Adewumi Adeola now AKINWALE ABIODUN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Mr Olabamiji Emmanuel Apesinola now MR IBRAHIM MURITALA. All former documents remain valid. UBA Plc, Access Bank Plc and general public take note.

I, formerly Ajidawura Zainab Ajoke now KAREEM SAKINA MORONKOLA. All former documents remain valid. Wema Bank Plc., Iwo and general public take note.

Formerly Folai Private Academy, Ilisan now wish to be known and addressed as HIGHBROW PRIVATE SCHOOL, ILISAN REMO, OGUN STATE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I, formerly Miss Adigun Susan Oluyemisi now MRS. AKINPELU SUSAN OLUYEMISI. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc., Iwo and general public take note.

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I, Olatunji Mary Bunmi am the same person as Olatunji Maria Bunmi. Now I wish to be known and addressed as MRS OLATUNJI MARY BUNMI. All former documents remain valid. Wema Bank Plc, Stanbic IBTC Bank and general public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Daodu Folashade Bose now MRS. OLUWOLE FOLASHADE BOSE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Safiriyu Ibrahim Alasi now OLAOSEBIKAN IBRAHIM ALASI. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc., Iwo and general public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Helen Udoh Umoh now MRS. HELEN JOHN ACHENEJE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Ogunsanwo Esther now OYENEYE OLAYINKA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Joachim Obisike Onyenankeya now GLORIOUS OBISIKE JOACHIM. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, Abimbola Abisola Odunsi am the same person as Bashiru Taofikat as reflected in my First Bank Account before I got married. Henceforth, I want to be known and addressed as ABIMBOLA ABISOLA ODUNSI. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc., Fidelity Bank and general public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Ogbonna Serah Nneoma now MRS. ONYEZE SERAH NNEOMA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CONFIRMATION NAME CHANGE OFOF NAME

I, formerly Oludare Adebanjo now ADEBANJO OLUSEGUN GABRIEL. That my correct Date of Birth is 23rd July, 1975. All former documents remain valid. GTBank and general public take note.

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I, formerly Dare Olaoti Theresa now AYELA OLAOTI THERESA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Cynthia Okpor now MRS. CYNTHIA ABIDEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Wakili Modinat Omowumi now MRS. ABIONA MODINAT OMOWUMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Ogundele Ponle Racheal now MRS DAODU PONLE RACHEAL. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Nurudeen Rasaki now NURUDEEN OLADOKUN KOREDE. All former documents remain valid. Zenith Bank, Stanbic Bank, First Bank Plc., and general public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Miss Abiri Wuraola Olanihun now MRS APANTAKU WURAOLA OLANIHUN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly Miss Omowunmi Elizabeth Ayodele now MRS. OMOWUNMI ELIZABETH ADEKUEBI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. I, formerly Miss Raji Ramotallai Ajoke Arojuraiye now MRS. NOFIU RAMOTALLAI AJOKE. All Former document remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Oba Nwakaego Agatha now OFILI NWAKAEGO AGATHA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Mr Ezekiel Dele now MR DELE EZE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly Miss Jayeola Olubunmi Hannah now MRS. ADEDEJI OLUBUNMI HANNAH. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Olanitori Motunrayo Temitope now OLANITORI MOTUNRAYO OMOLARA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Iyiola Oluwatosin Bose now MRS OLAWAYE OLUWATOSIN BOSE. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Nigeria Plc, ECOBank, Iwo Road, Ibadan and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Mojeed Omolola Oluwaseun now MRS OLAYIWOLA OMOLOLA OLUWASEUN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Salami Maria Folake, am the same person bearing Salami Deborah Folake Oluwadara. Henceforth, I want to be known and addressed as MRS. GBENGA OJO-DEBORAH OLUWADARA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Ojediran Sunday James now OJEDIRAN SUNDAY JAMES OLATUNJI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Adebanjo Adebolanle Shakirat now MRS. AZEEZ ADEBOLANLE SHAKIRAT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Ibidunni Olanike Oyebisi now JOYCE MARY OYEBISI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Akinleye Afusat Omolola now MRS ADEGBOYEGA AFUSAT OMOLOLA (Nee Akinleye). All former documents remain valid. Oyo State Government and general public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, Adenuga Kamoru am the one and the same person bearing Adenuga Seun Muideen now wish to be known and addressed as Adenuga Seun Muideen. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc and general public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Omotoye Nafiu now OMOFOYE NAFIU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly Miss Ogunleye Oluwatosin Bukola now OGUNLEYE OMOLOLA BUKOLA. All former documents remain valid. SEAP MFI and general public take note.

I, formerly Kola Omowumi now IBRAHIM OLARENWAJU ADENIYI. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc and GTBank and general public take note. I, formerly Mrs Ganiyu Monsurat now MRS AJAYI SUMURAT AKINDE. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc and general public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Adeyemi Adenike Adeyinka now MRS KAYODE ADENIKE ADEYINKA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Mr Ojolola Bamiji Durowoju now MR OJO EMMANUEL OLUSEGUN. All former documents remain valid. Heritage Bank and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Immanuella Abidemi Fashoro now MISS ABIDEMI ABOLANLE FASHORO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Adebayo Bolatito Ganiyat now MRS AKANDE BOLATITO GANIYAT. All former documents remain valid. Oyo SUBEB and general public take note.

I, formerly Mrs Adewoyin Iyabo now MRS ADEWOYIN ATINUKE ABIOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Mrs Osunsanya Adejoke Abolaji now MRS ADISA ADEJOKE ABOLAJI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, Sekinat Adeola Saka am the same person as Sekinat Adeola Ogundapo, Now I want to be known and addressed as OGUNDAPO ADEOLA SEKINAT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Akinpelu Mufutaudeen Ademola now ABDULKAREEM MUFUTAUDEEN ADEMOLA. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Oyebamiji Yemisi Rita now MRS ALAO OYEBAMIJI YEMISI. All former documents remain valid. NYSC and general public take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, ALH. ADEDEJI WAHEED am the same person bearing ABDUL RAFIU ABDUL WAHEED ESTEEM. Documents bearing both names remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Lawal Ibrahim Abiola now LAWAL IBRAHIM OLAMILEKAN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Ajayi Oluwaseun Olayinka now MRS AJIBADE OLUWASEUN OLAYINKA. All former documents remain valid. LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso and general public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Olaniyi Ademola Samson now OLATINWO SUNDAY. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Daniel John Oluwaseun now OGUNTI TOPE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

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CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Dawud Ademola Abdulrauf now SULAIMON ABDULLAHI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Ogbuka Chioma Mariagoretti now MRS RICHARD CHIOMA MARIAGORETTI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Dr. (Miss) Fadugba Dorcas Omowunmi now DR. (MRS) OGUNSUMI DORCAS OMOWUNMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Folake Olapade now MRS FOLAKE LAWRENCE. All former documents remain valid. Stanbic Bank, First Bank Plc and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Balogun Adekemi Racheal now MRS AKANDE ADEKEMI RACHEAL. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Adebayo Omolola Iyabo now ADEYEMO OMOLOLA IYABO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Mr Adetunji Akanbi now MR PETER OLATUNBOSUN AKANBI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Muibat Mojisola Tijani now SIKIRU ARIKE MUYIBAT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, Mr Akinbola Hakeem am the same person bearing Akinbola Olawale Alaba. Henceforth, I want to be known and addressed as AKINBOLA HAKEEM OLAWALE ALABA. All former documents remain valid. Sumal Foods Ltd, First Bank Plc, GTBank, Crusader Sterling Pension and general public take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, Hajia Sikirat Lawal am the same person bearing Oladipupo Sikirat Ayoka. Henceforth, I want to be called and addressed as OLADIPUPO SIKIRAT AYOKA. All former documents remain valid. SkyeBank, UBA and general public take note.

I, formerly Arogundade Simiat Mojisola now LASISI SIMIAT MOJISOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known as Pastor Abraham Adesina Awotona now wish to be known as PASTOR ABRAHAM ADESINA OLUWATONA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Abiodun Adesina now ABEWEELA RAHAMON ADESINA. All former documents remain valid. SkyeBank and general public take note.

I, formerly Abdulazeez Wale Saheed now SURAJUDEEN SAHEED WALE. All former documents remain valid. FCMB, UCH and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Miss Oyetayo Folasade Abosede now MRS ABOYEJI FOLASADE ABOSEDE. All former documents remain valid. OAUTHC, Ile-Ife and general public take note.

I, formerly Mr Saka Olalekan now MR POPOOLA AYODELE SOLOMON. All former documents remain valid. Yale Foods Limited, Access Bank and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

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I, formerly Ogedengbe Elizabeth Adejoke now ABAYOMI ELIZABETH ADEJOKE. All former documents remain valid. Oyo State Pension Board Secretariat, Zenith Bank Plc and and general public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Agunbiade Ajibola Adenike now MRS LAWAL AJIBOLA ADENIKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Alagbe Abidemi Abigeal now MRS ATILADE ABIDEMI ABIGEAL. All former documents remain valid. Oyo State SUBEB, Ogo Oluwa Local Government, Education Authority, Ajaawa and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Babalola Desola Olubunmi now MRS AKINBOBOYE DESOLA OLUBUNMI. All former documents remain valid. SEAP MFI and general public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Ojo Tunuade Sharon now MRS SALAMI TUNUADE SHARON. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Orija Simisola Janet now MRS ABOKE SIMISOLA JANET. All former documents remain valid. Oyo State College of Agric & Technology, Igboora and general public take note.

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I, formerly Ayobami Akingbade now KABIR IMURAN AYOBAMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, formerly Umar Amadu now UMAR IBRAHIM. All former documents remain valid. GTBank, First Bank, Law Enforcement Agencies and general public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Eletta Grace Bunmi now MRS AJINUHI GRACE OLUWABUNMI. All former documents remain valid. Kogi State Judiciary, Customary Court of Appeal, Lokoja and general public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Miss Ajayi Sola Ruth now MRS SOLA TOROMADE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Monsurat Abidemi Olayiwola Odediran now MRS RAHEEM ABIDEMI MONSURAT. All former documents remain valid. Oyo State Hospital Management Board and general public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Adekunle Kafilat Abeni now ENIOLA KAFILAT BOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly Miss Ayankunle Olufunmilola now MRS ADEGBITE OLUFUNMILOLA ABIKE. All former documents remain valid. SkyeBank and general public take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, MUSILIMU MUSIBAHUDEEN am the same person bearing TIAMIYU MUSIBAUDEEN ISHOLA. Documents bearing both names remain valid. General public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, Abdulahi Adamu am the same person bearing ABDULIAH ADAMU MUSA. Henceforth, I want to be known and addressed as ABDULAHI ADAMU. All former documents remain valid. Access Bank and general public take note.

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I, formerly Susan Ojone Egwuda (Miss) now SUSAN UGBEDE EGWUDA (MRS). All former documents remain valid. NYSC and general public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Adeleye Bolanle Enitan now MRS BOLANLE ADEOLU OSHADARE. All former documents remain valid. Kogi State Hospital Management Board, Lokoja, General Hospital, Iyamoye and general public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Miss Okoli Ada Chinenye now MRS ANI ADA CYNTHIA. All former documents remain valid. SkyeBank, Diamond Bank and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Adeola Jelilat Azeez now BAKO BAMIDELE ADEOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Miss Amoo Funke Abiola now MRS AROYEHUN FUNKE ABIOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Ujong Akpama Agnes now MRS INYANG AGNES FRANCIS. All former documents remain valid. Nigeria Immigration Service, University of Ibadan and general public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Yinka Adeniyi Beatrice now YINKA OLUWAFEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly Miss Ogunlowo Folasade now MRS ABDULLAHI FAUSAT FOLASADE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Mr Aaron Noah Dakmis now MR DANIEL AYUBA. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly Ogedengbe Dickson now ANTHONY DICKSON ANIETIE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Adewale Adebimpe Odunola now MRS DARAMOLA ADEBIMPE ODUNOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Akorede Ariyo Olorunlogbon now SHITTU KAZEEM OLORUNLOGBON. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Folarin Oyebukola Fatimo now MRS OJO OYEBUKOLA FATIMO. All former documents remain valid. Hospital Ilora and general public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I, Azeez Saheed Bamidele am the same person bearing Azeez Saheed Adejumo. Henceforth I want to be known and addressed as AZEEZ SAHEED BAMIDELE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, Bello Yusuff Adekola am the same person bearing Bello Yusuff Kolawole. Henceforth I want to be known and addressed as MR BELLO YUSUFF ADEKOLA. All former documents remain valid. GTBank, First Bank Plc and general public take note.

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I, formerly Mr Lasisi Akeem Kolawole now MR AWUJOOLA AKEEM AKOLAWOLE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, Adeyanju Iyabo Basirat am the same person bearing Olatunji Basirat Iyabo. Henceforth I want to be known and addressed as ADEYANJU IYABO BASIRAT. All former documents remain valid. SkyeBank, UBA and general public take note.

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I, formerly Aladesanmi Oluwatoyin Mary now ADETUNJI OLUWATOYIN MARY. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Rasaq Latefat now JAMIU LATIFATU OMODEERE SAKI. All former documents remain valid. Union Bank and general public take note.

I, Ajisafe Muibat am the same person bearing TALIAT MUIBAT. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc, Wema Bank and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Olasehinde Tosin Elizabeth Oluwaseun now MRS OLADOKUN TOSIN ELIZABETH OLUWASEUN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Osasona Michael Afolayan now OLUWASONA MICHAEL AFOLAYAN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Afolabi Rofiat Idowu now MRS ISOLA ROFIAT OLAITAN IDOWU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Okunola Elizabeth Oyekunmi now OKUNOLA ELIZABETH ADEBIMPE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I, formerly Miss Feyisara Ruth Olajide now MRS FEYISARA RUTH SEHINDEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Mrs Sanusi Debora Omojeva now MRS ODIA DEBORA OMOJEVA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Adelaja Samuel Adedayo now IDOWU SAMUEL ADEDAYO. All former documents remain valid. TASUED, Ijebu-Ode and general public take note.

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CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Mathew Benedict Ben now MATHEW BENEDICT BEMSHIMA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Miss Olanrewaju Fatimat Bolanle now MRS FATIMAT BOLANLE ADEOYE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

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news Buhari confirms recovery of loot from Jonathan’s officials

Wednesday, 25 November, 2015

Vows to deal with power saboteurs Leon Usigbe - Abuja

RESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed that some persons who served under the Goodluck Jonathan administration have started to refund part of their loot in office. This followed months of speculation that former officials of government had volunteered to return such stolen public money as a way to get soft landing in the hands of the present administration. Addressing Nigerians residents in Tehran, the capital of Islamic State of Iran where he attended a summit of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), he also explained why those accused of corruption have not been charged to court, saying that it was due to the need to gather enough evidence against them. He, however, assured proper investigation to get enough evidence to begin their prosecution soon. Buhari pointed out that it was easier for him to deal with corrupt people as military head of state in 1985 when it was possible to arrest culprits and put them in protective custody compared to now where he must adhere to the requirements of democratic system. In response to a question, he said: “On corruption, yes, they (suspects) are still innocent. But, we are collecting documents and some of them have started voluntarily returning something. But we want all. “When we get those documents, we will formally charge them to court and then we will tell Nigerians those who abused trust when entrusted with public funds. “So, the day of reckoning is gradually approaching.” The president also vowed to deal with power infrastructure vandals to enable the nation realise it’s full power potential, noting that even though his administration was yet to do anything in the sector, there had been a noticeable improvement in recent times. He attributed such improvement to the decision of people to do the right thing. He said: “I believe if you are in touch back at home you would have been told that already there is some

improvement in power. “We haven’t said anything to them yet. I think they only find it sensible or appropriate to try and improve the power. “I’m sure you know about the privatisation of the power sector. Your old friend NEPA or Power Holding Company of Nige-

ria was sold to a number of interest groups. But, the fundamental thing about us is that we remain potential in everything except performance. “We have a lot of gas, we have a lot of qualified people but again we have a lot of saboteurs who go and blow installations.

“Those who normally steal Nigerian crude and those who blow up installations, whether they called themselves militants or whatever, they are still there.” On the ongoing war against insurgency in the North-East, the president assured the Nigerian community that his adminis-

tration was resolute in its determination to defeat the Boko Haram insurgents. Buhari, who was hopeful that peace would soon return to the area, also assured that his administration would revamp the nation’s educational system from the primary to the tertiary levels.

Oshiomhole commissions projects in state-owned varsity Banji Aluko - Benin City

President Muhammadu Buhari being welcomed by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola; Minister of Defence, BrigadierGeneral M.M. Ali; FCT Minister, Muhammadu Bello and the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, on Tuesday.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Tuesday commissioned a 500-capacity lecture theatre, a moot court building and six other projects funded by the government at the state-owned Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma. Other projects commissioned by the governor were workshop building for Building Department and Studio for Fine and Applied Arts; Lecture Theatre at the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences; two-in-one Laboratory Block for the Department of Medical Laboratory Science; Furnishing of the two-in-one Laboratory Block for the Department of Medical Laboratory Science; Library Building in the Faculty of Basic Medical Science and Department Building for the Department of Agriculture Economics. Speaking on the occasion, Oshiomhole said “I am happy to be here to commission a number of projects that this university has been able to put in place from the N500 million that we approved for the university to embark on a number of projects.”

How we are assisting Nigeria to overcome B/Haram —US

Observers rate INEC high over Kogi poll

Christian Okeke - Abuja

Yinka Oladoyinbo - Lokoja

THE United States Government, on Tuesday, in Abuja, detailed how it is assisting Nigeria to overcome the Boko Haram. It said it was offering the assistance as the US remains a friend of the Nigerian people. Deputy Chief of Mission to Nigeria, Maria Brewer, who spoke during a visit to the Kuchingoro II Internally Displaced Persons Settlement in Abuja, noted that

the United States stands ready to help Nigeria to overcome what may appear to be an insurmountable obstacle. “For this reason, we have created several different programs to assist the Government of Nigeria in providing relief to those most affected by the insurgency— to those forced to relocate, to those who have lost family and friends, to those who have lost nearly everything they once had,” she said.

According to her, the U.S. government has provided millions of dollars in health services, food vouchers, basic necessities, and medical care to displaced persons in the North-East. She said the US has equally helped repair schools and offered support to get children back into school. She said, “Away from those places most severely hit, the U.S. government is helping your government find solutions to aid those

US issues global travel warning amid terrorist threats THE US State Department, on Tuesday, in Washington, issued a global travel warning amid possible increased terrorist threats. The travel alert, which is in effect until February 24, said current information suggested that militants with ISIS, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram and other militant groups continued to plan attacks in several regions around the world.

The release did not provide specifics of any planned attacks or threats, and mentioned no specific regions, except to note attacks this year in France, Nigeria, Denmark, Turkey and Mali. The department noted that the current information suggested that the Islamic State movement, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram and other terrorist groups are planning more terrorist at-

tacks in multiple regions. “U.S. citizens should exercise vigilance when in public places or using transportation. “Be aware of immediate surroundings and avoid large crowds or crowded places,” it said. The State Department said the U.S. was exchanging information with allies about threats of international terrorism.

fleeing the North-East and manage a coordinated response. “We provide training and expertise to all levels; this includes supporting a large development effort to help Nigeria become the strong and competitive country and economy it so deserves to be. “I just had the opportunity to have a look around your settlement. Many people would be surprised to learn that a settlement for IDPs exists right here in Nigeria’s capital. “The U.S. Mission to Nigeria, including Ambassador Entwistle himself, has visited camps in the North-East, where Boko Haram has been carrying out its reign of terror. And whether it’s in Abuja or Adamawa, there is no question that the insurgency has dramatically affected the lives of millions of Nigerians. “Almost two million people live in settlements all across the country as a result of Boko Haram’s violence. Some are brand new and some, like this one, were established two years ago.”

ACCREDITED domestic election monitoring groups for the governorship election in Kogi State have lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the conduct of the election. The groups, accredited by INEC, gave kudos to the electoral body for the early distribution of the election materials to all the 21 local government areas of the state. The groups, Initiative for the Promotion of Civic Obligations and Sustainable Peace, and Centre for Credible Leadership and Citizens Awareness, said Kogi election was a great improvement on the previous election. Speaking in a separate press conference in Lokoja, Daniel Asukwo and Dr Nwamba Gabriel, said despite some apprehensions before the election, the November 21, governorship election was generally peaceful.

businessnews

Wednesday, 25 November, 2015

Hope rises for manufacturers, as CBN reduces interest rate to 11% From Gbola Subair And Chima Nwooji

NALYSTS have concluded that there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel for the manufacturing sector as the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Tuesday, reduced the Monetary Policy Ratio (MPR) popularly called lending rate, from 13 per cent to 11 per cent. The committee also reduced by 500 basis points (bps) the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) to 20 per cent from 25 per cent. More significantly, the corridor around the MPR was also reset to an asymmetric corridor of +200bps/-700bps around the policy rate. Analysing the impact of the decisions, Razia Khan, Global Head of Research at Standard Chartered Bank London, in an e-mail statement, said the easing measures are aimed at boosting Nigeria’s real economy, adding that the decision to cut the benchmark interest rate by 200 bps was a surprise and completely unex-

TCN attains new power generation of 4,883.9MW THE Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said it achieved a new record peak generation of 4,883.9MW and the highest maximum daily energy delivery of 106,288.48MWH. A statement signed on Tuesday by the Assistant General Manager (Public Affairs), Mr Clement Ezeolisah, said that the new peak generation was achieved on Monday. The statement added that the previous peak generation was 4,810.7MW which was attained on Aug. 25th. It stated that the previous highest maximum daily energy wheeled was 104,794.26MWH and was attained on Sept. 23. The statement said that the the Managing Director, System Operation/Market Operation of the Company, Mr Dipak Sarma, attributed the achievement to improvement in the supply of gas to the power generating stations and cooperation among all the stakeholders. The statement gave the assurance that TCN would continue to improve the network capacity to deliver more quality power to the electricity distribution companies.

pected. MPC had a year ago, on November 25, 2014 increased the MPR by 100 basis points from 12 per cent to 13 per cent. It also reduced the Cash Reserve Ratio in October from 31 to 25 per cent following the implementation of a Treasury Single Account (TSA) that mandated all commercial banks to return all government funds in their custody to

the CBN. Razia Khan explained that this cut in the MPR just ahead of any liberalisation of Nigeria’s foreign exchange (FX) regime, with the attendant risk of further naira weakness is unusual and shows that there are no plans for devaluation or any change to the fixed FX regime currently in place. She further said the move to an asymmetric corri-

dor around the monetary policy rate formalises the deliberate easing that had already been in place since the CBN reduced its open market operations (OMOs) in July. In fact, according to Khan, the interbank rates have trended outside lending and deposit facilities range in recent weeks, “reflecting excess liquidity in the Nigerian market.” “Unless new OMOs are

resumed, this is likely to continue to be the case. The easing measures are aimed at boosting Nigeria’s real economy. How successful they are will depend on how much other bottlenecks, currently constraining real-sector activity, can be overcome. The availability of FX for imported inputs will be closely monitored,” stated economist. Also, Ayodeji Ebo-led

From left, Kayode Lawal, Executive Director; Bukola Awosanya, Group Head, Agric Finance; Yemi Adeola, MD/CEO and Abdulhadi Yau, Business Executive, North West, all of Sterling Bank Plc at the commissioning of the Labana Rice Processing Mill financed by the Bank in Birnin Kebbi.

investment analysts at Afrinvet West Africa Limited said the decision to cut MPR is aimed at further lowering market and lending rates and encouraging banks to lend to manufacturers. According to the analysts, despite calls for devaluation, “we do not expect a lessening of exchange rate restriction (which is majorly administrative).” The apex bank’s decision to halt liquidity mop ups through the use of Open “Market Operation (OMO) auctions, a sort of monetary easing which is expected to encourage banks to lend to the real sector also further bolstered liquidity levels, which has averaged at over N600 billion in the last two months. Financial analysts described Cash Reserve Ratio as the ratio of deposits banks must maintain with the Central Bank. This implies that if a person deposits N1,000 in his account, the bank can use it to lend to others, but it has to deposit a percentage of that amount with the CBN. In this case, the 20 per cent CRR means the banks will keep N250 and lend out N750 to a borrower who will eventually repay the bank.

Stanbic IBTC Bank launches machine for deposit taking, 5% cut in other transactions Chima Nwokoji-lagos

IN furtherance of its drive to serve customers better through excellent and innovative products and services, Stanbic IBTC Bank, in partnership with NCR Company, has introduced the personal teller machine (PTM), an innovative product that will allow customers to perform full banking activities 24 hours of the day. The bank said PTM would enable customers to per-

form banking operations such as account opening, cash deposit and withdrawal, cheque deposit and other general account enquiries like account balance, loan enquiries and card related services, among other functions, without having to use their debit cards. As a way of further enriching customers’ banking experience, the PTM was unveiled at a ceremony at the Idejo, Lagos, office of

the bank on Monday. The PTM, according to NCR, is a device that offers customers the benefits of both self-service video banking and the branch teller experience combined in one solution. It said the PTM combines video banking collaboration and remote transaction processing banking technology embedded within the machine to give customers the choice of self-service or connecting

Guinness proposes N3.20 dividend, records 9% sales increase Olatunde Dodondawa-Lagos

GUINNESS has recorded nine per cent increase in its net sales despite harsh economic challenges and therefore proposes a dividend of N3.20 per share. Guinness Nigeria Plc, a subsidiary of Diageo Plc, also reiterated that meeting the needs and expectations of its customers and stakeholders would remain a major focus in the coming years. Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr Pe-

ter Ndegwa, speaking at the company’s pre-annual general meeting press briefing in Lagos, stated that the future holds great promise for all stakeholders as the company continues to grow the business with quality, innovation and technology. “Our long-term sustainability is dependent on the consistent provision of quality products that do not only meet customers’ expectations but also create impressive returns to all stakeholders, be they

shareholders, employees, trade partners, and suppliers. We are resolutely committed to these goals,” Ndegwa stated. Describing the operating environment as challenging due to declining oil prices, tighter monetary policy measures, inflation, and pre-election slowdown in economic activities, Ndegwa said the company nonetheless posted an impressive performance in its full year results for the period ended 30th June 2015.

with a remote teller in a highly personalised, twoway audio/video interaction. The machine’s interactive nature helps to close the ‘intimacy gap’ that is currently missing on the conventional automated teller machine (ATM). Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, Executive Director, Personal and Business Banking, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Mr Obinnia Abajue, said the partnership with NCR reinforced the bank’s commitment to take the industry lead in providing financial solutions that will help drive fulfilling banking experience while addressing the needs of existing and potential customers. He added that the PTM would ensure faster turnaround time, convenience, privacy, efficiency and safety of banking transactions. “The personal teller machine speaks to our market leadership, which is underscored by our ability to provide innovative financial solutions that help to enrich our customers’ banking experience.

CRR to add N771.4bn to liquidity level —Afrinvest Chima Nwokoji-lagos

AN investment banking and research company, Afrinvest West Aftica Limited, has estimated that a total of N771.4 billion will be added to the liquidity level in the financial systemas a result of the decision taken by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to, among other measures, further cut by 5.0 per cent the Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR). In a flash note to investors made available to the Nigerian Tribune, the investment research company stated that “Prior to the MPC decision, there has been a regulatory maximum on the remunerable Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) placement by each bank at N7.5billion. The MPC’s decision to complement this by a further 5.0 per cent cut in CRR will add approximately N771.4billion to liquidity level based on October data from the CBN.”

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Fuel scarcity: Senators disagree on subsidy removal Taiwo Adisa And Ayodele Adesanmi-Abuja

ENATORS on Tuesday disagreed on the need for the removal of petroleum subsidy, which is the cause of the lingering fuel scarcity in the country. The disagreement was sequel to the passage of a motion on the lingering fuel scarcity moved by Senator Barau Jibrin (APC, Kano), which was co-sponsored alongside 23 other senators. While leading the debate on the motion, the Senator said that the fuel scarcity has been biting harder across the country. He stated that the development was not in tune with the promise of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), noting that the party was aimed to bring succor to Nigerians. According to him, the senate needed to work hand in hand with the executive arm of government, so as to find lasting solution to the crisis. His submission was opposed by Senator Adamu Aliero (APC, Kebbi), who argued that the problem that led to the fuel scarcity was because of the failure

Wada reinstates council bosses Yinka Oladoyinbo-Lookja

KOGI State Governor, Captain Idris Wada, on Tuesday reinstated the sacked chairmen of the 21 local government areas of the state in accordance to the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Abuja division. The governor, however, directed that the chairmen, vice chairmen and councilors that had defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that sponsored them for the election should not return to office. Following this directive, no fewer than nine out of the 21 council chairmen will not return to office as they have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), during the grand finale of the governorship campaign of the party, which was held, last week Wednesday. The affected council chairmen include those of Yagba East, Yagba West, Ijumu, Lokoja, Adavi, Okehi, Ogori/Magongo, Bassa and Idah. A statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, James Adedoyin, said the reinstatement directive was sequel to the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Abuja division.

of the government to remove fuel subsidy. He stated that the problem might persist if the government fails to deregulate the sector. Aliero stated that the controlled price of N87 per litre was unrealistic, adding that fuel was selling for as high as N160 per litre and above in many parts of the country. He added that whenever the subsidy was removed the government would need to effectively utilise in providing infrastructural facilities for the people.

He was however opposed by Senators who felt that removing the subsidy would impact negatively on the people. Senator Emmanuel Paulker, who also opposed the call for removal of fuel subsidy, said that “The clamour for removal of subsidy is laughable. Subsidy is the only way Nigerian people feel the impact of government in this country. Something is wrong with the supply chain of petroleum products. “Therefore, what I will

suggest is that the Petroleum Minister should come and tell us what has happened in the supply chain because we were told during the ministerial screening that the refineries have been fixed.” Another APC Senator, Senator Shehu Sani also opposed to the planned removal of subsidy on petroleum products adding that the Senate needed to understand the socio-economic and political implications of such request. Sani said that it has become important that the

Minister of Petroleum brief the Senate on the situation. While wrapping up the debate, President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, cautioned senators not to politicise the issue, adding that the situation was being experienced by all. The Senate thereafter mandated its Committee on Petroleum Downstream to examine all issues associated with the current scarcity of petroleum products and report to it in one week.

Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki (second right), commissioning the Senate President’s suggestion box, at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, on Tuesday. With him are Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu (first right); Senate Leader, Ali Ndume (third left); chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Senator Uche Ekwunife; Chief of Staff to the Senate President, Senator Isa Galaudu and others.

Reps investigate NNPC, NAPIMS, DPR over oil, gas assets Taiwo Adisa And Kolawole Daniel-Abuja

THE House of Representatives, on Tuesday, mandated its committee on Petroleum Resources (upstream) to look into activities of the Nigerian oil regulatory authorities and also the need to complete all ongoing and outstanding unitisation process of straddled oil and gas fields in the country. The resolution was sequel to a motion moved by Honourable Sergius Ogun where he maintained that, “due to the enormity of the resources to be relinquished by a party to the other, the utilisation procedure is always volatile and rancorous between those involved, making its outcome to be in most cases inclusive or controversial, especially when the relinquishing party is one of the international oil majors and the other an indigenous oil company. “The regulatory authorities, such as the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), National Petroleum Investments

Management Services (NAPIMS), National Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC), empowered by the law to regulate the unitisation procedure are most often helpless and do not have any definite time frame allocated to conclude the process, “the lawmaker said. He also worried that the

indigenous oil exploration and exploitation companies involved in the process of utilisation due to delay and protracted litigation are short changed adding that they lose majority of the revenues that are supposed to accrue to them. In a related development, the House has mandated its committees on Petroleum Resources (upstream) and Local Content

to “investigate the violations of grants of right of first refusal in the award of oil and gas contracts.” The House resolution was sequel to a motion sponsored by Honourable Lovette Idisi, maintaining that there has been a breach in a part of the constitution that provides for the exclusive consideration of Nigerian independent operators.

N465.64bn 2015 supplementary budget scales second reading Taiwo Adisa And Ayodele Adesanmi-Abuja

THE 2015 Supplementary Appropriation bill of N465.64 billion was on Tuesday passed through the Second Reading in the Senate. The Senators, who debated the general principles of the money bill, said that the proposal would address some critical sectors. Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, who led the debate on the budget bill, said that the proposals contained in the appropriation

bill were laudable and capable of helping the nation to address critical needs. While the sum of N460, 636,926,857 is for recurrent expenditure, the balance of N5 billion is for contribution to the development fund for additional Capital Expenditure for the year ending on December 31, 2015 The Bill, has, however been referred to the Committee on Appropriation for scrutiny and further legislative work, while its report is expected next week. Ndume said: “Mr Presi-

dent, my highly respected colleagues, you will recall that the President through a communication to the President of the Senate forwarded the 2015 Supplementary Appropriation Bill the senate which was read at the floor of the Senate on Wednesday, November 18 2015 by the President of the Senate.” He also disclosed that the 2015 budget was predicated on an oil production of N2.2782 million barrels per day and a bench mark oil price of $53 per barrel on exchange rate of N190 to a dollar.

Army intercepts rustlers, recovers 1,000 cattle in Niger Adelowo Oladipo-Minna

MEN of the Operation Sharan Daji of the 31 FAB Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, at Zungeru, Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State, on Monday, recovered 1,000 cattle from cattle rustlers. The soldiers were said to have intercepted a group of rustlers around Zungeru, where they arrested the hoodlums and recovered the stolen cattles. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the rustlers were entering the state from Zamfara, Kebbi and Sokoto states and Birinin Gwari in Kaduna State, where they rustled the cattle, but ran into the men of the Operation Sharan Daji on the day they were intercepted. The leader of the operation, Captain Mohammed Lawal told newsmen that the rustlers, numbering nine, confessed to have rustled the livestock from the owners. Danwaki, however stated that, “It is difficult to call for reinforcement because some of the crime prone areas were without mobile networks.”

Kwara Assembly seeks more information on proposed N20bn bond Biola Azeez-Ilorin

THE Kwara State House of Assembly has urged the State Government to furnish the legislature with detailed information on the bonds so far accessed by the present administration led by Governor Abdul Fatah Ahmed in the state. This is part of resolutions reached by the House, following Governor Ahmed’s request for the House resolutions on the proposed seven-year N20billion bond to address critical developmental projects in the state, read by the Speaker, Dr Ali Ahmad on the floor of the House. Reading the resolutions of the House, the Speaker commended the State Government for its vision in conceptualising the stimulus acceleration plan and proposing various projects that will improve on the lives of the people. He said the detailed information would assist the House to access the impact of the previous bonds accessed by the State Government on the lives of the people of the State. The House equally urged the executive arm of government to furnish the legislature with detailed information on the cost and locations of the projects to be executed under the proposed bond.

news Panel disbandment stalls Kashamu’s appeal

By Yejide Gbenga-Ogundare

HE appeal filed by Buruji Kashamu, the senator representing Ogun East in the National Assembly, challenging the judgment of the Election Petitions Tribunal that sat in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on October 9, was stalled before the Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, on Tuesday. The matter could not go on as scheduled due to the disbandment of the panel that was originally set up to hear the appeal by the president of the Court of Appeal Parties and their counsels

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were already seated awaiting the arrival of panel members for the hearing to commence on Tuesday when the court registrar appeared to announce that the matter will not proceed as scheduled because the panel put in place for the hearing has been disbanded, adding that further information will be communicated at the appropriate time Though, no reason was given for the development, the Nigeria Tribune gathered that it was due to a petition written by Senator Kashamu and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), alleging manipu-

lations of the matter and a compromise of panel members. Speaking on the development, the PDP chairman in Ogun State, Dayo Adebayo, stated that the disbandment of the panel is a victory for the people and a sign that the judiciary is sensitive and willing to be fair to all parties According to him, they had to shout out to authorities involved because they were aware that some moves were being made to manipulate the appeal. “This is a victory to us and to everybody because when you are talking about an election, you are talk-

ing about the people of the nation and the will of God. What has happened here this morning I think; is that the judiciary is trying to be fair to all concerned and the way I see it, the thinking of the Lord is different from the thinking of the people. “We have discovered that APC is going round trying to manipulate all the arrangements. How can Dapo Abiodun who lost his polling booth, ward and his local government challenge a popular candidate like Kashamu. Senator Kashamu won and the APC is trying to turn the will of God and that is why we

shouted out to the appropriate authorities. “Because the authorities concerned don’t want to take sides, they disbanded the panel and told us to wait a little bit and I am sure they are going to do something about the issue before commencement of trial. There are lots of manipulations ongoing with the leadership of APC sending some powerful lawyers to the members of the panel that were to hear our appeal. Kashamu has won the election and there is nothing anybody can do,” he said. In his own reaction, Adedapo Abiodun expressed surprise that the matter couldn’t go on as scheduled and described the allegations as laughable but expressed optimism that it cannot affect his case and that his confidence in the judiciary is unshaken. According to him, if a party feels that it would not get justice because of some accusations and the judiciary in its wisdom takes that into consideration,

Gov’s wife distributes ATM welfare cards to elderly in Ogun By Doyin Adeoye

Wife of the Ogun State governor, Mrs Olufunso Amosun (second left), her husband, Senator Ibikunle Amosun (back middle), holding samples of the ATM welfare cards with some of its beneficiaries, during the uplifting of the aged, in Abeokuta.

Call deposed Deji to order, Akure traditional chiefs tell govt The leadership and traditional chiefs of Akure, Ondo State, have called on the state government and the security authorities in the country to call the deposed traditional ruler of the town, Prince Adepoju Adesina, to order, to maintain the peace being enjoyed by the residents of the ancient city. The leaders on Tuesday, rose in unison to condemn the sudden appearance of the dethroned traditional ruler in the town, describing his appearance in the town as a show of shame . Speaking on behalf of the leaders, the former Ambassador to Greece, Professor Olu Agbi, stated that Adesina’s appearance in the heart of Akure nearly unsettled the peace of the Akure community. Agbi said the incident sent a wrong signal to the residents and people of the town and tantamount to saying that Akure has two traditional rulers but maintained that “Adesina has been deposed and it will remain so.” The former ambassador explained that the deposed

traditional rulers action was sacrilegious, saying by going back to where he had earlier performed some traditional rites, is a traditional taboo and called on Akure chiefs to urgently address the situation. He disclosed that, it took the intervention of the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, to ensure that the deposed monarch and his support-

ers were not attacked, as some youths of the town were only waiting for the order of the traditional ruler, who did not give his blessing to the planned attack on Adesina. While reacting to the action of the leaders and traditional chiefs of Akure, the deposed traditional ruler’s elder brother, Prince Ibukun Adesina, said his brother did not break any

law by coming to Akure. He said that the family of Adesina wrote to the State Commissioner of Police and the Director of State Security Service before coming to Akure “He is challenging his illegal removal by the state government in court and he has served out the banishment placed on him by the government and therefore, has every right to come to Akure.

Appeal court upturns tribunal decision on Ilaje Ese Odo election Hakeem Gbadamosi-Akure

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital, on Tuesday, upturned the decision of the Ondo State Election Petition Tribunal that nullified the victory of the lawmaker representing Ilaje/ Eae Odo federal constituency ,at the House of Representatives, Honourable Kolade Akinjo. The election petition tribunal had earlier nullified Akinjo victory in the March 28 election on the ground of intelligibility of the lawmaker to contest as

a member of the Peoples DemocraticParty ( PDP) However, the three- man panel led by Justice Abiyiri Shehu, faulted the tribunal ruling which ruled that Akinjo was not a member of the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP), because his membership card as a member of PDP was not signed by the party chairman and secretary from his ward. The Appeal Court noted that the petitioner, Lucky Ayedatiwa, failed to establish before the court that the winner of the March 28

election was carrying fake membership card of the party before the election The court ,however, upheld the victory of Akinjo as the duly elected lawmaker and representative of the Ilaje / Ese Odo federal constituency of Ondo State while no cost was awarded against the respondents. Reacting to the judgement, counsel to Ayedatiwa, Titiloye Charles, said his party has accepted the verdict in good fate but would soon make its position known.

Wife of Ogun State governor, Mrs Olufunso Amosun, has again shown her commitment towards improving the lives of the people of the state, by distributing ATM welfare cards to the aged at the weekend. Held at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Abeokuta, Mrs Amosun, who is also the president of the UPLIFT Development Foundation, said that the distribution of the ATM welfare cards was in continuation of the welfare package designed to ease the lives of senior citizens in the state to enable them enjoy more dividends of democracy. Lauding his wife for her various initiatives, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, called on other individuals and organisations to partner with the state government in improving the lives of the less privileged in the state. The governor, who disclosed this during the event, assured that the initiative will be sustained to give succour to vulnerable senior citizens in the state. “The uplifting of the aged is one of the excellent initiatives by my wife to support the state government in our overall agenda to reduce poverty in the state.”

whatever the judiciary decides, he and his party will abide by it because they have utmost belief in the Nigerian judicial system “I am as sure as you are that the case will not go on. I left Lagos at 6.00am and my team of lawyers had been here since last night with the expectation that the appeal will commence this morning. We are surprised the panel has been asked to step down while a new panel will be constituted. We will go back to await further instructions. “I am not an attorney but I don’t believe this should have any implication on our case, except for the fact that the clock is ticking and I believe we have a 60 days window between filing of processes and when the case will be disposed off and that window lapses in a week to 10 days but my lawyers will be able to advice better. “You are aware that the media has been inundated with accusations and supposed petitions, it’s my opinion that this is a reaction to that. I’m not sure I should respond to the allegations because at the very least, it is laughable and ludicrous. This character is common place to him, he misrepresents and mud slings; I will not dissipate energy on this.

Abandoned babies

A day-old-boy, was abandoned at Ode-Ige, Odinjo Area, Ibadan, Oyo State, on October 8, 2015.

This baby boy was rescued at Adifase Primary Health Care Centre, Apata area, Ibadan, Oyo State, on April 27, 2015, when he was a day old. Anybody with useful information that could lead to the whereabouts of their parents or relatives should, please, contact the Principal Social Welfare Officer, Ibadan/Ibarapa Zone Social Welfare Office, Iyaganku, Ibadan or the nearest police station.

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Nigerians must brace up for more challenges in 2016 —Fayose Sam Nwaoko -Ado-Ekiti

kiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said with the continued downward trend in the price of crude oil in the international market, except by God’s intervention, Nigerians should brace up for more challenges next year. The governor, who spoke in Efon during his sensitisation tour of local government areas in the state, said this year’s budget performed poorly because it was predicated on $68 per barrel, while it sold much lesser than the anticipated price per barrel. In a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, on Tuesday, in Ado-Ekiti, the governor opined that if the trend continued, there would be more financial

challenges to cope with next year. “This year’s budget did not meet expectations, especially in the area of capital expenditure because of the poor revenue coming in from oil sale in the international market. The oil now sells for less than $40 per barrel. “Without being an economic expert, one can envisage a tough economic terrain next year. You know that I don’t hide things from you, the other day they said

they have given out bailout fund, I said it was not. It will amount to sheer deception for a leader to hide the true position of things from the people. “We are heading for a serious financial challenge next year, as there seems to be little hope for the economy bouncing back. Our administration has always put our finances in the open for all to see. We are on this tour because we need to let you know what is happening. The power of the people is

greater than the power of the leaders,” he said. In response to observations by workers, the governor said a department that would look into their complaints and follow up on their welfare, would be set up at the Governor’s Office, Ado-Ekiti. Fayose also promised that the coming Christmas period would not be bleak for civil servants in the state, saying no effort would be spared to ensure that they get their salaries.

He solicited their understanding and cooperation, adding that the state government would, within available resources, give their welfare top priority. The governor, who also visited Aramoko in Ekiti West Local Government Area, ordered the setting up of a panel to look into the complaints by workers of over-deduction in their salaries concerning the payment for the laptops given to teachers by the Fayemi administration.

Nasarawa Assembly issues 7-day ultimatum to ALGON over workers’ salary Ademola Adegbite -Lafia NASARAWA State Assembly ad hoc committee investigating non-payment of local government personnel salary, on Tuesday, ordered the state chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) to offset all backlog of salary arrears in the next one week or face the consequences. Its chairman, Honourable Mohammed Alkali, representing Lafia North under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), gave this order during a meeting with the state ALGON executives, Local Government Directors of Personnel Management and other stakeholders in the state. According to him, “we want to ensure that every local government staff and other workers get their salary as at when due because it is when they are paid that productivity would be increased. Issues like payment of staff salary and omission of some names in the payroll should be addressed head-on.” Honourable Alkali, who is also the chairman, House Committee on Public Complaint and Petitions, explained that the aim of the meeting was to find a permanent solution to the problems faced by councils’ members of staff regarding their salaries, so as to improve their standard of living.

Gospel singer and Glo ambassador, Sammie Okposo (second right) with winner of the singing competition, Alero Voice Agambi (right); first runner-up, Onyekere Glory (left) and the second runner-up, Benedicta Omorinyen, during the Glo Laftta Fest comedy show in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Sunday.

Ortom gets nod from Benue Assembly to borrow N12bn John Babajide -Makurdi BENUE State Assembly has granted approval to Governor Samuel Ortom to obtain N12 billion loan for development of infrastructural projects and for financing agricultural value chain. The approval followed letters to the Speaker of the assembly entitled: “Request for a resolution to obtain a loan for developmental and infrastructure projects”, of which the Governor said the Federal Government had directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to make available loanable funds to the state governments for developmental infrastructural projects, saying the offer was open to any interested government to borrow N10 billion. He also disclosed that N2 billion was meant to finance Agricultural Value Chain and dry season farming under the CBN Special Intervention Funds, payable in 20 years at 9 per cent interest rate. Governor Ortom said the infrastructural gap in the state is so huge that it could not be effectively tackled with the meagre monthly revenue from the federation account and internally gen-

erated revenue. He asserted that his administration is committed to providing basic infrastructure, especially in the areas of roads, electricity and potable water. He also expressed optimism that when the loan was accessed, its accruing benefits

from the projects would greatly uplift the living standard of the people of the state. With the approval, the current administration in the last six months, may have procured N55.5 billion loan. The first was N10 billion loan from commercial banks used for payment of

May and June salaries, as well as take off of the administration. Another N5.5 billion loan from commercial banks was utilised for counterpart funding of special projects while N28 billion bailout funds was used to pay backlog of salary arrears to workers.

Ondo 2016: APC will not impose any candidate —Ayorinde Hakeem Gbadamosi -Akure MEMBER representing Owo/ Ose federal constituency of Ondo State in the House of Representatives, Bode Ayorinde, has assured members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state that the party will not impose any candidate in next year’s governorship election. Ayorinde, who stated this in Akure, the Ondo State capital, while declaring his intention to contest for the position of the state governor in the 2016 election on the platform of APC, said the era of imposition had gone. According to him, the APC will conduct a free,

fair and transparent primaries to pick its candidate for the election, saying “ the party has embraced internal democracy in the last two years, and I want to assure you that this will not be an exception.” “This is the era of change. APC conducted a free and transparent primaries in Edo, Kogi and Bayelsa and there was no imposition, and I believe this spirit of free and fair primaries will be sustained in choosing the party standard-bearer in Ondo State. This is an antidote to peaceful cohesion among the aspirants.” Ayorinde pledged to build, at least, an industry in each local government area of the state if elected

as the governor, even without using federal allocation, saying “this state will witness industrial growth.” “In rebuilding the state, my core programme is industrialisation. Every local government shall witness industrial growth that will provide jobs not only for our people, but also to attract other Nigerians and foreigners alike to our state. “With strong determination to industrialise Ondo State, the development of good network of roads, good water supply and sustainable housing development become not only imperative but absolutely necessary to support massive industrial growth.”

Shettima bags NVMA 2015 award James Bwala -Makurdi Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima has been honoured with Nigeria Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) 2015 Merit Award for his contribution towards promoting veterinary practice in the state. The national president of the association, Dr Edgar Amos Sunday, presented the premium award to the governor, on the occassion of the NVMA, during its 52nd National Annual Congress held in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. The event drew members of NVMA from the 36 states of the federation including Abuja. Shettima was represented on the occasion by a former Commissioner for Animal Resources and Fisheries Development, a Professor of Veterinary Physiology, Umar Sandabe, as well as other members of state delegation, including Dr Andrew Usman Malgwi. In his acceptance speech, the governor said he was humbled by members of NVMA for considering him worthy of the award and promised that his administration would pursue vigorously the aims and objectives of the association to ensure good quality animal protein in the state.

Police summon peace meeting with farmers, Fulani pastoralists Adamu Amadu -Dutse AS part of efforts of the Jigawa State Police Command to ensure peaceful co-existence between farmers and Fulani pastoralists in the state, the state Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Usman Abubakar Tilli, held an open meeting with the two parties, with a view towards embracing peaceful co-existence among them. Speaking at the meeting that held at the state police headquarters, Tilli said the meeting brought together leaders of both associations, in order to create an atmosphere of understanding between Fulani pastoralists and farmers, and also to know each others’ rights and needs, particularly at this harvesting period and beyond. According to him, similar meeting between the two groups had drastically helped to reduce Fulani/ farmers clashes this year as compared with previous years, noting that “this was achieved because of this type of meeting and sensitisation to two different parties.”

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Members of the Dream Team celebrate one of their goals at the just-ended All Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville.

Onigbinde clamours for grassroots competitions Biola Azeez -Ilorin

Senegal 2015:

Okechukwu, Awoniyi, Ajayi express confidence

IGERIA’S U-23 team captain, Azubuike Okechukwu and strikers Taiwo Awoniyi and Junior Ajayi have expressed confidence the Dream Team will fly high at the African U-23 Cup of Nations which begins this weekend in Senegal. The tournament will also serve as qualifying tournament for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Azubuike said the national team gave him the platform to move to Turkey, saying he is always thrilled to return to play for Nigeria. “Even though I am a little bit tired after playing for my club over the weekend, I still see this national team call up as my little way to say a big thank you to my country for the

opportunity given to me in the past which has made me become what I am today,” said the former Bayelsa United player. On his part, Awoniyi who plays for a German second division side, FSV Frankfurt said he and his team-mates will work hard to make Nigeria proud in Senegal. “This is work time, qualifying for the Rio Olympics is non-negotiable as we have no excuse to give Nigerians, that’s why we have to put in our best to get something out of Senegal,” said Awoniyi who helped the national U-20 team, the Flying Eagles to the African Junior Nations Cup held early this year also in Senegal. Also, Tunisia-based striker, Ajayi has

vowed to help Nigeria win the AFCON in Senegal. “I have come to contribute my little quota in ensuring that we not only pick an Olympic ticket, but also win the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations,” said Ajayi on arrival in Banjul, The Gambia, to join the team prior to the tournament. “I can’t describe how I feel any time I report for national duty. For me, it’s an honour to put smiles on the faces of Nigerians, this I have come to do, God willing.” Ajayi, who now features for CS Sfaxien, scored the two goals that eliminated Congo Brazzaville from the U-23 championship.

Dream Team departs for Senegal

Bale’s agent signs Nwakali, 3 other victorious Eaglets

As Siasia wants Gambia rematch NIGERIA’S U-23 national team, Dream Team VI will today depart from Banjul, Gambia where it has been camping for the past 10 days for the CAF U-23 Africa Cup of Nations billed for Senegal. According to the secretary of the team, Sirajo Hassan, the delegation made up of 23 players, 10 accompanying officials will depart the Banjul International Airport at about 11pm aboard Arik Airline for the thirty minutes flight to Dakar. The team is expected to play its last friendly game against the Gambian U-20 side, the Baby Scorpions tomorrow by 4pm (5.00pm Nigerian time), before departing. The team on arrival in Dakar, will then proceed to Mbour, venue of its first two group B games. The Dream Team VI will begin their quest to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics when they take on West African rivals Mali on Sunday at the Caroline Faye Stadium, in Mbour. Meanwhile, coach Samson Siasia has requested for a rematch with Gambia U-20s after they held his team to a 1-1 draw on Monday as part of his team’s build-up to the U-23 AFCON in Senegal. Impressed with the tough opposition presented by the Baby Scorpions, Siasia requested for a rematch on Wednesday before the team departs for Senegal the following day.

FORMER Super Eagles coach, Chief Adegboye Onigbinde, has said that regular sporting competitions should be organised among 774 local governments in Nigeria to enhance comprehensive sport development across the country He stated this on Tuesday at the presentation of sporting materials to St. Anthony’s Senior Secondary School, Ilorin by one of its old students, Mr Toyin Ibitoye, who is also the media officer of the Super Eagles. Onigbinde noted that sporting activities are natural processes of development in every human being. He stated that when competitions are being organised, winners should represent the local governments and from there represent the state at the national level. The former handler of Trinidad and Tobago stated that talents could effectively be discovered through grassroots competitions, just as he called on governments to take sport to every home through adequate attention. Also speaking, the Kwara State commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Mr Bolakale Ibrahim, commended the donor, Ibitoye and expressed the hope that it would bring about sports rebirth and help further produce talents for the state and the country at large. In his remarks, Ibitoye of the Channels TV, noted that his alma mater had produced many sportsmen and women for the country including Olympic gold medallist, Sunday Bada as well as Olympians like Olapade Adenekan, Bisi Afolabi, Adeyemi sisters. He promised to resuscitate the school’s inter-house sport competitions.

MTN female polo team players pose with the First Lady of Kebbi State, Hajia Shinkafi (second from left) during the closing ceremonies of the recently-concluded MTN Pink Polo Day in Kaduna.

THE 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup Most Valuable Player (MVP), Kelechi Nwakali and his Golden Eaglets team-mates, Samuel Chukwueze, David Enogena and Joel Osikel have joined the stable of Stellar Group, arguably the world’s leading football agency who manage the careers of the world’s most expensive player Gareth Bale among others. Others in the Stellar Group are England international stars Joe Hart, Luke Shaw, Connor Wickham and Jonjo Shelvey. They also handle ex- England internationals Ashley Cole, Glen Johnson, Nigerian-born Nedum Onuoha and Carlton Cole among others. According to Errol Olowu, the head of Africa of Stellar Group, unlike most agents who only care about their commission and transferring their players, Stellar Group care for their players around the clock. “Stellar Group not only caters for our players and ensures they get good value for their skills and top salaries, we also cater for their day-today needs to ensure they concentrate on their football,” said Olowu. “As young footballers coming to Europe, far from friends and families, we help them settle down so they can shine brighter.”

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08116954632 foreignnewseditor@gmail.com This image shows the moment the Russian Sukhoi Su-24 jet was shot down by Turkish F-16 fighter planes near the TurkishSyrian border, on Tuesday. PHOTO: AFP/GETTY IMAGES.

NATO calls extraordinary meeting after Turkey downed Russian jet

ATO allies held an “extraordinary” meeting on Tuesday at Ankara’s request to discuss Turkey’s shooting down of a Russian fighter jet along the Syrian border, an alliance official said. “At the request of Turkey, the North Atlantic Council will hold an extraordinary meeting at (1600 GMT). The aim of this extraordinary NAC is for Turkey to inform allies about the downing of a Russian airplane,” the official told AFP. The North Atlantic Council consists of ambassadors from the 28 NATO member states. Early on Tuesday, Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border after repeated warnings over air space violations, but Moscow said it could prove the jet had not

left Syrian air space. It was the first time a NATO member’s armed forces have downed a Russian or Soviet military aircraft since the 1950s and Russian and Turkish assets fell on fears of an escalation between the former Cold War enemies. A Kremlin spokesman said it was a “very serious incident” but that it was too early to draw conclusions.

Footage from private Turkish broadcaster Haberturk TV showed the warplane going down in flames in a woodland area, a long plume of smoke trailing behind it. The plane went down in area known by Turks as “Turkmen Mountain,” it said. Separate footage from Turkey’s Anadolu Agency showed two pilots parachuting out of the jet before it crashed. A Syrian rebel

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Paris attacks: Suspect quizzed,

Brussels still in lockdown FRENCH authorities on Tuesday questioned a top suspect linked to attackers who terrorised Paris, while Belgium’s capital remained locked down under threat of a possible similar attack, The Associated Press reported. Jawad Bendaoud, the only person in France facing potential terrorism charges linked to the Nov. 13 Paris attacks that killed 130 people and wounded hundreds was handed over Tuesday morning to an anti-terrorism judge in Paris, according to a judicial official. Bendaoud was detained last week for

providing lodging to the suspected mastermind of the attacks in an apartment in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis. Police raided the apartment Nov. 18, and three people were killed including suspected attacks orchestrator Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a female cousin and one other. Bendaoud acknowledged in a television interview giving shelter to two people from Belgium but said he didn’t know who they were or what they planned. Bendaoud, 29, told BFM television, “I didn’t know they were terrorists. I was asked to do a favor. I did a favour, sir.”

1st Ebola death in Liberia since WHO declares country virus-free Sept group sent a video to Reuters that appeared to show one of the pilots immobile and badly wounded on the ground and an official from the group said he was dead. Russia’s defence ministry said one of its Su-24 fighter jets had been downed in Syria and that, according to preliminary information, the pilots were able to eject. It said the aircraft had been over Syria for the duration of its flight.

A teenage boy has died of Ebola in Liberia, a health official said on Tuesday, the first fatality since July in one of the three West African countries hit hardest by the worst ever outbreak of the disease. The 15-year-old boy died Monday night, said Dr. Francis Kateh, chief medical officer and acting head of Liberia’s Ebola Case Management System. The boy, who lived in Libe-

ria’s eastern Paynesville district, was the first Ebola patient in the country since it was declared Ebola-free for a second time in September, The Associated Press said.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Pope arrives Kenya today, urged to press human rights issues in Africa

A child holds a prayer book with the photo of Pope Francis. PHOTO: REUTERS.

POPE Francis begins his first official visit to Africa today (Wednesday), with stops planned in Kenya, Uganda, and the Central African Republic, a trip that human rights advocates hope he will use to press for expanded political rights, religious tolerance and respect for minorities.

Streets have been newly paved, banners hung by the highways, and Pope Francis branded merchandise is for sale, all to welcome the pontiff when he kicks off his Africa tour in Kenya, VOA’s Jill Craig reports from Nairobi. The pope will make his first stop in Kenya today, where he will visit the slum of

Kangemi, in keeping with his advocacy for the poor, VOA said. He is also expected to highlight the effects of climate change, having previously said the underprivileged are disproportionately affected by changes in weather patterns. And he will meet with leaders of different faiths, in

an effort to address Kenya’s history of violence between religious groups. Human Rights Watch has sent a letter to the pope outlining a list of concerns the group hopes he will address during his African visit. It called for the pope to address human rights violations in all three of his destinations.

Footage shows US student who raped, murdered, buried his teacher AN American student who was accused of raping and murdering his teacher, after seeing him in surveillance footage rolling a recycling bin down a hallway and outside the school, appeared in court, on Monday. Philip Chism, 16, sat quietly and emotionless while jurors watched video of him dragging the large blue recycling bin the prosecution claims contained the body of Colleen Ritzer, his Math teacher at Danvers High School in Massachusetts, Mail Online said. He is then seen returning to school with his pants covered in a dark red substance that appears to be blood.

Fox Boston reports that jurors also saw footage of Chism walking into a nearby AMC movie theater that afternoon where a ticket for the film Gravity was purchased by someone on Ritzer’s credit card. Chism, who was 14 at the time in October 2013, has admitted to killing his 24-yearold teacher, but is pleading not guilty on the grounds of insanity. Jurors also heard on Monday that Ritzer’s blood was found on a box cutter which was in Chism’s backpack as well as all the clothes he was seen wearing on the surveillance footage. Chism changed at some

point during the day from jeans and a white shirt in to shorts and a black shirt, which at first confused authorities who believed that two people may have been responsible for Ritzer’s murder. The trial started last week, and on Wednesday the court was shown the first footage of Ritzer’s final moments, sporting a smile as she waved at someone in the hallway and walked alone to the bathroom. Moments later, Chism could be seen leaving a classroom to follow her. With the hood of the sweatshirt over his head and gloves on, the chilling footage then shows the teen en-

The student was seen in surveillance footage rolling a recycling bin prosecution claims contained the body of Colleen Ritzer, his Math teacher, down a hallway (bottom left), outside the school (left) and a state police chemist, holds the pair of blood soaked jeans worn by Chism (top left), in court on Monday. PHOTOS: AP & FOX BOSTON.

ter the restroom that Ritzer is in. A few minutes later, a female student then can be

seen walking into the bathroom, but she quickly exits. That student, Danielle Bedard, testified on Monday

saying that she saw a naked brown butt and assumed someone was changing so she left the bathroom.

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An Indonesian, named Rudi avenged the rape of his wife by killing the rapist. He did not stop there he made sure he cut off the tool of the crime, cooked and ate it, telling the police he did so “to heal my heart ache”. But while Rudi’s action might have healed his heart ache has it not also destroyed his soul?

Senegal 2015: Osimhen

makes Dream Team, replaces Success FIFA’s ethics watchdog wants R life ban for Platini

Osimhen (right) celebrates with Kingsley Michael after scoring at Chile 2015.

By Ganiyu Salman

EIGNING FIFA U-17 World Cup goal king, Victor Osimhen has

eventually been listed among Nigeria’s final 21man squad for the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations scheduled to begin this weekend in Senegal.

Osimhen who was earlier excluded from the official list submitted by coach Samson Siasia emerged a late replacement for the Granada striker, Isaac

2015 Glo-CAF Awards:

Abuja set to host Africa The city of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria is already agog with excitement as it prepares to host top stakeholders in the African football community at the 2015 Glo-CAF Awards on January 7, 2016. Abuja is hosting the awards for the second time, having hosted the inaugural edition of Glo-CAF Awards in 2005. In a press statement released on Tuesday in Lagos, Globacom said that “the Glo-CAF Awards 2015 is where you will meet the greatest African football legends, including the new African Footballer of the Year and winners in 12 other categories.” The categories include African Player of The Year (Based in Africa), National Team of The Year, Club of The Year, and Coach of The Year. Other categories are Women’s National Team of The Year, Women’s Foot-

baller of The Year, Most Promising Talent, Referee of The Year, Legend of The year, Fair Play Award, Platinum Award, which has only one nominee, and Africa Finest XI. Abuja, Nigeria was announced as the host of 2015 Glo-CAF Awards by the Confederation of African Football in October this year and sponsors and organisers of the event, Globacom said that plans are afoot to stage a memorable Awards gala for the second time in Nigeria’s federal capital. The event is expected to congregate top football celebrities across Africa, as well as top government officials from Nigeria, Ghana and other parts of Africa, the statement said. As usual, the Awards and possible winners have been the subject of discussions in the media and among football fans and youth across

Africa. The list of top 10 contenders for the 2015 African Footballer of the Year and 10 nominees for Africa Footballer of the Year (Africabased) was recently released by CAF. Since Glo took over the sponsorship in 2005, the event has been held in several cities in Africa. Accra, Ghana hosted the 2006 edition, while the 2007 edition was held in Lome, Togo. The city of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre hosted the event for the first time in 2008 before it moved back to Accra in 2009.

Success. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), as a result of the late substitution will now have to pay a fine to the Confederation of African Football (CAF). According to thenff. com, the inclusion of Osimhen, who scored a record 10 goals to aid the Eaglets triumph at the justended FIFA U-17 World Cup, Chile 2015 was announced after the Dream Team’s second friendly against the Gambian U-20 national team, Baby Scorpions which ended in a 1-1 draw in the game played in The Gambia where Nigeria is camped ahead of Senegal 2015. It was gathered that the availability of Success who featured at the recently-held FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand could not be ascertained hence, the decision of Siasia to replace him with Osimhen, who also also won the adidas Silver Ball at Chile 2015.

Tonight’s Champions League fixures FC Astana CSKA Moscow S/Donetsk Man U Malmo FF Juventus B/Monchengladbach

vs Benfica vs VfL Wolfsburg vs Real Madrid vs PSV vs PSG vs Man City vs Sevilla

FIFA’s ethics watchdog wants Michel Platini banned for life over a suspected payment, the UEFA president’s lawyer said on Tuesday. Platini, until recently the favourite to take over as the president of the football’s world body, and FIFA president, Sepp Blatter will find out in the next month whether a FIFA court has found them guilty of ethics breaches. “The investigatory chamber of FIFA’s ethics committee has asked for Michel Platini to be banned for life. It is in the report sent to us,” the Frenchman’s lawyer, Thibaud d’Ales, told AFP. He called the proposed punishment a “scandal” and “excessive”. Blatter’s lawyers did not answer questions about whether the same punishment had been requested against the 79-year-old veteran sports baron. His personal spokesman, Klaus Stoehlker, said Blatter did not know what punishment had been requested. Platini and Blatter are

already serving 90-day suspensions while an investigation is held into a $2 million sum Platini received from FIFA in 2011. That has ruled the 60-year-old Frenchman out of the race for the Fifa presidency to be decided in the election on February 26. Blatter is under investigation in Switzerland for ‘criminal mismanagement’ over the payment to Platini, ostensibly for consultancy work completed nine years earlier. Platini has been named in the investigation but is not yet a formal suspect.

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