Gov'ship Polls: INEC, Security Agents Identify Flash Points in Bayelsa, Kogi

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MY SECRET LIFE: EFCC GOES AFTER DOCTORS FG TO ESTABLISH LG➔ ` PAGE 10 I GO EXTRA MILE FOR CLIENTS ISSUING FAKE MEDICAL FARM SETTLEMENTS – LABESA ` PAGE 71 REPORTS TO SUSPECTS` PAGE 12 NATIONWIDE – MINISTER Gov’ship Polls: INEC, Security Agents Identify Flash Points In Bayelsa, Kogi BY SUNDAY ISUWA, Abuja Police to deploy 66,214 officers flashpoints posed to the polls. He said that 66, 214 policemen Ahead of the November 16 identified major flashpoints in Kogi INEC and the security agencies agency for election security, who is would be deployed in Kogi and governorship election, the and Bayelsa States. to swing into action in order to also the inspector-general of police Bayelsa States to man all the polling Independent National Electoral LEADERSHIP Weekend recalls stem the menace in the upcoming (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, said units, INEC offices, the Central Bank Commission (INEC) and the that the two states have a history of gubernatorial election. that the security agencies were country’s security agencies have election violence which prompted To this end, the head of the lead not unmindful of the threat the ` CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 INSURGENCY Army Begins Trial Of 20 Officers, 4 Soldiers For Cowardice, Negligence Flags off ‘Operation Ayem Akpatuma 2’ in Benue, Kogi Emefiele Proposes 2-yr Border Closure Says it will solve Nigeria’s security problems BY JONATHAN NDA-ISAIAH, Abuja Emefiele Proposes Border Closure For 2 Years The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has said that if the current closure of Nigerian borders is sustained for the next two years, insurgency, banditry and kidnapping would be eradicated. Emefiele stated this yesterday at the first convocation lecture of Edo University, Iyamho, Auchi. While responding to questions after L-R: Vice Chancellor, Edo University, Iyamho, Prof Emmanuel Aluyor; Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor and guest lecturer, Godwin Emefiele and Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, at the first convocation lecture of the university, in Edo State, yesterday. ` CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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Plateau State Commissioner for Finance, Dr Regina Seomlat (Left); the State Governor, Simon Lalong (third right) with some members of the State Economic Summit Committee, during the inauguration of Plateau State Investment and Economic Summit Planning Committee in Jos, yesterday. PHOTO BY NAN. Fidelity Bank Celebrates 2019 Compliances & Ethics Week As part of sustained efforts and ethics programmes in necessary”, Okonkwo said. conduct a host of engaging customers who are serviced to promote ethical values a manner that strengthens Okonkwo also promised staff activities including trivia across its 250 business offices and professionalism within its ideals while educating to put the best interest of its contest, quiz and lectures. The and various digital banking the bank, Fidelity Bank Plc, employees. teeming customers first, adding focus is to remind ourselves of channels. The bank says it yesterday disclosed plans to Commenting on the that strict adherence to proper the need to imbibe ethical values remains focused on select niche participate in this year edition celebration, Fidelity Bank’s ethical values has helped sustain within the organisation even as corporate banking sectors as of the Corporate Compliance Managing Director/CEO, the bank’s standing as a socially we strive to build an enduring well as Micro Small and Medium and Ethics Week. Nnamdi Okonkwo, pointed responsible organisation and institution,” Okonkwo added. Enterprises (MSMEs) and Commencing on November out that the bank remains good corporate citizen. Fidelity Bank is a full-fledged its currently driving its retail 3 and running up until Friday, committed to the highest “As part of the Compliance commercial bank operating banking businesses through its November 8, the bank has standards of ethical and & Ethics Week, the bank will in Nigeria with over 5 million robust digital banking channels. organised series of engagement professional conduct in its that are part of the annual dealings with customers. activities around the celebration. “Guided by the Fidelity Code NSITF Tasks Defunt NPF Pensioners On Transfer Corporate Compliance of Business Conduct & Ethical and Ethics Week is organised Policy, we expect our employees To Trustfund Pension annually by the Society of to uphold its tenets always, BY MICHAEL OCHE, Abuja Corporate Compliance and and act in a way that reflects that that five years would give to confirm and verify that those Ethics (SCCE), which provide the bank’s principles. We have Trustfund the ability to gather assets actually exist before they Managing Director of the Nigeria all funds from NSITF into liquid were subsequently transferred organisations with opportunity instituted an Ethics Committee Social Insurance Trust Fund format because some of them were to Trustfund. All these transfers to demonstrate their extensive to drive this agenda and (NSITF), Adebayo Somefun, has physical assets that needed to be happened between 2005 and 2006. and comprehensive compliance, intervene in guiding staff when urged contributors to the defunct disposed off and then turned into Indeed, that was a prerequisite National Provident Fund (NPF) cash. for Trustfund to get operational and NSITF contributory pension He said: “The defunct NSITF license.” 4 Cheat Death As 2 Storey scheme to approach Trustfund pension scheme was established However, Somefun added that Pensions Limited for transfer to manage pension that was for contributors or their next of kin Building Collapse In Lagos of such fund into an existing contributed by the private sector. to claim remitted fund, evidence individual Retirement Saving The scheme ran from 1994 to of remittance must be provided to BY GEORGE OKOJIE, Lagos General, Dr Femi Oke- Account (PFA) with their Pension 2004 when the pension reform Act Trustfund, which will in turn verify Osanyintolu who Fund Administrator (PFA). came into existence. Section 42 of before presenting such to Pencom At least four people escaped confirmed the incident said Somefun explained in Abuja that the Contributory Pension Reform for approval. death by the whiskers on immediately the building the entire N54 billion retirement Act 2004 empowered the NSITF “Before Trustfund can transfer Friday in Lagos when a collapsed, emergency fund contributed by the private to transfer all its pension assets the fund, the owners would have to two-storey building under sector had since been moved to and liabilities to a pension fund come to Trustfund to fill a NSITF response was activated, Trustfund since 2006 following the construction at Glover saying that four people had administrator to be established by transfer form which after Trustfund Court, Ikoyi area of Lagos commencement of the contributory the NSITF and all the pensioners’ has verified the claim, will send such been rescued alive while one pension scheme in 2004. state collapsed. was still trapped. assets are to be taken over by that form to Pencom for approval. If the LEADERSHIP Weekend According to him, all records, PFA. It meant that the pension owners of the fund do not come The only construction funds and liabilities are with gathered that the building worker reportedly still being asset that the NSITF was managing forward, there is no way Trustfund collapsed around 4:10pm Trustfund and are no longer in the up to 2004 was transferred to the would transfer what has not been trapped under rubble of the custody of NSITF. while the workers were on collapsed building is said to new PFA. requested for to any RSA. The fund site. He explained that the provision “In total, NSITF transferred about is actually transferred to individual be a-24-year-old Yomi. in the pension reform Act was that N54 billion to the new company PFA and not to either Trustfund or Officials of the Lagos State Other emergency Trustfund would hold on to that Emergency Management called Trustfund Pensions Limited NSITF. responders present at the fund for five years before individual which was established in 2004. The “The next of kin of deceased Agency (LASEMA), who scene include Lagos State owners of the contribution will have were involved in the rescue assets were transferred under the people can claim benefits of their Fire Services, Lagos State assess to it in order to transfer them supervision of the National Pension breadwinners so long they have operation, rescued the four Ambulance Service, and the to their RSA. people. Commission because Pencom had evidence of remittances made under Lagos State Building Control According to him, the idea was to be the intermediary that has the defunct NPF,” he disclosed. LASEMA’s Director Agency, (LASBCA). Saturday, November 2, 2019 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA 3 our stand Tackle Yellow Fever Outbreak Frontally igeria Centre for mild, nonspecific, febrileof the skin and eyes), dark Bauchi have been reported Disease Control illness to a fulminating, urine and abdominal pain in Borno, Kano, Gombe and (NCDC) reports sometimes fatal disease. with vomiting. Bleeding can Katsina states. The NCDC that on 16 July The clinical symptomsoccur from the mouth, nose, report also showed that this year, the associated with the early eyes or stomach. Only 15 Bauchi had a total of 84 cases NEbonyi State Ministry of stages of infection are percent of people with yellow with 10 deaths; Borno 82 Health received information indistinguishable from those fever enter this phase, but of cases with no death; Gombe about suspected yellow fever of influenza or malaria,those that do, approximately seven cases with no death; cases in Ndingele ward, mainly fever, muscle pain half die within 7 - 10 days. Kano four cases with one Izzi Local Government with prominent backache, This year many of ourdeath; Katsina 66 cases with Area (LGA). The cases had headache, loss of appetite, compatriots have died as 23 deaths. In total within symptoms of fever and and nausea or vomiting. a result of yellow fever the Bauchi cluster of yellow jaundice, reported with In most cases, symptoms outbreak. fever outbreak recorded 243 onset since May 2019. As of disappear after 3 to 4 days. A Situation report by NCDC cases and 34 deaths. 30 August 2019, a total of 84 small percentage of patients, showed that between August The response to the suspected yellow fever cases, however, enter a second, 31–September 18, 2019 the outbreak is coordinated including 26 deaths (case more toxic phase within 24 country had responded to by the Nigerian Centre for fatality ratio: 31 per cent), hours of recovering from an outbreak of yellow fever, Disease Control (NCDC) at were reported across nine initial symptoms. High fever in people who are either the national level through LGAs within Ebonyi State. returns, and several body resident in,or have visited a multi - agency,multi Since September 2017, systems are affected, usually Alkaleri local government - partner Incident when NCDC informed the the liver and the kidneys, area in Bauchi since August Management System(IMS). World Health Organisation and also the heart and 1, 2019. NCDC in the report A four – year (2018 -2021) (WHO) of a confirmed case occasionally brain. In this showed that suspected national yellow fever of yellow fever in Kwara phase people are likely to and confirmed cases with Preventive Mass Vaccination State, Nigeria has been develop jaundice (yellowing an epidemiological link to Campaign (PMVC) plan responding to successive supported by GAVI and yellow fever outbreaks over partners is currently being a wide geographical area. FOR GOD AND COUNTRY implemented by Nigeria. By Following the country’ www.leadership.ng 2024, it is anticipated that s official notification to all the states in Nigeria will WHO (via the International have undergone campaign Health Regulations, 2005) activities to protect at – risk on 15 September 2017 of the EDITOR: Kayode Falade populations against yellow resurgence in yellow fever DEPUTY EDITORS: Festus Okoromadu, Nkechi Isaac fever. outbreaks, suspected cases EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: Silas Ezeugwu We urge state governments have been reported from GENERAL EDITOR: Richard Abu to adhere strictly to the all states and the Federal COORDINATOR, EDITORIAL BOARD: Suleiman Abdullahi recommendations of Capital Territory (FCT), WHO and NCDC on the and outbreak responses to CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Isiaka Gbodiyan prevention and treatment protect over 10 million people POLITICAL DIRECTOR: Jonathan Nda-Isaiah of yellow fever. The state have occurred in select areas and federal governments in 13 states. From 1 January should also increase funding through 31 July 2019, over for the health sector. Every 2, 000 suspected yellow fever CHAIRMAN state deserves to have the cases have been reported in Sam Nda-Isaiah capacity and facility to run 506 LGAs from all 36 states laboratory test on the virus including the Federal Capital MANAGING DIRECTOR: Muazu Elazeh instead of going to other Territory (FCT). states for the confirmation The World Health EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS: of the existence of the Organisation (WHO) Rasheed Yusuf virus or not. In the case of describes yellow fever as Geoffrey Essien Katsina, the laboratory test a tropical viral disease Felicia Ogbonlaiye for yellow fever had to be affecting the liver and Christian Ochiama done in Abuja or far away ADVERT DIRECTOR: Agbo Augustine kidneys, causing fever and AGM (CHAIRMAN’S OFFICE): Nangar Dul Lagos. This is not right. jaundice and often fatal and Since mosquito is the source transmitted by mosquitoes. of the virus, governments Nigeria Centre for Disease at all level should do more Control (NCDC) in explaining LEADERSHIP is a national paper symbolically embedded in the nation’s capital. to reduce their prevalence the symptoms stated that We shall stand up for good governance. We shall defend the interest of Nigerian in the country. In our following an infection, the people even against their rulers, and we shall raise our pen at all times in defence considered opinion, needless of what is right. These are the values by virus incubates in the body which we intend to be assessed. and preventable deaths as for three to six days. Many a result of yellow favour people do not experience We shall never, ever for any reason forget the noble reason of our coming into outbreaks must come to an symptoms but when these being: end. All hands must be on occur they vary from very For God and Country! deck to achieve this. 4 NEWS www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA Saturday, November 2, 2019 Insurgency: Army Begins Trial Of 20 Officers, Soldiers For Cowardice, Negligence BY FRANCIS OKOYE, Maiduguri and HEMBADOON negligence, some related to cowardice Represented by the Chief of Army ORSAR, Makurdi with some relating to poor command. Logistics, Maj-Gen. Joel Unuigbe, at the Negligence in the field in the sense that event held at IBB Square Makurdi, Buratai Top army officers and soldiers are set to counter-insurgency is not conducted said that the exercise which commenced face prosecution for negligence of duty anyhow. The military has its doctrine that on Thursday would rounded off on and acts of cowardice while on the line guides its operations. December 23, 2019. of duty in the insurgency-ravaged Borno “If you fail to do what you are up to He said that the exercise would be State and the North East zone. do, you are jeopardising the success of carried out in conjunction with other The Nigerian Army yesterday in the mission. You are endangering the security agencies in the state Maiduguri inaugurated two separate lives of civilians, women, children, and According to him, code of conduct and court-martials for their trial. They your colleagues by being negligent and rules of engagements have been drawn up, comprise six officers and 14 soldiers. lackadaisica to guide the conduct of troops throughout While inaugurating the Operation “The ones relating to cowardice simply the duration of the exercise. Lafiya Dole special court-martial in means that you did not act up to what The army authorities also began the Maiduguri, the Theatre Commander, is expected of the combatant personnel training exercise in Kogi State and vowed Maj-Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, said that the of the Nigerian Army in the face of the to flush out criminals from their hideouts. offences of the officers and soldiers ranged enemy. It is an offence to show cowardly The exercise will be conducted from negligence of duty, cowardice in the behaviour before the enemy. If you are simultaneously in Kogi, Taraba, Nasarawa face of the enemy to poor command. found culpable, you would be taken and Benue States. Adeniyi said:” Therefore, the conduct of forward militarily,” Adeniyi said. Major Nick Ejeh, the intelligence military trials under the armed forces is officer, Command Army Records (CARs), to allow the military to deal with matters Buratai Buratai Launches ‘Exercise Ayem at the flag-off ceremony at Irepene Super that pertain directly to the discipline, Akpatuma II” In Benue Military Camp in Adavi local government efficiency, and moral of the military. He said that to maintain the armed Meanwhile, the Chief of Army Staff, area, said that the exercise was introduced “The safety and wellbeing of Nigerians forces in a state of readiness, the military Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has launched to fish out criminals. depend considerably on the willingness must be in a position to enforce internal “Exercise Ayem KPATUMA II” in He said that it would also be used to and readiness of a force of men and discipline effectively and efficiently. Benue State to curb the rising cases of flush out criminals from their hideouts women to defend against threat to the The Theatre Commander saidkidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, to ensure the safety of life and property in nation’s security,” he said. that “some of the offences related to banditry, and other criminal activities. Kogi and other North Central states Emefiele Proposes 2-yr Border Closure

FROM COVER vices were gainfully engaged, eat what we produce,” he said. neighbouring countries to the country. insecurity would reduce to the He vowed that the apex bank develop policies to grow their “We no longer want what they the lecture titled: “The Role barest minimum in Nigeria. would not allow the country to economies they rather engaged are importing in our country of Monetary Policy towards He said: “I can tell you that if be used as a dumping ground for in things that undermine because we can produce them Economic Growth in Nigeria,” our borders remain closed for smuggled goods. Nigerian economy. and the CBN will do everything said that the border closure was two years, the issue of ‘Boko Emefiele, however, decried the He said that when Nigeria possible to promote domestic capable of tackling all security Haram’, kidnapping, banditry actions of some neighbouring as a country increased products,” he said. challenges being experienced in and ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ will stop. countries, which, he described import duty on rice to Emefiele challenged the the country. “The CBN will promote this as not helping matters. discourage importation, those youths to go into agriculture He explained that if the youths policy by making sure that we The CBN governor explained neighbouring countries reduced because it was one of the major who were involved in these produce what we consume and that instead of the affected theirs for rice to be smuggled to ways to growing the economy. Traders Count Losses As Fire Razes Maiduguri GSM Market BY FRACIS OKOYE, Maiduguri livelihood,” said Huiseini. outside the market, while personnel order generate an immediate report Similarly, Modu Mala who also of the Borno State Environmental required by the Governor. Now fewer than 61 shops were razed deals on phone accessories said Protection Agency (BOSEPA) were The Governor intends to study down while goods worth millions of everything in his shop got burnt, evacuating the debris of the burnt the report and take actions deemed naira lost as fire razed Maiduguri adding that N600,000 he kept in his shops. necessary. GSM Market. shop was also burnt by fire. Meanwhile, Borno state Governor, The fire which cause is not yet He equally pleaded to the Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, known started from 8pm when government to bring succor to all has from Saudi Arabia, directed his LOW GI FOR BETTER SLEEP traders had already closed their the victims of the fire . chief of staff, Dr Babagana Wakil shops and went home. Speaking in an interview, the to assemble commissioners whose You may have heard about the health Narrating his ordeal to Secretary of the market, Bunu Modu ministries relate commerce, home LEADERSHIP Weekend, Abubakar Kolo said goods lost to the fire worth affairs, poverty alleviation and benefits a low-GI diet can have for you-more Huiseni who lost everything to the millions of Naira. jobs creation to immediately assess steady energy levels, less bloating, no sugar fire said he has already gone home Kolo said 45 permanent shops and impacts of the Thursday night’s cravings – but eating a low-GI diet can also be when he received call that the market 16 temporary shops were burnt in fire incident at the GSM market in beneficial for your sleep quality. GI stands for is engulfed by fire. the inferno. He described the burnt Maiduguri and report to him today. Glycaemic index – the ranking of carbohydrate Hussieni said by the time he GSM market as child of necessity, Special adviser on public relations reached there, most shops in that saying that they were trading at the and strategy, Isa Gusau, said – containing foods based on their overall effect section of the market is already post office open space, along the road Governor Zulum has since last on blood glucose levels. When we eat foods burnt down. He said his second shop , before government drove them night made contacts with relevant with a high GI, such as white bread, pastries where he sells phone accessories away and they eventually rented government officials to keep track and sweets, our blood sugar spikes and then burnt down to ashes. the premises which belongs to an of efforts at containing the fire. He said:” I have been reduced to drops rapidly, leaving us tired, irritable and individual. Zulum who was invited by hungry. This can continue on into the night, nothing to this fire incident. The LEADERSHIP Weekend reports President Muhammadu Buhari burnt so long that we were prevented that the market popularly called to an investment conference in so if you have finished the evening off with to gain access to the shops, and by the “Kasuwar Jagol,” is located at Post Saudi Arabia, Gusau noted, shares sweetened tea and biscuits, you can wake time the men of the fire service tried Office area of the metropolis, at a the pains of those whose means of in the night with feelings of hunger. Eating to prevent the fire from escalating to private premises providing business livelihoods and assets were torched. low-GI foods helps ensure your body is fuelled the other section of the market, most spaces to thousands of traders and Gusau said the chief of staff and throughout the night, meaning you don’t get items have been destroyed. artisans in the area. This is the the commissioners directed by the “We are pleading to governor second fire incident in the market Governor, are already preparing the midnight snack-attack and have steadier Babagana Umara Zulum to alleviate with the present incident recording to visit the scene, assess damages, sleep. us from this calamity as most of highest loss. interacts with first responders, – Culled from “50 Tips To Help You Sleep Well” us don’t have any other source of Most traders were seen sitting victims and other relevant persons in Saturday, November 2, 2019 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA NEWS 5 20,683 Nigerians Die In Road Accidents BY EJIKE EJIKE, Abuja (persons killed and those increase in crashes and fatalities injured) and the characteristics in 2018, which “accounted for In only four years, 20,683 of occurrences for the period of 51.7 percent of the total crashes Nigerians have died from road January to December 2018. reported.” accidents across the country, Part of the report read that a The report further revealed that data gathered from the National total of 9,741 road traffic crashes Abia had 77 road transport crash Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the were recorded, which resulted in (RTC) with 39 deaths; Adamawa Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) an increase of 3.8 per cent from had 130 cases with 44 deaths; have showed 2017. Akwa Ibom had 81 Crashes with The two agencies also revealed The crashes included 2,739 fatal 49 fatalities; Anambra 165 crashes that 20,000 vehicles plying the cases, 5,489 serious cases, 1,153 with 70 deaths; Bauchi with 365 country’s highways are involved minor cases, and 15,501 vehicle RTC and 245 deaths; Bayelsa 53 in road crashes every year. types. Also, 5,181 fatalities were cases and 14 deaths, Benue 268 The over 20,000 deaths were recorded denoting an increase of with 101 deaths; Borno with 46 recorded between 2015 and 2018. 1.2 persons from 2017.” cases and 55 deaths; Cross River A breakdown of the figures showed “The FCT recorded the highest recorded 56 accidents with 39 that in 2015, 5,400 Nigerians died number of Road Traffic Crashes deaths; Delta: 124 cases resulting from road accidents, 2016 had (RTCs) in 2018 with 1,051 cases in 123 deaths; Ebonyi had 133 5,053, 2017 (5,049), and 2018 representing a reduction of five accidents with 81 deaths and Edo (5,181). per cent compared with the figure recoded 208 cases with 142 deaths. This implies that an average of 2017. Others were Ekiti with 71 cases of 430 persons die monthly, “These crashes involved 6,069 and 31 deaths; Enugu 175 cases amounting to over 14 deaths daily. persons with 2,347 sustaining with 100 deaths; FCT 1,051 RTCs Though the FRSC said that there various degrees of injuries and 281 and 281 deaths; Gombe 217 cases was a decline in road crashes over died. (This was) closely followed by and 65 deaths; Imo 128 cases with the years, the above rates make Kaduna with 830 cases of RTCs 72 deaths; Jigawa 361 cases and Nigeria one of the countries with involving 6,804 crash victims, of 301 deaths; Kaduna 830 cases ad very high road fatalities in the which 3,300 sustained injuries Amaechi 597 deaths; Kano 356 cases and world. while 597 died. 204 deaths; Katsina 283 cases and A total of 5,181 Nigerians lost “Likewise, Borno, Bayelsa and fatalities within the period having the number of fatalities compared 161 deaths; Kebbi 139 cases and their lives in road traffic crashes Cross River States had low record recorded 31, 26, and 14 fatalities, to 2015, was recorded. 50 deaths; Kogi 332 cases and 187 (RTCs) in 2018, according to the of RTCs of 46, 53 and 56 cases, respectively,” the report revealed. Also, 2017 witnessed a slight deaths, and Kwara 268 RTC with FRSC. respectively. The percentage change of decline in the number of incidents 200 deaths. The corps said in its 2018 “On the other hand, records in crashes and fatalities from 2015 with 9,384 crashes 5,121 fatalities Lagos had 356 cases with 100 annual report that Kaduna State the period January to December to 2018 showed a decrease in representing 3.2 per cent decrease deaths; Nasarawa 485 cases and recorded more deaths than other 2018 revealed that Kaduna State percentage from 29.6 per cent and in road crashes and 1.3 per cent 202 deaths; Niger 475 cases and states of the federation. was more vulnerable to fatality. 22.2 per cent. increase in the number of fatalities 289 deaths; Ogun 539 cases and Although Kaduna State had “A total of 597 fatalities were The year 2015 recorded 9,734 compared to 2016. 281 deaths; Ondo 449 cases and more deaths from road crashes recorded in Kaduna accounting for and 5,440 crashes and fatalities However, there was a sharp 233 deaths; Osun 233 cases and with a total of 597 fatalities, the 11.5 per cent of the total persons respectively, representing 6.2 increase in the number of crashes 146 deaths; Oyo 401 cases with Federal Capital Territory (FCT), who died in RTCs; Jigawa followed and 9.3 per cent decrease in the in 2018 which is 9,741 and 5181 239 fatalities; Plateau 246 cases 85 Abuja witnessed the highest with 301 fatalities and Niger State number of crashes and fatalities fatalities representing 3.8 per cent fatalities; Rivers 134 RTCs and 59 number of crashes during the recorded 289 deaths while FCT respectively, compared to 2014. increase in crashes and 1.2 per fatalities; Sokoto 114 cases and 60 period. and Ogun State had 281 fatalities In 2016, 9,694 and 5,053 cent increase in fatalities. fatalities; Taraba 126 RTC and 26 The report, according the FRSC, each. crashes and fatalities respectively Some of the causes of the deaths; Yobe 147 crashes with 117 was aimed at providing RTC “Meanwhile, Ekiti, Taraba and representing a decrease of 0.4 per crashes include speed violations fatalities and Zamfara 128 crashes statistics comprising the casualties Bayelsa States recorded fewer cent in crashes and 7.1 per cent in by motorists, responsible for the resulting in 93 deaths. Gov’ship Polls: INEC, Security Agents Identify Flash Points In Bayelsa, Kogi

FROM COVER have been mobilised from within and collation centres will not be he said. all border points will be man. The and outside the states with the aim disrupted by hoodlums neither Yakubu said that INEC would security of INEC staff and election of Nigeria (CBN) offices, and the of either influencing the elections or will political thugs be allowed to continue to engage with stakeholders materials, the local governments, collation centres. disrupting the process on behalf of cart away results sheets or compel to ensure peaceful and credible ward collation centres, and the CBN Also, the national security adviser partisan sponsors. our returning officers to make polls. On Thursday, 7th November, offices will be adequately secured,” (NSA), Babagana Monguno, said that “This calls for a robust response declarations under duress. We are 2019, the commission is organising the IGP said they were aware of the volatile nature before the elections, on election equally reassured that security another meeting with stakeholders According to him, “threat analyses of Kogi and Bayelsa States when it day and during the process of personnel will adhere strictly to the in Bayelsa State to be followed by have been done and personnel comes to the conduct of elections collation and declaration of results. standard operational guidelines and another meeting on Monday, 11th have been sent in advance. For the and warned politicians to shun all Nigerians expect that by now we deal decisively with misconduct by November, 2019 in Kogi State. logistics and personnel, we are ready. acts violence as security personnel have learnt enough lessons from their personnel on election duty. We will be joined by the inspector- We will work with the CPs in the would be deployed in the states to previous elections to ensure a swift We are equally confident that with general of police, the director-general states and INEC officials to ensure protect Nigerians. security response to the increasing the sheer number of personnel the of NYSC and representatives of all that a day before the election the Speaking at the regular quarterly desperation by political actors to security agencies are deploying in the the security agencies to listen to the personnel covering the poll have Inter-Agency Consultative disrupt elections and subvert the two states, there can be no excuse for concerns of stakeholders and fine- their identity, phone number and Committee on Election Security will of the electorate. If that happens, the processes to be undermined by tune our plans in full consultation their polling unit documented. They ICCES), INEC chairman, Prof. many Nigerians will blame the anti-democratic elements,” Yakubu with the stakeholders,” Yakubu will be identified by name and phone Mahmood Yakubu, said that the electoral umpire and the security said. added. number of the polling unit they man. stakeholders had identified the agencies. We must continue to rise “I am glad that we are joined at On his part, Adamu said that as Vote buying, harassment of voters flashpoints. to this challenge. this meeting by our resident electoral the lead agency in internal security, won’t be tolerated,” Adamu warned. Yakubu, who did not name the “On our part, INEC is committed commissioners for Bayelsa and Kogi he was prepared for the elections, Similarly, Monguno, who was flashpoints for security reasons, to the integrity of the process. States as well as the commissioners adding that the police were aware of represented by Sanusi Galadima, said that the meeting offered an Over the last seven months, we of police for the two states. They the security challenges in Kogi and said that his office was aware of the opportunity to them to review the have been working assiduously to will brief us on the level of electoral Bayelsa. volatile nature of the two states, security situation in Kogi and Bayelsa ensure that we conduct credible and security preparations in the “We have made every arrangement adding that many politicians had States, which are known for electoral elections. We cannot undermine two States. We will also discuss and to overcome any security threat. planned on how to disrupt the violence. the processes we have so laboriously finalise the security deployment plan For Bayelsa State, we are deploying elections. He said: “There are already warning established. We are equally confident for the two elections in line with the 31,041 personnel for the election. “The election will be conducted signals in the two states. Both are in the assurances we have received provisions of Section 29 (3) of the For Kogi, we are also deploying peacefully. Our office is ready and politically volatile. Elections have from the security agencies of civil Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) so 35,200 policemen for the elections,” we will deploy our staff to the two been severally disrupted by violence and professional conduct by their that the security agencies are not Adamu said. states to provide security cover for in the past. Our risk assessment personnel deployed for the elections. perceived to be running parallel “Every terrain in the states has Nigerians. We are fully monitoring which will be shared with the “We have been reassured by the arrangements with INEC. Rather, it been covered. No thug will be allowed what is going on in Kogi and Bayelsa. security agencies at this meeting has security agencies that election should be INEC’s plan for the election to come from the adjoining states We are calling on politicians to be identified some flashpoints. day activities at polling units that we should all be implementing,” to disrupt the elections because peaceful,” he said. “We are also concerned that thugs 6 NEWS ACROSS THE STATES Saturday, November 2, 2019 News Brief NAFDAC Tasks Bakers On Basic Food Hygiene Practice BY PATIENCE IVIE not maintain good hygiene IHEJIRIKA, Abuja practice. This has made it necessary for the agency to The National Agency for Food collaborate with relevant and Drug Administration agencies through workshop and Control (NAFDAC) has and grassroot sensitisation tasked bread producers in to ensure improved the country on basic food compliance with good hygiene practice required. hygiene practice.” Director General of According to her, “The NAFDAC, prof. Moji Adeyeye, use of unapproved improvers who stated this at a one-day in bread has been a great sensitisation workshop for concern. The protection of bread producers, in Abuja, over 170million population also stressed the need for require a preventive compliance with NAFDAC’ management approach as s guidelines and procedures. bread is one of the staple The DG, how was foods in Nigeria.” represented by the FCT “It is expected that all director of NAFDAC, Mrs regulatory interventions Clementina Anyakkora, are employed to ensure that said the workshop was bakeries produce safe bread organised to make bread for consumption.” bakers understand food The FCT chairman, safety pattern that must Association of Master be adhered to, in order Bakers and Caterers of to increase consumers Nigeria (AMBCN), Mr Ishaq confidence. Abdulraheem, laments the Lt.-Gen Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), signing the condolence register at the Ilupeju residence of late former governor of Lagos State, Brig-Gen Mobolaji Decrying the rate of non- issue of multiple taxations Johnson in Lagos, yesterday. adherence to guidelines, she from NAFDAC and other said, “we find out that after regulatory agencies, FG To Begin Crackdown On ‘Mushroom’ Secondary Schools obtaining the registration, while calling for enabling some of these bakers do environment. BY CHIKA MEFOR, Abuja yesterday during an interview Bem Goong, stated that the tighten the noose on operators with journalists, noted that minister revealed that the of mushroom secondary Gov Sule Swears In 15 The minister of state the closure of such schools is National Secondary Education schools. for education, Hon. imminent in the light of what Commission (NSEC), which is He also noted that as Commissioners, Assigns Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, he described as unacceptably billed to take-off soon, is part much as government is doing has stated that the federal low standards of some of steps and institutional everything humanly possible Portfolios government would work very secondary schools across the preparations towards the to bring every child of closely with the states and local country. crackdown. school age on board, quality BY DANJUMA JOSEPH, and Investment, Mrs Fati governments to crack down A press statement released According to the statement, and standard must not be Lafia Sabo was given Education, hard on owners of mushroom by the deputy director, the minister added that sacrificed on the platter Science and Technology, secondary schools. Press & Public Relations NSEC would work closely of greed of operators of Nasarawa State Governor, Musa Ibrahim Ekye was The minister who stated this Unit of the ministry, Ben with relevant stakeholders to mushroom schools. Abdullahi Sule, has sworn- given Environment and in 15 commissioners Natural Resources. into the state executive Haruna Adamu Ogbole Yobe Assembly Receives List Of 20 Commissioner Nominees council five months after was assigned to the the inauguration of his Ministry of Finance, Budget administration. BY HUSSAINI JIRGI, Damaturu anonymous confirmed to clear who made the list and Economic Planning, A total number of 12 Ahmed Baba Yahaya got According to the Speaker our correspondent that the among the gladiators in the special advisers were also Five months after Governor of the State House of list was forwarded to the state. Health, the state NUJ Mai Mala Buni was sworn sworn-in at the Lafia City chairman, Comrade Dogo Assembly, Hon Ahmed Speaker on Thursday at Another strong source Hall, as well a high court into office for a first term Mirwa, the submission about 6:30pm. from one of the political pile Shammah Danladi was in May, Yobe State House of judge, Mr Sunday Bawa, assigned to the Ministry of the list was in line with The House, thereafter, of APC in the state revealed a member of the state Assembly has received the section 192 sub sections 1 resolved to consider the list that former governor, of Information, Culture and names of 20 Commissioner Local Government Service Tourism, Dr Abdulkarim of the 1999 constitution as at its next executive session Senator Ibrahim Gaidam is Commission and Chairmen, nominees from the amended. before fixing a date for the still in-charge of government Kana was appointed governor, for screening and and members of the state Commissioner for Justice A source at the State House screening of the nominees. affair under the leadership of Muslim and Christian confirmation. of Assembly who pleaded Meanwhile, It is still not governor Mai Mala Buni. and Attorney-General of the Welfare Board. state. While speaking Others include, Dr Salihu during the inauguration Alizaga, assigned Lands FG Launches National Gender Policy In Agriculture ceremony, the governor and Urban Development BY ERNEST NZOR, Abuja the attainment of the on- activities. He explained that the urged the commissioners , Yusuf Turaki Aliyu going agricultural reforms “But women have policy will promote and to be prepared for the got Local Government, The federal government and development agenda of access to less than 20% ensure the adoption of challenges of their roles Community Development has launched the National the present administration. of available agricultural gender-sensitive and and work diligently for the and Chieftaincy Affairs, the Gender Policy in agriculture He said, “Despite the resources which is a serious responsive approaches development of Nasarawa Ministry of Women Affairs to address the vulnerability important role that women impediment to their towards engendering plans State. and Social Development of women. This move is to play in the agricultural maximising agricultural and programmes in such a The governor alsowas given to Hajiya Halima achieve the 2030 Agenda for sector, their contributions production and that is why way that men and women called the new members Ahmed Jabiru. Sustainable Development have not been adequately the launch of this policy will have equal access to of the state executive The Ministry of Works, (SDG) of food security in valued or recognised. document is important.” and control of productive council to key into his Housing and Transport Nigeria. “Women make up According to him, resources and facilities administration’s policies was assigned to Philip Speaking during the about 50% of Nigerians the development of any to bridge gender gaps of and programmes. Dada, Youths and Sports launching in Abuja, the population and are country requires the agriculture. The governor assigns Development went to minister of Agriculture and responsible for carrying out participation of both He assured his portfolios as follows, Prof Orthman Bala Adams Rural Development, Alhaji 70% of agricultural labour, men and women, apart commitment to the socio- Allahnanah Otaki was while two commissioners, Muhammad Sabo Nanono, 50% of animal husbandry from social justice, economic and empowerment given Agriculture and Mohammed Iman and Bashir noted that the policy is related activities and which demands equal of women and men in the Water Resources, Obadiah Aliyu were assigned to the aimed at contributing to 60% of food processing opportunity for all citizens. agricultural sector. Boyi got Trade, Industry Ministry of Special Duties. Saturday, November 2, 2019 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA 7 8 PHOTO SPLASH Saturday, November 2, 2019 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Airport Security Exercise l, Code Named 'Exercise Steel Dome 2', Conducted at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano on 31 October 2019

NAF Special Forces on-board EC-135 helicopter preparing for insertion during the Exercise NAF Special Forces, K-9 Handlers and Special Operations dog rappelling from Bell 412 helicopter during the Exercise

The Executive Governor of Kano State, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the Chief of Air Staff, Air The Executive Governor of Kano State, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje; the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar and other dignitaries listening to a brief during the Exercise Marshal Sadique Abubakar and other dignitaries in a group photograph shortly after the Exercise NAF Exhibits and Demonstrates Functionality of Locally Manufactured Hydraulic Accumulator Diaphragm for L-39ZA aircraft at the 403 Flying Training School, Kano on 31

The Lead Researcher on the Project, Air Commodore Austine Imafidor, explaining the production The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, delivering his address. processes of the Hydraulic Diaphragm during the event.

Air Marshal Abubakar, and other dignitaries, inspecting the locally manufactured Hydraulic The CAS presenting a souvenir to the representative of one of the NAF R&D partners on the Diaphragm. project, Chief Alex Enibe of Eniflex Industry Limited, during the event. Saturday, November 2, 2019 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA 9 10 NEWS ACROSS THE STATES Saturday, November 2, 2019 News Brief Police Arrest Kidnapper, Rescues 8 Victims BY RAHILA ABDULLAHI, kidnapped victims was Kaduna a big milestone for the command. The Kaduna police “While the suspect command has confirmed is helping Police the arrest of a notorious investigation, the kidnapper, one Mustapha command is currently Ibrahim and rescued eight on the trail of other gang victims being held hostage members for possible by the alleged criminal. arrest and prosecution. L-R Secretary, National Assembly Service Commission, Mr Olu Ajakaye; Director General, National Institute for Legislative and Democratic A statement by the Studies, Prof Abubakar Sulaiman; Clerk to the National Assembly, Alhaji Sani Omolori; Former Deputy Senate President, Sen Ike The operatives of the Ekweremadu; Secretary to Akwa Ibom State Government, Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem; Clerk of the Senate, Nelson Ayewo, Clerk of the command’s public relation command in continuation House of Representatives, Patrick Giwa and the representative of Speaker, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, during the retreat for officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo, of the current onslaught management of NILDS and NASS in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. said: “On October 29, against all identified 2019, at about 20:30hrs, bandits’ camps in the a combined team of state, recorded another Nigeria’s Border Restrictions In National Interest, Says Omo-Agege Police operatives from milestone with the BY SUNDAY ISUWA, Abuja Rigasa, Nariya Divisions successful rescue of other well-being. is a ‘sorry’ and ‘terrible’ idea that would and personnel of the five kidnapped victims The event, organised by the Konrad- necessitate strict penalties from the command’s operation Current restrictions in the movement after storming some Adenauer Foundation, was themed: ‘The EU which had laid a strong foundation department acting on bandit’s camps at about of goods across Nigeria’s borders are in Role of Parliaments in Supranational for Europe’s collective progress and reliable tip off, swung national interest and enjoys the backing 01:30hrs and engaged Communities: An ECOWAS Perspective’. development. into action and succeeded them in a fierce gun duel. of federal lawmakers, Deputy President Represented by his Special Adviser Senator Omo-Agege’s view on the in arresting a suspected of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, “While the suspected on Legislative and Plenary, Prince Efe need to curb threats posed by influx of notorious kidnapper bandits escaped with has said. Duku, Omo-Agege stressed the positive small arms, illegal activities of veterans one Mustapha Ibrahim In his keynote address at the Konrad- bullet wounds, five responsibilities of both ECOWAS and of various armed conflicts and flagrant of Daura Road Rigasa captives were successfully Adenauer-Stiftung Conference in the European Union towards improving breach of ECOWAS Protocols prohibiting Kaduna red handed.” Abuja on Friday, Senator Omo-Agege rescued by the police citizens’ lives. the trans-shipment of imported goods It said the suspect was operatives who are all emphasized that there is no rationale for A press statement signed by Omo- through other ECOWAS countries’ caught with a 13-year-old breaching ECOWAS’ protocol, attacking adult of Nariya Village Agege’s Special Adviser on Media and borders was supported by Chairman, boy whom he kidnapped Chukun L.G.A Kaduna Nigerians or allowing unjustified risks Publicity, Mr. Yomi Odunuga notes Dr. Senate Committee on Diaspora, NGO from Maraban Rido, against Nigeria’s security and economic State,” it added. Pottering’s opinion that Britain’s Brexit and Civil Societies, Senator Ajibola Bashiru. Chikun area of Kaduna Meanwhile, he said, the State on his way to deliver Commissioner of Police FG To Establish LG Farm Settlements Nationwide – Minister the victim to his gang (CP), Ali Aji Janga has BY EMAMEH GABRIEL, Abuja agropreneurship knowledge and technical I am really overwhelmed with what I see members. reiterated his call on the skills with the aim to establish farm here today and words cannot express how I The statement said the general public to keep The Federal Ministry of Agriculture has settlements in all local governments across feel right now. You have successfully taken suspect subsequently led supporting the Police declared plans to partner with Nigeria Nigeria. yourselves out of hopelessness and given the operatives to rescue with prompt and reliable Farmers Group and Cooperative Society Shehuri said the move is a public-private hope to yourselves and other Nigerians. This two other victims in information to enable the (NFGCS) to establish local government farm partnership, one that is in tandem with one is the dream and vision of President Buhari their criminal hideout command nip crime in settlements nationwide. of President Muhammadu Buhari’s strategies and the ministry is ready to partner to ensure namely Ismaila Hussaini the bud in a bid to restore The Minister of State for Agriculture and to lift millions of Nigerians out of poverty in that we have something like this in every local and Hussaini Umar both public order and ensure Rural Development, Mustapha Baba Shehuri the next decade through the agro value chain. government in Nigeria. residing at Ado-Gwaram adequate protection of made this known during an inspection visit to The minister who led the delegation said he “This is the first of its kind in this part of Area of Rigasa Kaduna, lives and property of Gaate Farm City in Kokona local goverment was overwhelmed with the green revolution the world. I will sit with the directors in the adding the rescue of citizens in the entire state. area of Nasarawa State. The farm is owned he met at the farm, noting government would ministry to discuss how we can come over to and manage by a group of private agro send its delegate to the farm to tap from its learn from you. The Ministry of Agriculture Timi Of Ede’s Son Drags Media House investigators under the umbrella of NFGCS. wealth of knowledge. will come and learn from you. I will be here He said the partnership would use the “I have heard a lot about you people and again, not just for the purpose of visiting or To Court Over Copyright Violation NFGCS model as a template to transfer I said to myself that I must see to believe. inspection but to relax”, he added. The son of Late Timi of Ede, plaintiff. Nigerians Not Consuming Too Much Sugar–Busari Oba John Adetoyese Laoye, “An order of perpetual BY KINGSLEY ALU, Abuja and obesity. “On the basis of per capita consumption, Adewale Laoye, popularly injunction restraining the Busari, who said there was the need to indeed for Nigeria, we are not taking enough known as the ‘Drummer defendant from any further The executive secretary, National Sugar educate the public on the real causes of sugar. Nigeria’s per capita consumption of peace’ has dragged use of the artistic work of Development Council (NSDC), Dr. Latif various health challenges wrongfully and has been dwindling since 2008 when it was Metropolitan Broadcasting the plaintiff for commercial Busari, said available facts on ground showed solely associated with sugar consumption, 11.2kg to 8.6kg in 2013 and 8.1kg in 2015. Limited, Ibadan, owners of purpose and promotion of that sugar intake in Nigeria was relatively low noted that bad eating habits, hereditary, Compared to these, per capita consumption Impact Television to the its business without the compared to other countries of the world. sedentary and ignorance contribute a great in India is 19.8kg, 33.7kg in the U.S., 35.2kg Federal High Court (FHC), consent or authority of the Speaking during a keynote address at a deal to some of the health issues confronting in the EU countries,” he stated. Ibadan over violation of his plaintiff. An order for the sugar sensitisation workshop with the theme, mankind, adding that according to the He said by the implication of all these, copyright. payment of royalties to the “Sugar and Health: The Myths and Facts,” International Sugar Organization (ISO, 2018) Nigeria is among the lowest sugar consuming Laoye in the originating sum of N5 million by the as major theme.held in Ibadan, Busari said data, Nigeria and Benin Republic have the nations in Africa and indeed the world. summons filed by hisdefendant to the plaintiff this against the rising unproven claims that lowest per capita consumption in figure in “It is good that Nigerians are still moderate counsel, A.T. Oloyede for the use and exhibition Nigerians are consuming too much sugar West Africa being 6.9kg per annum, while in their sugar intake but we believe as sugar Esq. seeks a declaration as of the plaintiff’s artistic in their homes and could be responsible for Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire have the highest council that it is not enough and we can still follows: work for the promotion of health issues such as diabetes, hypertension figures of 18kg and 12.1kg respectively. go to 15 or 18 kilograms,’’ Busari said. “That by virtue of the his business. An order of Provisions of Sections 15(1) the court awarding general Kogi: APC Campaign Team Slams PDP Over Allegations Against INEC (A) and (C)of the Copyright damage to the tune of BY SAM EGWU, Lokoja Act LFN, 2004, the N40 million against the manipulate the November 16 governorship poll in spurious allegations against the APC and the defendant, (Metropolitan defendant for the loss the state was a confirmation of its earlier position government of Kogi State by the sinking PDP The All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Broadcasting Services suffered by the plaintiff,” that the opposition party was only interested in ahead of the governorship election”. Limited) could not validly the summon read in part. Council has berated the People’s Democratic Party creating confusion ahead of the election. The statement said the allegations contained (PDP) over what it described as the opposition exhibit in a public place the When the suit with No: This was contained in a statement by its in the press statement issued and signed by the artistic work of the plaintiff, FHCL1BC/C3/102/ 21 party’s penchant for peddling falsehood. The spokesman and director general of media and national publicity secretary of the PDP, Kola Bello/Onoja campaign train said PDP’s allegation (Laoye) for commercial came up for mention on publicity to Kogi State governor, Kingsley Fanwo, Ologbondiyan, is “not only false and laughable purpose and promotion the October 14, 2019, the that the Independent National Electoral the APC campaign council drew the attention of but represent their sense of hopelessness in Commission (INEC) and the APC were planning to of its business without the defendant and his counsel Nigerians to what it described as “the chain of an election that is only two weeks away”. consent or authority of the were absent in court. Saturday, November 2, 2019 NEWS ACROSS THE STATES 11 5 Nigerian Mudassir & Brothers Set To Establish $50M Textile Factory In Kano Researchers Trained BY TUNDE OGUNTOLA, executive officer, Alhaji “I would also like to Government drive to national interest, consider a On Climate Change Abuja Mudassir Idris Abubakar express our profound support the establishment review of some of its policies Adaption, Innovation during a press conference gratitude to Governor of textile and garment to enable business activities A Kano-based textile trading BY ERNEST ORABI AND yesterday in Kano, saying Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, industry. to run smoothly within the CHINELO CHIKELU, Abuja company, Mudassir & the state government for his commitment ‘’By the time the factory nation, adding though the Brothers says it has has already approved the towards ensuring that is established, over 10,000 project is so huge with a 35 Nigerian research concluded plans to establish allocation of a piece of land Kano takes its former employment will be created. lot of competition with a new textile factory worth scientists from seven for the establishment of position as the best textile Though presently we have other sectors that deals universities were trained on $50 million to create the factory, adding other manufacturing state, and more than 500 staff on our in textiles, his company employment and boost research in climate change preparatory arrangements this allocation of land is payroll,” he said. is seriously committed to adaption and innovation. Nigeria’s economy in Kano are in the pipeline for the a testimony to that. The Abubakar further stated ensure that the project is State. The three-day workshop actualization of the project governor approved 22.5 there is a strong need for completed and executed forms part of the Adapting This was made known that will create more jobs hectares of land for us the Central Bank of Nigeria within the shortest period by the company’s chief to Climate Change (AIRACC) for Nigerians. in line with the Federal (CBN) to, as a matter of of time. project funded and facilitated by the French government in Nigeria to help promote and address research on climate change adaption and innovation in Nigeria. AIRACC not only encourages local research on how to adapt global climate change practices, but to innovate indigenous solutions to the issue. It also establishes interphase between Nigerian and French universities, providing local researchers funding and incubation opportunities; while catalysing collaboration and exchanges between Nigerian higher institutions on the subject. “A large part of the project is to encourage mobility of scientists from France to Nigeria, Nigeria to France. Another is creating the right environment and means of action. This involves Inspector General of Police, Abubakar Adamu; INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu and representative of National Security Adviser (NSA), Sanusi Galadima workshops, short stays in during the Quarterly Consultative Meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security, held in Abuja yesterday. relevant labs, visits from French scientists, high level training in selected short-term programmes for Pharmacists, Stakeholders Brainstorm On Drug Abuse junior researchers, bench Pharmacists Council of other Related Matters Report (2019) had pegged council considering the increase awareness on the work, and funding for three Nigeria (PCN), gathered Working Group (CCRWG) the drug use prevalence economic contributions subject matter,” he said. best projects,” says higher critical stakeholders in by the council in Kaduna, in Nigeria at 14.4 percent of this group to national In his keynote education and science attaché Kaduna to brainstorm on the PCN registrar, Pharm. that is, 14.4 million development, hence the address with the title: to the French Embassy in alarming statistics on drug Elisha Mohammed said people between the ages thought to bring vulnerable “Curbing the menace Nigeria, Leila Mathieu. use prevalence in Nigeria. curiosity and peer pressure of 15 - 64 years which groups especially, school of drug abuse through Alex Ekwueme Federal Speaking during a were majorly factors people, is comparatively higher children and policymakers information, education University of Nigeria AE- stakeholder’s workshop on especially school children when compared to global together to chat the way and communication”, Prof. FUNAI, University of drugs and substances abuse and young persons, embark prevalence rate. forward, adding the seminar Oluwatoyin Odeku said the Ibadan, University of Lagos in Northwest organised on non-medical drug use. According to him, the was conceived to provide a issue of drugs has been giving Bayer University Kano BUK, for Codeine Control and Recall the World Drug development worries the platform of interaction to her serious concerns. Kano University of Science and Technology, University of Jos, and Ebonyi State University were some of the NDE-FCT Trains 50 On Sustainable Agriculture tertiary institutions that also BY ORJIME MOSES, Abuja participated in the training. NDE FCT, Mrs Naomi Mutah growth. scheme which is more benefi- clude major areas of modern “The programme will Yadar, said the training was She said the scheme was cial and timelier as it is target- agriculture production (crop The National Directorate of provide participant part of President Muhammadu aimed at opening opportuni- ed at empowering unemployed farming and livestock produc- research scientists with Employment (NDE), yester- Buhari’s administration agen- ties for youths to embrace ag- youths with skills that will turn tion), marketing and entrepre- day, flagged off a skill acqui- best knowledge on how da for agriculture to work with riculture as a business, earn them to commercial farmers to neur training. This will be in to promote their research sition scheme to trains 50 key stakeholders and build an income as well as create mass create more jobs, provide ad- addition to live skill lectures unemployed youth on sus- to (potential global agro business economy, ca- employment. equate and dependable farm and business plan prepa- funding) laboratories and tainable agricultural develop- pable of delivering sustained “NDE Rural Employment income and also reduce com- ration particularly for live- ment across the six area coun- organisations,” says team prosperity by meeting domes- Promotion Department has modity important as well as stock production that will leader, Kano University of cils in Abuja. tic food security goals, gener- considered a paradigm shift conserve our external reserve. include rearing of poultry, Declaring the workshop Science and Technology, ating exports and supporting from the usual rural agricultur- “Consequently, the training sheep and goats/pig fatten- Prof. Aliyu Nabegu. open, the state coordinator sustainable income and job al development and training curriculum is structured to in- ing,” she added. Cross River To Overtake Cote d’Ivoire In Cocoa Production BY ERNEST NZOR, Abuja addressing journalists shortly after been dependent on agriculture before very small not up to the size of Cross even as he said.that the governor has receiving a leadership award at the oil was discovered but when oil was River State can be adjudged as the done well in the state, stressing that The acting chairman of Cross River “Great Legend in Africa Gold Award”, discovered agriculture was neglected. world largest producer of cocoa, CRS with the state of infrastructure across State Cocoa Board, Dr. Oscar Ofuka organised by Elation Magazine in “Right now that the oil is drying up has the land for cocoa production and the state, which is not sufficient to has said Cross River State would Abuja, saying his desire is to see in the country, the Cross River State we are sure of taking over from Cote meet the need of the people, this is overtake Cote d’Ivoire in cocoa Nigeria launch a revolution that government has launched Industrial d’Ivoire in no distant time,” he said. the time to look inward and embrace production if cocoa farmers are given will bring her to limelight in the revolution in the agricultural sector. He urged Nigerians to look into agriculture and in the case of Cross incentives. agricultural sector. “Cross River State is taking the lead cocoa production, adding agriculture River embarking on cocoa production Ofuka made this known while According to him, Nigeria had in Nigeria, if Cote d’Ivoire which is without industry is unsustainable would result to the state overtaking. 12 NEWS ACROSS THE STATES Saturday, November 2, 2019 ‘RMRDC Quiz Competition To Encourage Use Of Local EFCC Investigates Doctors Issuing Fake Medical Reports To Suspects Products’ BY EJIKE EJIKE, Abuja EFCC had discovered that extend our investigation to arrests of internet fraudsters, insisting that there activities BY RAHILA ABDULLAHI, some suspects, in a bid to doctors who connive with Magu said that the EFCC would be checked henceforth. Kaduna The acting chairman of the avoid proper prosecution in criminals and give them does not witch hunt people, He was however, quick to Economic and Financial criminal cases, have resorted fake medical report. We but effect arrest ftera proper explain that the Commission The Raw Materials and Crimes Commission (EFCC), to obtaining false and forged have to go after them and investigation must have been had nothing to do with the Research Development Ibrahim Magu, said the medical reports and this fight them. carried out. recent banning of some NGOs Council (RMRDC) said the Commission will begin to will be resisted strongly “Those facing corrupt Speaking on the activities in the northeast. competition it organised for investigate frivolous medical as the Commission would allegations go as far of of some non- governmental While admitting that most secondary schools is aimed reports and doctors issuing thoroughly investigate any getting fake reports from organisations operating in of the corruption cases were at encouraging the country’s them to suspects indicted in report whether from Nigeria abroad. So, the practice of the North East, the EFCC boss not properly reported during youths in the use of locally crime cases in the country. or abroad and prosecute the giving fake medical report alleged that some of them are prosecution, Magu urged made products. Speaking to stakeholders doctors if found wanting. must stop.” been used to move money journalists to help in fighting The Kaduna stateon Friday in Abuja, the According to him, “We will Speaking on the ongoing to terrorists and bandits, corruption in the country. coordinating office, Malam anti graft Czar said the Mutallab J.S. stated this while speaking at the fourth EFCC Squeezes 16 Kwara LG Chairmen Over N4bn Loan RMRDC quiz competition for secondary schools held BY ABDULLAHI OLESIN, Ilorin interrogation over alleged securing the controversial salary arrears of the State added. at the Kaduna trade fair misappropriation of part of N4 loans held a meeting and Universal Basic Education The councils chiefs were complex hall. The Ilorin Zonal Office of billion loan and 10 percent of decided that N100 million be Board (SUBEB) teachers, local also accused of diverting Mutallab said the the Economic and Financial the state internally generated shared among themselves. government staff and the monthly 10 percent of the competition will create Crimes Commission (EFCC) revenue. The suspects had on the local government pensioners internally generated revenue awareness on the has said that the suspended A statement by the EFCC’s 7th of February, 2018 wrote while the provisions for N100 for their personal use which importance of raw materials chairman of the 16 local Head of Media and Publicity, a N4 billion loan request million for council chairmen was allegedly paid directly into and the role of RMRDC government councils chairmen Mr Wilson Uwujaren alleged to the Ilorin Sterling Bank was not appropriated in the their personal accounts against as a government agency in Kwara state were undergoing that the Council Chiefs after Manager in order to pay the loan request, the statement the financial regulations. with mandate for the development of the nations raw material resources for Operation Atilogwu 1: Army Seeks Journalists’ Support use by industries. reports so that the military the call while speaking at a frustrate operations of the support for military operations “The establishment of RICHARD NDOMA, Calabar would not be deterred in the 2 days Civil -Media-Military army. in Nigeria through the media” the council 32 years ago their quest to tackle insecurity. Relations Summit organized He pointed out that it is bad seeks for coperation from was necessitated by the The Nigerian Army has called on The appeal is coming on the by the army’s public relations for journalists to field in reports journalists/ members of the need to have a coordinating journalists in the country, not to heels of kickoff of (operation unit for journalists in Cross that are critical of army’s public. organization that will castigate the army in the course Atilogwu Udo 1) initiated by the River, Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia and activities stressing that soldiers The army boss called on harmonise all efforts of doing their reportage so as army’s high command to tackle Anambra state. become deterred when there the army to discharge their by various agricultural not to weakened the army’s hoodlums and insecurity. Buratai, stated that most are vilified via bad reportage. duties with caution so as not and minerals promotion morale. The Chief of Army Staff, reports published on pages of Buratai who spoke on the to infringed or abused human agencies with the view of He appealed to them, not Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, made newspapers to some extend theme: Galvanizing citizens right. promoting the development to vilify the army with their of Nigeria’s industrial sector using the available local raw materials as inputs for our industries.” The fact that the term ‘raw materials’ may be a little strange for most secondary schools necessitated the creation of the quiz competition on raw materials usage and their locations in Nigeria for secondary schools to compete. He said. “The competition will also stimulate the interest of young people on the development and the utilization of our local raw materials” Malam Mutallab said it is their hope that at the end of secondary school level, students will take more interests in entrepreneurship development in order to be involved in raw materials processing after graduating. “Our genuine concern for L-R: COO, Ikeja Electric, Folake Soetan; CEO, Ikeja Electric, Anthony Youdeowei; chairman, Shonibare Estate Residents Association, Maryland, Magnus De Souza; the development of Nigeria’s general secretary of the association, Sefi Momoh, and trustee of the association, Banbo Adesanya, during the signing of Premium Power Purchase Agreement raw materials resources between Shonibare residents and Ikeja Electric, in Ikeja Lagos. PHOTO BY KOLAWOLE ALIU. made us to undertake this quiz competition so as to lay a solid entrepreneurship foundation into our younger IGP’s Team Destroys Kidnappers’ Camp, Rescues Woman In A’Ibom ones for a greater tomorrow” BY BERNARD TOLANI DADA, the Police Public Relations rescued unharmed, “was the “We have destroyed the Police, Akwa Ibom state The director KadunaUyo Officer (PPRO), Mr. Odiko only victim discovered in the kindappers’ den at Ikot Command, who rose to the chambers Usman Garbage Macdon, led to the rescue of kidnappers’ dungeon”. Ubo in Nsit Ubium Local occasion upon receiving Saulawa said as collaborators The Police in Akwa Ibom state a woman and arrest of four He said the den along with Government Area after intelligence information. in the organisation of the led by the Inspector General suspected kidnappers after a the adjoining boys’ squatters rescuing one Glory Samuel “The team was ably competition is geared of Police (IGP) Mohammed gun duel, while one escaped was later razed by officers and arrested four suspects led by the IGP’s Special towards the growth and Adamu’s Special Squad with bullet wounds. and men of the state Police after a gun battle”, Macdon Tactical Squad working development of education at the weekend stormed Macdon, a Police Command headquarters said. in conjunction with the and as such urged the the hideout of notorious Superintendent, who at Ikot Akpanabia, Uyo, “Glory Samuel was Eket Local Government students and the teachers kidnapping ring in Ikot Ubo briefed Newsmen on Friday, the state capital “to serve kidnapped on October 17, Area Command, the local to be very active in reading community, Nsit Ubium expressed happiness that the as deterrent to would – be 2019, and kept in a very residents and the Chairman more materials on our local Local Government Area of woman, simply identified kidnappers who may want deplorable condition, but of Eket Local Government products. Akwa Ibom state. as Glory Samuel, who was to indulge in such crimes”. thank God for the Nigeria Area”, he added. The raid, according to Saturday, November 2, 2019 NEWS ACROSS THE STATES 13 Human Rights Group Slams Ijam Youth Over Call For Akpabio’s Sack Fayemi To Lead Delegates At BY SUNDAY ISUWA, Abuja Thomas, and Barr Enobong for forensic audit of the of the Minister of Niger Delta Ekot, respectively, the group Niger Delta Development Affairs Ministry.” 2019 WIMBIZ Conference The Akwa-Ibom Human said the recent diatribes Commission (NDDC) by “It is within the conscience BY DUSTAN AGHEDO, Lagos Rights Community (AKHRC), Swaniker would give against the minister of the President Mohammadu of the pan-Niger Delta unique insight into ways yesterday, slammed Ijaw ministry of Niger Delta Buhari; the supervisory role disposition of the AKHRC The wife of Ekiti State Youth Council (IYC) over calls Africa can solve its future Affairs over the decision by to be played by the Ministry that efforts have been made Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, unemployment problems to sack the Minister of Niger the presidency to make far- of Niger Delta Affairs over the to restrain it from describing will lead delegates to the Delta Affairs, Sen Godswill by raising youths and reaching reforms certainly NDDC; the 7-days screening the call for the removal of forthcoming 2019 Women empowering them, who will Akpabio, describing it as a would not be accepted by and clearance proposition of Chief Godswill Akpabio, in Management, Business witch-hunt. themselves employ mass reasonable persons. the new Board of the NDDC as shameless tribal haunt and Public Service (WIMBIZ) youths that Africa is going to The Akwa-Ibom group said “The jabs at the person by the Senate Committee against a non-Ijaw indigene. Conference, scheduled for the IYC have taken it upon have come 2050. of Chief Godswill Akpabio on the Niger Delta; and Everything Niger Delta 7th and 8th November at The other members of themselves that anything are not only unfair, but the appointment of the must not be an all-open Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Niger-Delta must come from WIMBIZ Executive Council very distasteful, and the 3-member NDDC Interim Ijaw agenda. No, it must Island, Lagos. present at the briefing the Ijaw extraction which records must be set straight. Management Committee not be so. For the IYC and Mrs. Fayemi will give they say is a bad omen to the included the chairperson, The article credited to the to oversee the affairs of the other splinter groups of Ijaw a keynote address at the conference planning group, region’s struggle. Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) NDDC within the pendency extraction to vaguely and networking breakfast In a statement jointly Olubunmi Aboderin-Talabi; over the ongoing intrigues of the forensic audit, are openly attack non-Ijaws, is a opening day of the two- managing partner, AT3 signed by the coordinator and apparent voodooism carefully contrived to call to war within the Niger day WIMBIZ 18th annual and secretary, Barr Clifford Resources Limited, Tosin surrounding the call discredit the worthy efforts Delta enclave.” conference, themed, “Shaping Adefeko; managing director, the Future: Strategising to DCSL Corporate Services Win.” Limited, Bisi Adeyemi; and The executive director, co-founder and executive Alpha African Advisory director, Falcon Petroleum, Limited and member of the Audrey Joe-Ezigbo. executive council, WIMBIZ, They unanimously said that Ijeoma Taylaur, disclosing the conference will feature this at a press conference in practical sessions designed Lagos yesterday, said that the to equip the women with first lady would be joined by winning strategies and hands- 50 other speakers including on knowledge to take on the keynote speaker for the new challenging roles, while second day, Fed Swaniker, exploring emerging business founder, African Leadership opportunities, as well as build Academy and African and sustain a successful career Leadership University. in today’s fast-paced world. PWDs Threatens Litigations Against Airlines BY BLESSING BATURE, “Another wrong notions Abuja by airline operatives not allowing passengers with A Coalition of Civil Society disabilities who use electric Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq (middle); Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Barkido Aliyu Mustapha (third left), the minister’s entourage and Organizations have called wheelchair to board/check palace officials during her visit in Adamawa, yesterday. on the government and is that the battery is an other Stakeholders to explosive device. Humanitarian Minister Pause To Ensure Risk Reduction Strategies Are Adopted In Adamawa address the ugly precedent “However, I’m handling BY BLESSING BATURE, Abuja and monumental injustice these wheelchairs, the Lamido of Adamawa, HRH, strategies shall include training regulations. to air passengers with Alhaji Barkido Aliyu Mustapha, of first responders and ensuring She, however, proceeded to airline attendants have The Honourable Minister of disabilities in Nigeria and mistakenly or carelessly where she commiserated with they are prepared at all times Furore town where she called on abroad. Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster him and the people of Fufore and putting in place recovery the District Head- Hakimin Fufore, caused damages to their Management and Social They also threatened wheelchairs. That has been local government area. She processes and mechanisms that Alhaji Ahmed Gidado, and the litigations against any Development (MHADMSD), stated that beyond the relief promote resilience.” entire residents of Furore town to my personal experience on Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, airline that continues to two different occasions,” materials being provided to The Honourable Minister adhere to risk reduction strategies maltreats, discriminates has said that the ministry will support the immediate needs noted that while some floods to save the environment and went she said. coordinate all relevant Federal or marginalises persons Others who recounted of the victims, the Federal are as a result of natural factors on to distribute relief materials to with disabilities. Government stakeholders Ministry of Humanitarian like heavy rainfall and climate the flood victims. Other places terrible ordeals in the and the Adamawa State The group who made the hands of local and Affairs, Disaster Management change, others are as a result visited include Jippu Jam, Jimeta call on Friday, in Abuja, Government to ensure risk and Social Development will of poor waste management, poor and Limawa in Yola North. international airline reduction strategies are at a press briefing with operatives include the coordinate all relevant Federal drainage and non compliance with She was accompanied by journalists complained adopted. Government stakeholders and town planning regulations. The Senator Aisha Dahiru Ahmed, the executive director, Cedar She said this yesterday during that over the years persons Seed Foundation, Loose the state government to ensure impact of floods can be reduced if director, Relief and Rehabilitation with disabilities have had her visit to the victims of the risk reduction strategies are attention is paid to proper waste of the National Emergency Auta, executive director, recent floods in Adamawa State, to cope with a great deal AWWDI, among others. adhered to. management, drainage systems Management Agency (NEMA) and of inconveniences and while paying a courtesy call to She, however, said that these and adherence to town planning staff of the ministry. The group eventually discomfort as passengers came up with with disabilities from recommendations which boarding to disembarking. includes that, “All local Gov Lalong Inaugurates Investment, Economic Submit C’ttee According to Grace and international airlines Jerry, the executive must provide lift trucks BY ACHOR ABIMAJE, Jos on our first term achievements who have since been chewing this opportunities for our people to director, Inclusive to bound PWDs into the and leave lasting legacies for the document not only to understand stimulate economic growth. You Friends Association aircraft, and provide same Plateau State Governor Simon benefit of our people and the next it, but also to implement it will agree with me that this is not (IFA), she pointed out when disembarking. Lalong, on Friday, inaugurated generation.” through their various Ministries, possible without opening up Plateau that the aisle to the “All local airlines must the state Investment and Economic According to him, in order Departments and Agencies. State to domestic and international seats in the plane is not provide Isle chairs to Submit and Glorious Stars Planning to achieve this, we have been “The appointees have also investors who can bring in their designed to accommodate convey PWD especially Committees, saying the two deliberate and strategic in our undergone an orientation workshop resources, to tap into our vast wheelchairs/reduced those on wheelchairs to committees are expected to handle planning process, which began as well as fully participated in a very unexploited human and material mobility which forcefully the seats on board the the pivotal to actualising their with the engagement of the Boston rigorous Policy Retreat which ended potentials.” restricts movement while plane. three-point policy thrust of Peace, Consulting Group (BCG), which yesterday at the National Institute “That is why we have decided onboard. “All airlines that have Security and Good Governance; came up with a 5-year Development for Policy and Strategic Studies, to host an Economic and She said, “PwDs are discriminated or subjected Infrastructural Development; and Plan to guide us.” Kuru.” Investment Summit, which will assisted to board first PWDs to ill-treatments Sustainable Economic Rebirth. Lalong who spoke while He further said, “In as much as not only showcase the business but they are forced to must offer an apology to He said, “Since my re-election, I inaugurating the two committees in we plan and strategise, the ability opportunities inherent in our state, alight last after all other Nigerian PWDs in both have consistently maintained that Government House Ray Field noted to achieve our objectives will but also assist us to rebrand and passengers regardless of mainstream and Social our focus during the final lap of our that shortly after receiving this largely depend on our capacity to repackage Plateau as the Home of how urgent the need may media platforms. Rescue Mission is to consolidate report, I appointed commissioners generate funds as well as create Peace and Tourism.” be. weekend feature 14 sometimes death to theirvictims TUNDE OGUNTOLA he could order not for hire acar as Abuja, Roundabout, to Berger forwaiting to acab convey him whilestandingto endlessly bed hiswife of thinking put whojust worried looking hishair with already late for home he as fussed tired was after the day’sIt work. he was looking laptop backpack, loafers, holding hisSwissGear Weekend. LEADERSHIP with speaking ‘onewith robbers chance’ while he as recalled hisordealShehu as Gbolahon himself identified employed graphic designer, who and cash,’’document, aself- said allmyof work personal tools, vehicle wherechance’ Iwas robbed fashion magazine. go to press for a of the printing more before to pages design they daythere jobas the next were still himto resume for early urging faretransportation home, while and gave himN10,000for his Roundabout destination at Berger due to on limitedhim. cash service I and offeredride to his hima Chance’ Robbers? Any ChanceWith‘One Shehu explained that hea joined explained Shehu “Unfortunately, Ientered a‘one himatHis clientmet the gate white shirt with a pair of apair of with white shirt andin blue a jeans pair of Dressed Maitama. streets of the slicked through drizzling t was 9:25 pm and was it examines the activities of examines theactivities ‘One Chance’ robbers, whichhave causeduntold adversities and my after the data day’s jobbefore Iforgot to back up lost everything. toclose 21years inthistown. I ‘oneAbuja chance’. Ihave spent of believe Icould avictim be to 21years inAbuja. ‘one close he as had spent chance’ of he couldbelieved avictim be home. motorcycle a Kubwa and gave himN200to take gave to Samaritan me aride a good the whiskers,” adding he said, that his body. allover where bruises he sustained thevehicle moving of out pushed He he was said subsequently valuables. amongst other him was, where the N10,000hisclientgave and picked hiswallet up his pocket them. or interrupt resistance, make any funny move ajack-knifewith any up ifhe put threatening to himto stab death hislaptop back grabbed his left to protest on passenger the other Android whenhe tried phone but, one the passengers snatched of his of trouble the first sign when was along Kubwa expressway, he said going to Kubwa. toto precise, be which be claimed commercial cab, aVolkswagen Golf According to him, “Inever that he never explained Shehu searched also they said Shehu ‘’On that day, death by Iescaped embarkedon the journey they As attacked. Even though Iranattacked. Even for though I boarded, and Iwas ambushed National Hospital. tovisit a bereaved at the friend and wanted to pay acondolence from whenIclosed the officenight Hospital, Abuja. bereaved at the National friend went to pay condolence to visit a whenhe occurrence happened togang close apolice checkpoint. physically by assaulted acriminal Weekend that he was robbed and told LEADERSHIP Omokagbo, Oyedele a photojournalist, ‘one robbers. chance’ the fear of inside of because ataxi while ride longer enjoy asmooth no thatlonger Nigerians news robbers. isno it as Just chance’ ‘one inthe of hands experience have sufferedsame the terrifying who several Nigerians other their waterloo,’’ he said. operatorschance’ should meet paid me already. to complete my had job, they as crazily stressful for Ihave me. But work day. allover the next was It to laptop from and start afriend going home. Ihad to a borrow Saturday, November 2,2019 “When I alighted from Ialighted the car “When According to him,“On aFriday the ugly said Omokagbo Narrating hisexperience, Shehu’s ordeal isonethe of “My prayer isthat allthe ‘one on its wayon its to Minna. could any get thatcar was already roadalong the Dikko toifI see to impatience, to Idecided stand seated. only apassenger Due with oneloading met bus in the park I search going atobus of Minna. Iwent to the park in the visit, After myvisit parents inAbuja. Icame tonursing days. school Midwifery, of School Minna. nursing student at theState Niger once she while was asecond-year she boardedsaid a‘one bus chance’ Weekend LEADERSHIP a chat with Kemi in as Mrs. herself identified anger.” the placeI in was and shocked left 000 for them to into look the case. and was to asked payreport N20, inCentralheadquarters Area to the place wasn’tbecause safe. me why that through place Ipassed the policemen there, asked they toclose where Iwas attacked. that there was apolice checkpoint that Ihad on me. everything distance and collected after ashort them, they caught up with me with up caught them, they safety immediately Icameacross ➔

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➔ FROM THE PREVIOUS PAGE to me and the driver was shouting “Minna one! Minna one. The driver of the almost full taxi stopped for me to enter. I entered and the driver drove off. As we were approaching Lapai, the driver said that there was a serious traffic in the front and he diverted to another road which he said would be better for us. After the diversion, he drove for about 10 minutes and stopped. “Who get that big blue ‘Ghana must go’ bag in the boot?” the driver asked in pidgin. One man responded, “na my bag o” in the same language. The driver asked the man about the contents of the bag but the man refused to say a word. The driver stopped the car and opened the boot. He unzipped the bag and shouted, “See money o!” We asked the driver what the problem was but the driver asked us to come down and see for ourselves. We all alighted to look. What l saw in the bag were bundles of N1000 notes packed in a big ‘Ghana must go’ bag. The driver said he would take the bag to the police. The man who claimed to be the owner began to beg the driver and said: “I beg don’t take it to the The native doctor began to do about three passengers already in the account was not my own, but police.” incantations and told us that the including a woman and he was one of the gang members with the All along, I never knew they cleansing and oath would cost the fourth passenger. To him, he gun smirked provocative manner were seeking my own opinion, N500,000. The driver asked the felt entering the taxi with three and shook his head, warning me and they told me in pidgin ’Madam native doctor to take the N500,000 passengers already would make his that if I tried to prove that I was you know see something?’ so I from the money. But, the native trip less cumbersome as they had a smart guy or stubborn that my appealed to them to have mercy doctor said it was an abomination to look for a passenger to complete family would not even see my on the man as he claimed that to do so. Since we were about the fifth passenger, but the driver corpse. He told me he would kill he took the money from his boss four in number, the driver asked didn’t wait for more passengers and bury me in the bush path. who refused to settle him after us to contribute N125,000 each and started moving. “I cooperated with them. They 10 years of serving him. The man but anybody who had more could According to him “I was sitting emptied my two accounts in who claimed to be the owner of the assist others so that the native by the door side, but the driver different banks. And asked me bag of money asked the driver to doctor would quickly cleanse the told me he might not pick up to smile, so that motorists and share the money into two instead. money and such person would be the last passenger from the back passers by would not suspect The owner would take half of the compensated. seat. And the driver asked us if we anything was going wrong. money while the driver and other ‘’A passenger gave them N100, would pay N200 for transportation “They told me to go back into the passengers share the remaining 000 and promised to go get the which I quickly agreed as I would car and drove like two kilometres half. rest. So we all agreed, I gave them not want my clothes to be rumpled and pushed me off the moving ‘’Oh my goodness! I was so my ATM and pin. I was having as I prepared for my interview vehicle. They didn’t return the ATM excited. In my head, I began to N174, 000 in my account. The gradually in the taxi and browsing cards to me. thank God for this wonderful car money was the school fees for some common interview pitfalls “I could not go for my interview I entered. My share of the money some new students. So the native on my phone. anymore. I missed the interview. would not be less than N500, 000. doctor told us to all go home and “I knew that danger lurked After a few hours of being stranded The driver insisted that he would come back later in the evening. around when instead of the a passerby gave me N500 after I call the police but we begged the The driver then took us to the bus to descend towards AYA, it explained what happened to me driver not to involve the police. junction and said he was going accelerated towards a new road to transport myself back home. Later, the driver agreed but he said back to Abuja to get his own. So that led to Guzape Hills, and “I lost 62,000 that day. To date, that we have to go somewhere to we exchanged contacts and I went when I wanted to ask where we I don’t have savings or a job to cleanse the money and also take an to school happily. To date, they were headed, one of the gang do. They rendered me broke and oath. We all agreed, I thought that keep dribbling me. They did not members whom I thought was my jobless.’’ they were all passengers like me pick my call. co-passenger, told me to shut up Experts assert that ‘one chance’ but I didn’t know that the majority ‘’I sold my digital camera, laptop or he would shoot at me if I said refers to a form of robbery in of them including the driver and and other property to pay the a word. which passengers are lured into the owner of the bag of money school fees of the new students.’’ “At this point I was helpless. supposed commercial vehicles full To date, they were all members of the same gang. Meanwhile, a fresh graduate, Only a few motorists were passing of criminals, after which they’ll be keep drib- ‘’The driver drove us to a place Augustine Ugochukwu, who is by. The road was less busy. They dispossessed of their belongings, bling me. that looked like a shrine. He a son of a civil servant, left his took me to a particular bush path money and other valuables. asked us all to come down from Nyanya home dressed in a black that I could not locate now and Sadly, despite efforts to curb They did not the bus and follow him into the suites early in the morning and they ordered me to give them the menace in major cities in pick my call. shrine. I was scared but since boarded a commercial taxi that my belongings. They also took the country, the activities of the ‘’I sold my other passengers were not afraid, should take him to Secretariat, my phone, and scrolled through infamous ‘‘one chance’‘ criminals l have to be brave. We went into the Ugochukwu planned to beat the my messages they checked my have been making headlines on digital cam- shrine which was an uncompleted inglorious Maraba/Nyanya hold alerts to ascertain my financial several media reports. era, laptop building. One man dressed as a up so he woke up very early as 5 transactions and my account LEADERSHIP Weekend gathered and other native doctor came out and asked am so that he can get to meet up balance. They also collected all the that in spite of horrific tales from “what can I do for you people? with a job interview at Discovery money in my pocket and my ATM survivors, people still fall victim property “The driver told him that we had Mall, Wuse 2 and also impress his card. Surprisingly they removed to these men of the underworld. to pay the a bag of money that needed to be interviewer. a POS and asked me to insert my While some people are fully aware cleansed before sharing and to Unknown to him, he had ATM card. They insert the amount of their modus operandi. ‘One school fees take an oath that no one among boarded a ‘‘one chance’’ taxi. He of money they wanted to withdraw chance’ thieves are always armed of the new us would report this to the public said he was robbed just before and ordered me to type my ATM with all manners of weapons students or authority. The driver gave the Mambilla Barracks. pin. bag of money to the native doctor. According to him, there were “I begged them that the money ➔ CONTINUES ON THE NEXT PAGE 16 WEEKEND FEATURE www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers Saturday, November 2, 2019 Any Chance With ‘One Chance’ Robbers?

➔ FROM PREVIOUS PAGE to Lagos to spend 45 minutes traveling by air. ranging from gun, knives, daggers laced with the poisonous Use your car substance, screwdriver, hammer, Using your car is one sure way and hypnotizing spray amongst of avoiding ‘‘one chance’’ armed other dangerous weapons. robbers. But the unfortunate fact is, Also, it was learned that some it is not everybody that can afford a of the ‘one chance’ operatives now vehicle. However, if you can afford go about with POS machines to it, then why not? withdraw cash from their victim’s The reason it is better to go about account. with your vehicle is that you will ‘How I was saved from being a not have to stand by the roadside ‘One Chance’ victim’ hitchhiking, which is what the A middle-aged woman, whose criminals take advantage of. first name is Cordelia, said she sighted a “One Chance’ robbers ·Use your intuition and be very who once attempted to rob her a observant few months ago was trying to the If you don’t have your vehicle, or same to another victim, before for one reason or the other you just she urged her cab driver to chase have to patronize public transport, them. then you have to apply tact. According to her, ‘’On Thursday, People rush into just any vehicle while I was about to enter a cab probably to leave a dangerous area to work in Area 1. I noticed a ‘one before it gets dark. This is very chance’ vehicle which I narrowly risky. So, don’t be in a hurry to enter escaped from a few months ago any vehicle whether commercial was trying to the same to another or private. Rushing into a vehicle person so I quickly informed the is a practice that is common with driver of my cab that I was their people living in cities. victim before now. Before you enter a vehicle, look ‘’So, the driver trailed them. at the passengers already seated in When the criminals noticed that the vehicle; if your instinct tells you they were being trailed they tried not to enter, just obey it. to escape but unfortunately for Like we noted earlier, those them, they had an accident with criminals operate in such a way another car and we quickly chased that you’ll notice just one or them immediately causing panic two passenger spaces left at the on the street of Area 2 to Area backseat of the vehicle. So, it is 3 Bank Road. They were caught Adamu better to board a vehicle that has immediately they got to the street no other passengers at the back which was a close, as they could body was said to have been ensure that they are in good seat yet. not escape. recovered by the police along standing with the government It is also important to board ‘’The ‘one chance’ robbers ran Kubwa-AYA expressway with authorities. With that said, using vehicles only at recognised parks into a close and abandoned their several stab wounds. these buses is one safe way of since most of those criminals vehicle, a Volkswagen golf car with not falling victim to ‘one chance’ avoid picking up passengers from Abuja plate number RSH 776 EJ Efforts to halt the menace operatives. the park. while trying to run away. They Following the growing cases Additionally, there’s a common were apprehended by the residents of kidnapping, in the country, · Boarding licensed taxis misconception that when a woman who confirmed that it was not the the Nigeria Police Force said it The issue of overcrowding or a young lady is present in a first time they were experiencing has commenced a joint counter persists in these metro buses/ vehicle, then it is safe to board. The such around the area. operation against the latest taxis. Nevertheless, it is safe to truth is, the presence of a female “During the uproar, while kidnapping in Abuja and its board a Metro bus rather than fall doesn’t guarantee that they aren’t the residents were trying to environs. victim to ‘one chance’ robbers in criminals. From the accounts of apprehend the criminals, Men Spokesperson of the Federal an unlicensed commercial vehicle. various victims, these criminals of FSARS arrived the scene and Capital Territory (FCT) Police Note that ‘one chance’ thieves sometimes have female cohorts. forced me to release my phone Command, Anjuguri Manzah, said most times use cars for their On a final note, ‘one chance’ and I was forced to delete all the the joint operation comprising the operations. And their target most robbers are constantly upgrading video recordings and photos I took police and other security agencies of the time is one individual at a their antics, therefore the from the scene, but I recovered the is also being extended to other time. populace must arm themselves pictures back with an application identified black spots within the with information like the ones on my phone.’’ Federal Capital Territory. · Hire buses/taxis mentioned in this post. So, always Journalist killed by ‘one chance’ He explained that the operation Whether you’re planning a visit this site for more safety tips. robbers is aimed at rescuing hostages, business trip, corporate event, or ‘One chance’ robbers have two A journalist with African arresting the suspects and personal vacation, transportation things in common. They all make Independent Television, (AIT), permanently checkmating the safety should always be the top use of cars and are after collecting Abuja, Abayomi Adigun, was killed emerging security concerns in the priority. But some people while their victims’ money or other after boarding a vehicle operated country. trying to be smart with their valuables. Though their tactic by the thieves on his way to work. He, however, noted that as the finances give up their safety and varies; it is aggressive. Most victims Men of FSARS For the young journalist, there security agencies are working rather stand by the roadside report that the attackers are within was no premonition that the assiduously to rescue the kidnap waiting for a good Samaritan who the age bracket between 20s and arrived the vehicle he boarded would be the victims, residents are enjoined to would probably carry them at a 40s. scene and end of him. be calm and support the ongoing reduced cost or carry them free of At times they make use of Point- Adigun was on his way to the operation with useful information. charge. of-Sale machines to withdraw forced me to office on the night of September If you live in Abuja, Lagos or any from their victim’s account, and at release my 1st, when he boarded a taxi from other popular Nigerian city where other times they use ATMs while phone and Kubwa, a satellite town in Abuja How to avert falling victim taxi services operate, then it is the account owner is still taken to AYA where he would connect a · Use metropolitan buses better to patronize them for your hostage. Often, they operate in I was forced tricycle to his office. Unknown to According to Naija Home Based, journeys within the city. the early morning hours, or early to delete all him, the ‘taxi’ was occupied by ‘one Matthew Edegbe, metropolitan evening from 6 pm till late into the the video chance’ robbers. buses are provided by the night It was gathered that he was government in major cities and Use flight or train instead They either make use of private recordings on the production crew of AIT’s towns. Some private organisations Flights may be quite expensive cars disguised as taxis or, green and photos I Kaakaki programme after his and individuals who run the but it is faster. Plus, there is no commercial taxis registered in took from the transfer a couple of months ago business as well ensure that their fear of you being one-chanced. Abuja. The car could have only men from the media house’s Ilorin, buses/taxis are safe, properly Compare spending 8 hours as passengers or include one or two scene Kwara State office. His lifeless licensed and insured. They also traveling by road from Abuja females to reduce suspicion. Saturday, November 2, 2019 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA 17 EU, Indigenous Firm Partner On Job Creation For Youths BY UDO ONYEKA, Lagos drives all businesses now, adding that for our youth to do very well business The European Union and Map.ng, at this age they must pay attention an Information Communication to technology. Technology firm has signed a “The youth must pay adequate Memorandum of Understanding attention to ICT for them to be (MoU) to collaborate and bring competitive and even achieve about sustainable and inclusive much at this time and stage in growth by empowering youths in life. In this regard we intend NEWS Nigeria. to work with some secondary Speaking in Lagos recently after schools, located in Lagos where a meeting with the European Union we will set up digital laboratories team, the chief executive office, and technological equipment that CEO, of Map.ng, Anyanso Mma, would enable the youths learn at said in line his organization’s focus the tender stage. the partnership the EU, would “We are also planning on create new economic activities training some teachers, especially that would engage the teaming science and mathematics teachers. youths of unemployed population Part of what we intend to do is in the country. to connect the teachers and their Mma said the agreement students to digital libraries that which is expected to apply in all exist all over the world,” Mma said. technology driven sectors of the According to the CEO of Map. economy would help grow the ng, the firm is working with EU in economy and the country’s gross the area of Returnees, after they domestic product, GDP. had profiled Map.ng and seen that He said information technology we have a lot to offer. Representative of the NNPC GMD and Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Services, Engr. Farouk Sa’id (2nd from right), displaying one of the bids during the public opening of bids for the financing and redevelopment of OML 119. With him are the Group General Manager, Supply Chain Management, Mr. Abdulhamid Aliyu (3rd from left) and representatives NGA To Chronicle 20yrs Of Natural of some of the bidding companies. Gas Advocacy BY CHIKA IZUORA, Lagos Company, Aiteo Group, Nigerian Gas Company (NGC), Falcon CILT Advocates Linkage of All Leading voice and proponents of Corporation, Frontier Oil Limited. maximal utilisation of Natural The Nigerian Gas Association Seaports With Rail Transport Gas in Nigeria, the Nigerian has evolved to a more diverse Gas Association (NGA), is set to yet formidable body of over 124 fostering institutional mechanism “That there is no effective chronicle its 20th anniversary on corporate members and 2125 and concerted efforts that would intermodal transport architecture November scheduled to hold in individual members working with BY YUSUF BABALOLA, Lagos promote the delivery of efficient, and or interconnectivity of one Lagos. a vision to improve the nation’s effective and quality logistics mode of transportation with Since inception, the NGA economy through the optimal The Chartered Institute Of services at the local, sub national another such that the railway has carried on its commitment maximisation of its abounding Logistics and Transport (CILT) and national levels in Nigeria. should be properly linked to the to effectively champion the Natural Gas reserves. has bemoaned the linkage of In the communique, the inland waterways, ports and competitiveness and effective President, Nigerian Gas only Apapa and Tin-Can Island institute also frown at the road transport network for more utilisation of Natural Gas Association, Mrs. Audrey Joe- seaports to rail transportation, present legal framework effective and efficient logistics by promoting sound policy Ezigbo said, “Natural Gas is that saying it is stunting Nigeria’s setting up the Nigeria Railway penetration.” development, capacity one singular resource Nigeria can economic growth. Corporation (NRC), saying lack The institute which alsodevelopment and best practices leverage to create transformative This was disclosed over the of interconnectivity among the deplored the present legal towards optimising the economics change across various sectors and weekend in a communique issued modes of transportation was a framework of the Railway Act of the entire gas chain while spheres of industry. As the NGA, at the end of the 2019 national clog in the wheel for the nation’s of 1955, said it cannot support emphasizing environmental we have worked resolutely over conference and annual general development. the present aspiration for the protection and safety. the past twenty years to foster meeting of the institute held in The communique reads, “The establishment and unbundling of This landmark ceremony is a legal, regulatory and policy Warri, Delta state. fact that only the Apapa and a modern, efficient and effective being supported by NLNG, the landscape for gas that is attractive The conference tagged,Port Harcourt Ports are linked to railway infrastructure which can Lagos State Ministry of Energy, to participants and investors, with ‘Multimodal Freight Logistics rail does not augur well for the in turn impact positively on an Shell companies in Nigeria, Axxela the attendant multiplier benefits in Nigeria: The Role of Rail economic development of our efficient and effective multimodal Limited, Anoh Gas Processing to the nation at large. Transportation’ was aimed at country. freight logistics mechanism. Wakanow Appoints Adebayo Adedeji Interim CEO BY FEMI SHOLOLA, Lagos consumer retails sector, including 5G Rollout To Cut Global Emissions with Petsmart and Walmart Wakanow.Com Limited (Wakanow) Stores. is pleased to announce the Wakanow has been able to grow By 500m Tonnes –Study appointment of Mr. Adebayo its customer base and market BY CHIKA IZUORA, Lagos from mobile networks could be cut than one year of greenhouse Adedeji as interim chief executive share since the end of last calendar in half from 73 million tonnes over gas emissions from all maritime officer of Wakanow, effective year as it continues to service its A new research findings, has said the next 10 years to 34 million. shipping or all aviation globally.” immediately. customers and maintain its best that a fast rollout of 5G technology The research, commissioned by New 5G mobile technologies Mr. Adedeji, who is the current value proposition with improved could reduce global carbon 5G leaders Huawei, challenges telco are set to create an extra $1.4 chief commercial officer of the product offering and customer emissions by half a billion tonnes. operators, government regulators trillion in gross domestic company, has been responsible for service. The report recently published by and other suppliers to press ahead product (GDP) for worldwide driving the transition programme of Adedeji is assuming his new 5G leader Huawei and consulting with rolling out the network. economies over the next decade. Wakanow since mid-2019. Prior to responsibilities at a time of great firm STL Partners demonstrates the The report concludes: “Rolling Healthcare, manufacturing and taking up his CCO role at Wakanow excitement for the company which benefits to the environment of 5G, out 5G networks can be a key retail are three industry sectors he was a Senior Finance Manager at is on the cusp of transition and through reduced energy use in the component of operators’ and set to benefit the most from new Amazon.com, in charge of fulfilment significant positive change. The core and mobile access networks. national authorities’ ambitions to technologies supporting product teams in 16 board of Wakanow is confident According to a company reduce the emission of greenhouse Victor Zhang, Senior Vice countries. that he will provide an invaluable statement, as a consequence, a fast gases from the operation of mobile President at Huawei, said: “We He was also responsible for driving contribution to setting goals and rollout could reduce emissions by networks. know there is a global debate topline, profitability, inventory objectives for the company’s future half a billion tonnes by 2030, the “As we have seen, rolling out happening right now about how optimization, seller promotion and growth, whilst also providing equivalent of the annual emissions 5G networks quickly (rather than we protect our planet and this improved customer experience the administrative guidance and from international aviation for a slowly) could save the world over technology represents a serious through technical product direction required during this full year. 0.5 bn tonnes of CO2 cumulatively opportunity to make an impact innovation. Previously, he served as period of significant transition In the UK alone, carbon emissions between 2020 and 2030 – more on global emissions. a senior financeprofessional in the and transformation. 18 BUSINESS FEATURE Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA Saturday, November 2, 2019

DisCos Quest For National Assembly’s Intervention On NERC’s Order Versus National Interest The recent threat by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to cancel the operating licenses of eight electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) has generated some serious debates. FESTUS OKOROMADU writes on the need to place the common interest of the nation above sentiment

ccess to electricity, sector. eight electricity distribution is taking a new twists, instead a key factor The transfer of ownership in companies (DisCos) over their of addressing the issues raised to economic the Nigerian electricity sector inability to meet the terms and and striving to resolve them and industrial appears to have negated all conditions of operations. in way that the consumers in revolution, remains globally accepted norms of Precisely on October 10, particular and the economy Aa mirage in Nigeria. Prior to the carrying out privatisation in 2019, the Nigerian Electricity generally will benefit, sectional privatisation of the sector in the true sense of it. The result Regulatory Commission and personal interest is now November, 2013 many analyst is that since the completion (NERC) issued a notice of taking over the debate. had suggested that the industry of the exercise, neither the intentions to cancel the licences was in shambles because it was government, nor the new of eight operators for their DisCos Reaction government operated. owners (investors) nor the perceived breaching provisions In what seem to be an The advocate of privatisation regulators, nor the consumers of Section 74 of the Electric effort to subvert issues raised cited the transformational have known peace. Power Sector Reform Act in the threat order from change brought to the Nigerian It is becoming obvious as the (EPSRA), 2005; as well as failure NERC, the affected DisCos telecommunications sector days goes by that the challenges to meet minimum remittance under its umbrella body, It is becom- when private owners took over facing the sector are getting order 2019 among others. the Association of Nigerian ing obvious the affairs of the industry. Little more complex and demanding The affected companies are, Electricity Distributors did the citizens knew that the more dynamic approach to Abuja Electricity Distribution (ANED) has approached the as the days the so called, privatisation has resolving them. Company Plc (AEDC), Benin National Assembly seeking goes by that its own downside especially There is hardly a day one Electricity Distribution its intervention and warning the chal- when certain conditions are not open the pages of Nigerian Company Plc (BEDC), Ikeja that making the mandatory lenges facing put in place. newspapers that you will not be Electric Plc (IE), Enugu remittance may affect the Such conditions includes, confronted cases of crisis in the Electricity Distribution payment of its staff. the sector are stating clearly the terms and sector. Worst still, stakeholders Company Plc (EEDC), Kaduna The association in a press getting more conditions of operations; especially operators appears to Electricity Distribution statement issued on Tuesday complex and government’s commitment to have resolved to blame trading Company Plc (KAEDCO), October 22, 2019 demanded demand- ensuring the enforcement of while government sits back Kano Electricity Distribution the intervention of the National such rule, appreciate regulation watching all to the detriment Company Plc (KEDCO), Assembly in what it called, ‘the ing more by a regulatory body that is of the consumer in particular Port Harcourt Electricity current liquidity crisis in the dynamic truly independent and above all and the nation’s economy in Distribution Company Plc power sector, saying they will approach sourcing for best, competent, general. (PHEDC), and Yola Electricity need N8.7 billion to comply to resolving experience and financially The latest case on site is Distribution Company Plc with the remittance order of viable operators to run the the threat by the market (YEDC). them regulators to cancel licenses of As usual, the development ➔ CONTINUES ON THE NEXT PAGE Saturday, November 2, 2019 BUSINESS FEATURE 19 DisCos Quest For National Assembly’s Intervention On NERC’s Order Versus National Interest

➔ FROM PREVIOUS PAGE said to have corroborated Dr. Ogaji’s figures, saying, NERC. “The GenCos average tariff The statement signed by on a monthly basis that is ANED’s Executive Director, transferred to the Discos as Research and Advocacy, Barr. of now, is between N23/kwh Sunday Oduntan hinted that to N25/kwh, depending on the DisCos will require N725 the combination of hydro and million monthly to meet thermal generation that is the threshold of 35 percent dispatched in a month.” remittance level set by NERC Expatiating on ANED point in the meantime. of view that the industry was Oduntan stated that while not operating a cost-reflective the DisCos were expected to tariff hence it is unable to make do a minimum remittance full remittances, Olubiyo was of N12.69bn (about 35 per quoted as saying that any tariff cent) for the July 2019 billing issues the Discos raised in the cycle from a total N35.79bn past were legitimately taken invoice from the Nigerian Bulk care of with the minimum Electricity Trading Plc (NBET), remittance order for 2016 to the DisCos actually remitted 2019, issued to the distribution N8.06bn. companies in August. Stressing that the According to him, that outstanding was N4.63bn, review adjusted the inflation adding that the eight DisCos rate on which the Discos performed up to 23 per cent were operating from N197 to of the 35 per cent required of N305 and brought other cost them for the month. implication factors in line with According to the statement, current realities. ANED while explaining what “The average tariff of the it called the implication of Discos was about N32/kwh injecting N725m monthly to but with the retroactive minor NERC’s expected remittance reviews that NERC did recently, order, told the National it came to about N55/kwh. This Assembly Committee in charge means that over the years (2016 of electricity that the amount to 2019) the Discos were not represents DisCos average allowed to charge a reflective monthly salaries. tariff to the end-users and at the same time, were being “Compliance with NERC billed by NBET with actual Order will impair this critical GenCos tariff. This resulted obligation to DisCos staff, in Discos’ low remittance and which will create labour constant complaining of a non- unrest and reduce overall Momoh cost reflective tariff,” Olubiyo performance,” the statement explained. said. lower rate than rates approved consumers are paying less He added, “Example was while And as usual ANED blamed by NERC due to subsistence of appears to be untrue. the FX for the DisCos tariff was the causes of the liquidity a court injunction) The report raises more using N197:$1, the FX on the crisis in the power sector on, He also blame the questions and the need to bring GenCos bill was using N305:$1. ‘Average Technical Commercial Transmission Company of transparency into the running This was a bad situation for the and Collection (ATC&C) losses, Nigeria (TCN) for the woes of of the Nigeria Electricity Supply Discos. What NERC has now done stressing that it has remained the DisCos. “Due to the fact Industry (NESI). was to adjust the macroeconomic high due to lack of liquidity, TCN is following the Merit Whereas, ANED’s has in the indices to get the actual cost- unattractive investment terrain Order Dispatch according past claim that it purchases reflective tariff for the DisCos, and customer apathy to pay to regulation, that the total power from the bulk trader – which according to NERC, came bills. available generation from the the Nigerian Bulk Electricity to about N55/kwh.” Addressing the reasons least cost generation should be Trading Company (NBET) Plc From all indications, NBET for DisCos inability to meet taken first. Regrettable TCN due at about N80.88 per kilowatt- and TCN the government ams remittance levels set by the to its illegal deals with Eligible hour and sold to consumers at Average operating in the sector alongside regulator, Oduntan said customers are not drawing all an average of N31.50 thereby Technical the DisCos have become sworn the DisCos cannot pay up the energy generated by the creating a shortfall of N49.38, Commercial enemy because of discrepancy in all their bills to the market Hydro stations before taking some other market operators and Collec- the finances of the sector. because: NERC refused from the more most expensive are disputing this figures. Unfortunately, while the DisCos proposition for a thermal plants,” he said. For instance, the Executive tion (ATC&C) operators can run to the ramp-up payment over a He submitted that the DisCos Secretary of the electricity losses, lawmakers or law courts to seek period, considering that the need to keep maintain the generation body, Association of stressing redress when issues affecting their problems of illiquity of the lines and supply, and pay staff, Power Generation Companies, that it has well being at at stake, the ordinary market have not been solved pointing out NERC’s remittance Dr. Joy Ogaji was quoted as citizens continue be at t he mercy NERC; MDAs are owing over level proposal amounts to having told Sahara Reporters remained of DisCos. 200billion to DisCos and creating serious hardship. that the most expensively- high due As it NERC may have to do more they are not paying; the Loss ANED seem to be reenforcing produced electricity in the to lack of than mere threat of license seizure levels used by NERC to set the its position for a hike in country is valued at N24. liquidity, or revocation to sanitize the remittance order is superficially electricity tariff as it cannot According to her, power market and task DisCos to invest unrealistic to the actual losses meet the market requirements plants built under the NIPP unattractive in the sector. May be compelling on the lines occasioned energy with its current financial status. scheme, sell at N19, while investment them to be quoted on the Nigerian theft, bypass, old and weak the high-end thermal power terrain and Stock Exchanges will help make electrical infrastructures; and Alternative Views stations sell at N24. customer them more prudent in managing Manufacturers Association But a recent report by a Similarly, convener of the the companies. That way they will of Nigeria (MAN still paying national media the assumption Nigeria Consumer Protection apathy to deliver real value to Nigerians that Nigerians electricity Network, Kunle Olubiyo, was pay bills in no distance time. 20 NEWS ACROSS THE STATES Saturday, November 2, 2019 Tech Firm Launches App To Fight Crime BY JERRY EMMANSON, Abuja

Apparently concerned about the safety and security challenges in the country, a technology firm, Vigiscope R-L: Deputy governor Limited has launched a of Oyo State, Engr situational awareness Rauf Olaniyan; the application called Quick governor, Engr Seyi Emergency Reporting and Makinde; executive chairman, Broadcasting Response System (QERSS) Corporation of Oyo to fight crime in the country. State (BCOS), Prince Speaking during the Dotun Oyelade, launch, in Abuja, the Commissioner for managing partner of VGS, Information, Culture Richard Akanmode said the and Tourism, Dr Wasiu app is a user-friendly tool Olatunbosun during for monitoring locations the commissioning of and keeping surveillance Satellite Audio Network on places of interest. Facility of BCOS in Oyo, yesterday PHOTO OYO He said the app which STATE GOVERNMENT. is a web-based safety and incident management application, makes it SUBEB Reads Riot Act To Teachers, Contractors In Bauchi possible for a person in distress or at an incident BY BEATRICE GONDYI, Bauchi Alkaleri local government of the challenges are due to lack provide the required learning the first prime minister,” he point to swipe on the areas, even as he reiterated the of conducive environment of and instructional materials. stated. application and trigger the Bauchi State chairman of state governor’s commitment learning because of problems We are doing everything He frowned at the inability report of an emergency. the State Universal Basic to upgrading the states like congestion in classrooms, possible to return all out of of some pupils to read and According to him, “The Education Board (SUBEB), Dr education sector. lack of desk and chairs; pupils school children to classrooms write their names, and app functions on a tripod in Abubakar Surumbai Dahiru “The state governor, Sen. studying on the floor, some even those that are in the warned teachers to live up to a tunnel, which includes the has threatened to sanction all Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, under the tree shade. This classrooms we want to see their responsibility, warning reporter, dispatcher and the erring teachers and blacklist has interest in the commitment explains why them acquiring qualitative them against late coming responder. any earring contractor who development of the education the governor awarded over N5 education; we want to change and lackadaisical attitude to “The reporter is the fail to execute contracts for sector that was the reason he billion contracts to renovate the narratives inherited where work. He threatened to take reporting component of the board. made a good effort to tackle and construct new class rooms a class six pupil cannot read disciplinary action against the system which can be He made this known when the serious problems inherited and to provide desk and chairs and write. We are backward in any teacher found wanting performed on a user’s he paid a surprise visit to a in the basic education sector across the 20 LGA’s. education despite the fact that in the discharge of his/her phone, while the dispatcher primary school in Bauchi, when he assumed office. Some “We are working hard to we are the state that produced responsibility. is the reception point of all reports where the exact location of a person APC Faults Akeredolu’s Congratulatory Message To PMB reporting an incident as An All Progressives Congress his group including APC state and channel his energy in the and mourn with their Action remaining. This is not time to well as video images can (APC) group, unity forum chairman, Ade Adetimehin, direction of ensuring that Alliance which they worked for. be playing to the gallery at the be viewed, analysed for has condemned the series of lacked the moral rectitude to things change for the better “We have never had it this federal level,” the statement appropriate response. The congratulatory messages by congratulate President Buhari, while his tenure lasts. bad in Ondo State, and we said. responder functions on Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s who he said they worked “If every other party want to urge the government It also called on the governor smart phones or tabs, and led government to President against in the last February/ member had towed the of the day to focus on what to remember that whatever he call also be installed on Muhammadu Buhari over March general elections. path of the governor in the is important and stop giving does today will be remembered ambulances, patrol vans and the Supreme Court’s ruling “The duo have no moral last presidential election, the APC a bad name within by generations unborn, adding emergency management which upheld the election that rectitude to congratulate the President Buhari today the state. It is true that the governor should remember centres.” brought the President to power. president who they never would have become history Akeredolu’s tenure is winding it is the people that will vote Akanmode described the A statement by the group’s worked for his re-election. We in Nigeria. Instead of sending down but that doesn’t mean he this time around as they would QERSS as a veritable tool spokesperson, Gbolahan call on Governor Akeredolu to congratulatory messages to cannot right the wrongs of his not allow any external influence for enhancing personal Ayegbusi said Akeredolu and face the business of governance the president, they should go administration in the little time in the election process. and corporate safety, incident management, security surveillance and We Have No Powers Under NBET Manual To Stop Workers’ Salaries– Witness emergency coordination, adding the app bridges the By Kunle Olasanmi powers to stop the salary are regulated by the human claimanant’s counsel, Mrs. posting, the claimant was gap between reporting and Abuja of a whistleblower, Sambo resource manual and not the Injeje who said she was higher in rank to her.” response, improves safety Abdullahi, under its human public service manual. familiar with the content of The witness told the court and security. He, however, The Nigerian Bulk Electricity resource manual. Mr. Injeje disclosed the NBET human resource that “there is no provision in said although the app is Trading (NBET) yesterday NBET head of Cooperate this while under cross- manual admitted that any the human resource manual web-based there are also told the National Industrial Services, Mrs. Itohan Inieje, told examination by counsel to decision taken that is against that allows an upgrade for a numbers that can be used to reach the control room in Court, NIC, that it has no the court that staff employment whistleblower, Mr. Olori-Aje the manual is a nulity. redeployed staff.” the event of an emergency. Adam. She admitted that “by the Meanwhile, in the course In his remarks, Abdullahi, who is a worker manual, neither herself nor of the cross-examination, representative of the Federal at NBET, approached the the Board has the powers counsel to NBET, Mr. Tola Road Safety Corps (FRSC), court after his salaries were to stop the salary of the Oshobi (SAN) had objected DCC Eke commended stopped by the company on claimant. to the admissibility of some the company for the controversial grounds. The witness furtherexhibits, but was overruled by innovation, and called He claimed to have admitted that “ the letters Justice Oyejoju Oyewunmi. for the enlightenment of exposed several alleged to the claimant stopping his With the development, reporters against abuse of fraudulent acts by NBET’s salaries were issued when both the complainant and the application. Managing Director, Marilyn there was no Board in place.” defendant have closed their According to him, “For example, I have witnessed a Amobi. Besides, the witness case before the court. situation where we received The claimanant also equally addmited knowing Accordingly, Justice an emergency call from a asked the court to restrain Hauwa Bello, who was Oyewunmi, who took over the location, only to run into NBET from doing anything “posted to from the office of case from Justice Damulak, armed robbers, due to that will further affect his the Accountant General of has by agreement of counsel, misinformation.” employment. the Federation to NBET. adjourned the matter to He pointed out that an Speaking under cross- According to her, “ as at January 14, 2020 for abuse on the usage of the examination by the the time of Hauwa Bello’s adoption of final addresses. application would make it meaningless to the people. Saturday, November 2, 2019

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Did Lady 'Friday' Gaga Just Actor- Reveal comedian, Her Next John Song Witherspoon, Title? Dies @ 77 22 SCOOP www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA Saturday, November 2, 2019 AMEBO’S Did Lady Gaga Just Reveal Her KORNER Next Song Title? with Okrote4real

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Zlantan ome simply saw a funny message on a they saw that the song playing was titled "Stupid pumpkin. Others saw what could be a hint Love." at new music. Either way, fans cannot stop It's possible that Gaga could have been listening talking about Lady Gaga's latest post on her to already-released tracks from Jason Derulo or Was Zlantan Really A social media. Dan + Shay. But the Twitter sleuths were skeptical, SOn both her Twitter and her Instagram, Gaga noticing that the track title was in all-caps, and had posted multiple photos of what appear to be a no cover art or artiste information listed on the Bricklayer? pumpkin carving session on Tuesday (Oct. 29). pop-up. Others kept digging, finding that rumours The street pop star, Zlatan 19-year-old who won One pumpkin in particular made fans laugh out regarding a Gaga song called "Stupid Love" have Ibile, has revealed that his first car in a music loud, as it wasn't carved, but simply painted with been floating around the internet for a few months. his life wasn’t all that rosy competition organised the words "f--k this" scrawled across its face, and a One stan account even went as far as to find an before fame and things were by Nigerian based knife sticking out of its stem. old post where a copyright claim was made against difficult for him before now. telecommunication But some eagle-eyed Little Monsters immediately another user's tweet from August, where they This revelation was company, Airtel. caught wind of what they believe is a new hint had retweeted a snippet of an unreleased song. made via Twitter where In his words, “Before I toward Gaga's new music. In the photo of her According to a screenshot they took, there was a the singer reminded fans won this car, I do bricklayer, aforementioned pumpkin, an iPod can be seen reference made in the claim to a track from Lady that his journey had been cut grass for people land sitting on the same table: when fans zoomed in, Gaga called, you guessed it, "Stupid Love." nothing short of one filled to lay foundation, I work with grace, making him the for cold-room for Ikorodu perfect grass to grace story. Isawo! 10k per month! I do He also posted a photo too many many. But I thank of himself in 2014 as a God for my life today.” Davido's ‘A Good Time’ Davido In War Of Words Over Album Set For Release Arrest Of Pranksters After Davido ordered the meant to be the tyrant o!” release of the young women, That tweet didn't go down Susan and Helen, who falsely well with the 30BG boss as accused him of impregnating he bashed Ogundamisi and one of them after they were asked him to keep his family’s arrested and handcuffed name out of his lips. by police, the singer and a According to the report, public commentator known Helen And Susan became as Kayode Ogundamisi were free two hours after they embroiled in a war of words were arrested by the popular on Twitter over the video singer. He then took to his showing the arrest of two social media page and said: prankster sisters. "F--k it … release the idiots Ogundamisi had on �." Tuesday tweeted, “Imagine @ He also posted in his iam_Davido as first Cousin page how the two girls were in @StateofOsun with his enjoying themselves in the Uncle @IsiakaAdeleke1 as pool showing that they were Governor. And @MBuhari is truly free.

REPORTER: Davido TEAM: SAMUEL ABULUDE ENTERTAINMENT &TOURISM EDITOR: EMAIL: he ‘Fall’ singer has hinted on the in 2016, Davido has consistently dropped release of his long-awaited album, single projects like ‘Fall’ and ‘IF’ that have ANTHONY ADA ABRAHAM [email protected] "A Good Time" via his Instagram not just been hits but have also pushed him SMS ONLY: page, announcing that his album into international scene paving the way for GRAPHICS: 08053686156 will be dropping on November big international collaborations like ‘Blow XTANLEE UCHE ECHIDI 08092721737 T22. My Mind’ with American top singer and After his last body of work, ‘Son of Mercy’, dancer, Chris Brown. Saturday, November 2, 2019 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA BLITZ 'Friday' Actor-comedian, John Witherspoon, Dies @ 77

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ctor-comedian John Witherspoon, Wayans Bros" television series and voicing the who memorably played Ice Cube's grandfather in "The Boondocks" animated series. father in the "Friday" films, has died. His film roles included "Vampire in Brooklyn" He was 77. and "Boomerang," and he was a frequent guest Witherspoon's family issued a on "Late Show with David Letterman." statementA to the website Deadline saying that For many, his most recognizable role was Witherspoon died Tuesday in Los Angeles. No "Pops," Ice Cube's father in the stoner comedy cause of death was released. "Friday" and its two sequels, a crude but The actor had a prolific career, co-starring affectionate father trying to guide his son to be in three "Friday" films, appearing on "The better. Taylor Swift Becomes Artiste Of The Decade

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aylor Swift has won more American & development at Dick clark productions said in a Music Awards than any other artiste press statement. “We’re thrilled to honour her as this decade, so it's only fitting that the our Artiste of the Decade and can’t wait for her to songstress be honoured as Artiste of the blow everyone away with an epic, career-spanning Decade at this year's ceremony. performance unlike any other!” TDick Clark productions and ABC announced Swift currently has the most AMA wins of the award Wednesday (Oct. 30), also revealing any female artiste ever with 23 awards. At this that the superstar will take the stage to perform year's ceremony, she's nominated for artiste of the biggest hits of her more-than-a-decade-long the year, favourite music video, favourite female career. artiste - pop/rock, favourite album - pop/rock and “Taylor’s impact on music this decade is favourite artiste - adult contemporary. She might undeniable and her performances on the American surpass Michael Jackson's record for most AMAs Music Awards have been truly spectacular,” Mark of all time if she wins two of the five categories Bracco, executive vice president of programming she's nominated in. 24 CLOSE-UP www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA Saturday, November 2, 2019 I Became MC Papangolo Just To Survive – MC Terry Nyam Terkimbi Terry is one of the youngest multi- talented personalities making waves in the entertainment industry in Nigeria today. The Benue State-born event manager, comedian and singer speaks with ANTHONY ADA ABRAHAM, on his passion for the industry and why Abuja is becoming the home of entertainment. How do you start in the Obodu Cartel Ranch there entertainment industry? and then I changed my name It all started in Enugu State. from Papangolo to Mc Terry. Then, whenever my Dad It was all very smooth, so in was playing his guitar and 2011 I meet a DJ Topherz singing I would be watching who became my very good and singing along. I was like friend/ brother always telling five or six years old. We were me I'm good I should take it living in a police barracks and to the next level. That was our house was just a stone how I started working in a throw where Police Band club Zakuzia Lounge as in- always had their rehearsals. house MC. From there, I I started developing strong discovered when I spoke, interest in music that people laughed. I started sometimes, my friends and developing my comedy skills. I used to cut pawpaw leaves In 2012 I hosted my very and create our own trumpet first comedy show Laffta also using cans to create Communion with Mc Terry drums too. But we were doing and Friends. It became an it then for fun and I never instant hit. That was how knew someday I would be I started hosting other singing. Therefore, it finally events I discovered I'm good came in 2000 where I had as master of ceremonies, to make a choice if this was I then channelled my what I really wanted, because energy towards that. Every I moved to Abuja in 1999 and December I'm expected to met the very first group EX - host an event in Benue. I Planet. Though I used to do went to record a comedy my thing alone before Xman series, as I was interacting the head of our group met with the producer Sammix me one evening and told me and carelessly asked him to that he liked the way I carried make a beat for me that I myself and would love us to wanted to remix Limpopo by start a musical group. Though Kcee, the rest is history. I just I was very happy, I told him I love music but I'm gifted to needed time to think it over. do many other things which To cut the long story short, has really helped me in we started and they called growing into the man I am me Terry N, the Letter N today. came from "Nyam" from my surname. Few months later, What does comedy mean to there was a misunderstanding MC Terry you? and I went solo. Comedy is an inbuilt thing From 2000/2001, I changed others wanted to rehearse I parted ways. I was left doing .....na follow come though is my name to Duke Mc, I was was always not in the mood nothing because music was something you can develop. Into rap music then. I went for to sing with them, so I went really not paying then, as I “But if e no dey your body e a contest “Light Up The Mic” solo again working on my was the one paying music. no dey.” and I won the best rapper in own kind of music: Afro Pop/ I decided to start working 2002. I started a new group Hip Life and Makossa. again on my first album and Who inspired you to go into the with my older brother, Isaac. In the same 2004, I dropped the project was at 94 per entertainment business? Our stage name was 34in4 my very first single Wakalojo cent completion, and I got My older brother. He is still but the group was really and started writing for people the shucking news from my in it too but he's more of not working because as my too. I wrote a hit song For a producer that the system a promotional person and big brother, I really couldn't lady then called Sarah J that crushed and all my data gone event management. tell him some of the song was my first time on Big Stage that was in 2006/2007. I was he was writing were not Diamond Extra event where so frustrated that I stopped What are the challenges you cool (Laughs). Though he's I first met Julius Agwu. I for sometime then I met a faced coming up as a comedian a very good writer, all his was invited to Lagos for friend who was into hosting and musician? songs sounded alike. He's same show at LTV, I was on kid's events, Saba Boy was It was really not easy coming It was re- a good writer but I'm the same stage with the then KC his name. I told him I would up as a musician because no better singer. When I found Presh, Style Plus and so on. like to work with him as I money and only few people ally not easy out we weren't making any I returned to Abuja in 2005 needed a job so bad, I became are really willing to invest coming up headway, I started making and I released my very first Mc Clown and my stage in you. For comedy lot of us as a musi- funny excuses whenever he hit song Obemo / Naija Girls name Became Mc Papangolo are now hosting our shows wanted us to work on new and first performed the song (Laughs). I started making and it's really booming. But cian because songs. With time, I was bold at Abuja International Trade money again and I went back the truth is we need more there was to tell him the group thing Fair same week. I was the to music in 2008. I decided to sponsors to come and invest no money wasn’t working for me. I met talk of the town. That same start working on new album, JT-Square in 2004 when I week I met Toka Mcbaror but when it got to 99 per How would you rate the and only few became a member of Actors I discovered the other side cent completion, the system entertainment business in people are Guild of Nigeria (AGN), I of me. I have always had crashed again from another Abuja looking at where you really willing was with them for like seven crazy concept of directing producer ...so told my self started from? months then I started using movies and so on; meeting is time to just face this MC So far so good, Abuja is really to invest in Terry Virgo. Yet, the group him changed the way I do job from Papangolo (Clown) coming up very fast but we you thing wasn't really working things. I worked with him (Laughing). I got a three need more sponsors. for me because I noticed when for sometimes then we weeks job to host event in Saturday November 2, 2019 EDITION: 326

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Plague the best known being the secondary pneumonic EDITOR’S Plague is an infectious Black Death in the 14th plague. disease caused by the century, which resulted bacterium Yersinia pestis. in greater than 50 million Prevention NOTE Symptoms include fever, deaths. Since human plague is weakness and headache. Swollen inguinal lymph rare in most parts of the Usually this begins one to glands on a person world, routine vaccination seven days after exposure. infected with the bubonic is not needed other than In the bubonic form plague. The swollen for those at particularly there is also swelling of lymph glands are termed high risk of exposure, nor lymph nodes, while in the buboes from the Greek for people living in areas septicemic form tissues word for groin, swollen with enzootic plague, may turn black and die, gland: bubo. meaning it occurs at and in the pneumonic When a flea bites a human regular, predictable rates form shortness of breath, and contaminates the in populations and specific How Your Digestive System Works cough and chest pain may wound with regurgitated areas, such as the western occur. blood, the plague carrying United States. It is not Digestion is important for breaking down food into nutrients, Bubonic and septicemic bacteria are passed into even indicated for most which the body uses for energy, growth, and cell repair. Food and plague is generally spread the tissue. Y. pestis can travellers to countries with drink must be changed into smaller molecules of nutrients before by flea bites or handling reproduce inside cells, so known recent reported the blood absorbs them and carries them to cells throughout the an infected animal. The even if phagocytosed, they cases, particularly if their body. pneumonitic form is can still survive. Once travel is limited to urban Since 70 per cent of the body’s immune system dwells in the generally spread between in the body, the bacteria areas with modern hotels. digestive tract, maintaining digestive health is crucial to the people through the air can enter the lymphatic body’s overall well-being. via infectious droplets. system, which drains Treatments The process begins in the mouth when we chew and swallow. Diagnosis is typically by interstitial fluid. Plague If diagnosed in time, the Our saliva contains an enzyme that breaks the starch from the finding the bacterium in bacteria secrete several various forms of plague are food into smaller molecules. fluid from a lymph node, toxins, one of which is usually highly responsive Even before you eat, when you smell a tasty food, see it, or blood or sputum. known to cause beta- to antibiotic therapy. think about it, digestion begins. Saliva or spit begins to form in Those at high risk may adrenergic blockade. The antibiotics often your mouth. be vaccinated. Those Y. pestis spreads through used are streptomycin, exposed to a case of the lymphatic vessels chloramphenicol and To improve your digestion: pneumonic plague may be of the infected human tetracycline. Amongst Drink plenty of water – but not at meals. The digestive system treated with preventative until it reaches a lymph the newer generation of needs to be well hydrated like the rest of the body, but downing medication. If infected, node, where it causes antibiotics, gentamicin glasses of water near mealtime could impair digestive strength treatment is with acute lymphadenitis. The and doxycycline have and may cause upset stomach. Drink water 15-30 minutes antibiotics and supportive swollen lymph nodes proven effective in before a meal and wait about an hour afterwards; care. Typically antibiotics form the characteristic monotherapeutic Eat raw fruits and vegetables: It’s a great way to get natural include a combination buboes associated with treatment of plague. enzymes and nutrients that might otherwise be denatured by of gentamicin and a the disease, and autopsies The plague bacterium heat through cooking; fluoroquinolone. of these buboes have could develop drug- Eat wholesome foods: Chemical food additives, artificial Globally about 600 revealed them to be mostly resistance and again sweeteners, colours and preservatives, and highly processed cases are reported a year. hemorrhagic or necrotic. become a major health grains could interfere with the digestive process. Eat whole, In 2017 the countries If the lymph node threat. One case of a natural foods as much as possible. with the most cases is overwhelmed, the drug-resistant form of Supplement when necessary: You can replenish your reserve include the Democratic infection can pass into the bacterium was found of enzymes through supplementation. Republic of the Congo, the bloodstream, causing in Madagascar in 1995. Madagascar and Peru. It secondary septicemic Further outbreaks in has historically occurred plague and if the lungs Madagascar were reported in large outbreaks, with are seeded, it can cause in November 2014 E-mail: [email protected] 08029606414 (text only)

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Towards Sustaining Nigeria’s Complex Victory Over Polio With concerted efforts from the federal government and relevant stakeholders, Nigeria is on the verge of being declared polio-free, TUNDE OGUNTOLA writes. igeria is officially one of three countries, alongside Afghanistan and Pakistan, where polioN is still a threat, after 19 years the first deadline set by the World Health Organization (WHO) to eradicate it elapsed. But now Nigeria is set to be removed from this unenviable list. The nation’s last polio case was recorded in August 2016, in war-torn Borno, the state at the heart of the Boko Haram jihadist insurgency. As recently as 2012, Nigeria accounted for more than half of all global polio cases, according to the WHO, with 223 victims. According to the WHO, the incidence of polio worldwide has been reduced by more than 99 per cent since 1988, when more than 350,000 children were paralysed annually in 125 countries. If Nigeria is ultimately declared polio free, the virus will remain in only two countries — Afghanistan and Pakistan. Beyond insecurity, the task of eradicating polio meant overcoming immense logistical challenges. Nigeria has little cold storage for vaccines, poor infrastructure, and many remote communities, along with deep suspicion in some corners of the country about the safety of vaccines. In a Press Conference to brief the the past three decades to bring It is important to note that disease. disease. media to marks a major milestone the wild poliovirus count to zero. following the Nigeria three- He added: “No child has been “Polio is a highly infectious in the history of Nigeria’s Polio He said: “Since the last year mark, the Africa Regional paralysed by the wild polio virus disease which is as life- Eradication Programme as the outbreak of wild polio in 2016 Commission for Certification in Nigeria. We have been able to threatening as it is disabling. country reaches three years in the northeast, Nigeria has of Polio Eradication (ARCC) reach every child with a vaccine Also known as Poliomyelitis’ without reporting a case of wild strengthened supplementary will begin a rigorous process to before the virus reaches them.” in medical terms, it is a disease poliovirus, the executive director immunization activities confirm if each country in the Head of Nigeria National caused by the deadly Poliovirus’ of the National Primary Health and routine immunization, region is wild polio-free. Nigeria Primary Health Care Development usually affecting children under Care Development Agency implemented innovative will submit its final country data Agency, Faisal Shuaib said: “We age five. (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, strategies to vaccinate hard-to- for evaluation in March 2020, are here acknowledging this “The virus mainly affects the whilst acknowledging that reach children and improved provided there are no new wild milestone while ensuring there nervous system, leaving the Nigeria passing the three-year acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) and polio cases. If the data confirm is no complacency about the person with a weak, impaired leg benchmark without a single wild environmental surveillance. zero cases, the entire WHO AFRO quantum of work that needs to be and unable to walk normally for poliovirus case is a step forward These efforts are all highly region may receive wild polio-free done to ensure certification, and the rest of their lives. In some to certifying the entire African commendable.” certification as soon as mid-2020, to ensure population immunity cases, the neck or head muscles region wild poliovirus-free, Despite the significantleaving only one region out of six continues to be maintained.” may also be affected.’’ cautioned that the achievement progress, ending all forms of around the world (the Eastern Also a group, the Disability According to her, “In the past is very fragile “one which we must polio across the region remains Mediterranean region) where wild Rights Advocacy Center (DRAC), two decades, the world has seen a delicately manage with cautious an unfinished success story. Low poliovirus still exists. has sought for an improvement steep decline in the total number euphoria.” immunization rates pose a major The press briefing was attended of lifestyle for people living with of recorded cases with many The executive director of risk to other forms of poliovirus by country representatives of all dare consequences of polio. parts like Europe, America, and NPHCDA said, “This achievement outbreaks; furthermore, GPEI partners: WHO, UNICEF, The executive director,Southeast Asia being declared would certainly not have been inaccessibility to some children CDC, Rotary and the Bill & Disability Right Advocacy Centre, polio-free.’’ possible without the novel poses a major threat to sustaining Melinda Gates Foundation; as Irene Patrick-Ogbogu, made the She said that the commitment strategies adopted in the recent gains. well as USAID, Government of appeal at an awareness walk to to eradicating polio should not consistent fight against polio High routine immunization Germany, EU and Canada. The commemorate this year’s world be considered complete while and other vaccine-preventable coverage and quality surveillance Emir of Jiwa, representing the polio day in Abuja. those living with the disabling diseases. We commend the strong remain most critical in the build- Northern Traditional Leaders She said, “We at Disability consequences of polio continue domestic and global financing and up towards certification and Committee was also in attendance. Rights Advocacy Center and to live in poor health, poverty, the commitment of government post-certification. “As long as The milestone is an important our partners reaffirm ourand social isolation. at all levels.” poliovirus still exists in any part achievement for Africa’s most commitment to collaborate with She added that the challenges While speaking at the event, of the world (as it currently does populous country. “It is a big deal stakeholders and partners to faced by persons living with the World Health Organization in Afghanistan and Pakistan), all for Nigeria, for Africa and for completely eradicate polio while polio survivors and called for officer in charge of Nigeria, Dr. children are at risk, therefore we the world,” said Tunji Funsho of making efforts to rehabilitate equal access to health, education Peter Clement, acknowledged must maintain the momentum Rotary International, the charity and reintegrate the teeming and employment opportunities, the efforts of the government towards regional and global which has been at the forefront population of polio survivors left poverty eradication and personal of Nigeria, partners and the certification,” Dr. Clement said. of the country’s fight against the with the disabling effects of the mobility. thousands of polio workers over 28 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA Saturday, November 2, 2019

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One of the earliest signs of pregnancy you might experience is frequent urination. You may even observe different colors and consistencies of your urine that you hadn’t necessarily noticed before. There are a number of reasons why your Fitness Beauty Wellness urine might look cloudy, including infection, dehydration, and other conditions, like preeclampsia. Causes Urine that appears cloudy may look that Managing Pregnancy Acne way due to excess white blood cells fighting infection, presence of blood in the urine, or the possibility that it has mixed with vaginal regnancy acne is a common discharge. condition. Hormonal changes Dehydration during pregnancy can cause skin When you’re dehydrated, your urine breakouts. By knowing how to becomes darker and more concentrated — treat acne lesions, a person can sometimes cloudy in appearance. There are oftenP prevent scarring and minimize their several situations that may lead to dehydration emotional distress. during pregnancy, like vomiting from morning Acne is one of the most common skin sickness or overheating. changes that occur during pregnancy, Urinary tract infection according to the American College of Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are caused by Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). bacteria infecting the kidneys, ureters, bladder, Although over-the-counter (OTC) and or urethra. It’s most common to see these prescription acne remedies exist, women infections in the lower urinary tract. Among may have concerns about the possible risks other symptoms, your urine may look cloudy of using these products during pregnancy. or even have blood in it. During pregnancy, Treatments there’s a higher riskTrusted Source risk of UTIs Hormonal changes during pregnancy turning into kidney infections. There is also a can lead to acne. The hormones primarily risk of premature birth and low birth weight for responsible for acne include testosterone babies. and androstenedione, which belong to Preeclampsia a group of hormones called androgens. Preeclampsia is a condition that affects the Abnormally high levels of these hormones liver and kidneys, and causes dangerously high can cause conditions such as polycystic blood pressure. It usually develops after week ovary syndrome (PCOS) and infertility, as 20 in pregnancy. well as acne. pregnant. A doctor can offer further advice chicken, eggs, fish, including tuna, herring, Other infections According to a 2014 study, androgen Vaginal yeast infections are more levels significantly increase during the first on acne medications that are safe to use at and salmon, vegetables, such as spinach, this time. broccoli, sweet potato, and carrot, fruits, commonTrusted Source during pregnancy. They trimester and continue rising throughout result in excess discharge that may make urine pregnancy. Androgens stimulate oil such as cantaloupe and apricots fortified dairy products. look cloudy. Sexually transmitted infections production by increasing the activity of Home Remedies (STIs), like chlamydia and gonorrhea, also the sebaceous glands in the skin. The Zinc produce discharge that may make urine appear Zinc is an essential mineral that supports Honey glands produce more sebum, which can cloudy. These infections may cause preterm clog pores and cause acne lesions. protein synthesis and cell division. Certain compounds in honey have anti- According to the National Institutes of inflammatory and antibacterial properties labor. Acne treatments focus on controlling Kidney stones sebum production and clearing clogged Health (NIH), women who are pregnant or that may help treat acne. People can use lactating have a higher risk of developing honey as a spot treatment by applying it Cloudy urine during pregnancy may also be a pores. Women can treat pregnancy acne sign of kidney stones. A kidney stone is a piece with medication or natural remedies. zinc deficiency. The NIH recommend a directly to acne lesions. Alternatively, they daily intake of 11–13 milligrams (mg) can make a face mask by mixing honey of solid material that forms in the kidneys made of calcium, oxalate, and phosphorus. Medication of zinc for women who are pregnant or with a few drops of either lavender oil or lactating. lemon juice. You may be more at risk of developing stones Numerous acne products contain salicylic if you are frequently dehydrated, have regular acid and benzoyl peroxide. Vitamin A Is acne a sign of pregnancy? UTIs, or have some blockage of your urinary Salicylic acid is a type of beta hydroxy tract (which can be common during pregnancy). acid that helps reduce acne by dissolving Vitamin A is an umbrella term for Although many women develop acne a family of chemicals called retinoids. during pregnancy, its appearance does How Is The Cause Of Cloudy Urine dead skin that clogs pores. Benzoyl Diagnosed? peroxide works by killing bacteria that Retinoids support a range of vital bodily not necessarily indicate that a woman is functions, including: Immune function, pregnant. To diagnose the cause of cloudy urine during cause acne and clearing pores of excess oil pregnancy, your doctor will likely ask you to give and dead skin cells. vision, reproduction, communication Acne can develop as a result of fluctuating between cells. Topical retinoids can reduce hormones. People may experience new a urine sample. The urine test done during your Pregnant women can safely use products routine prenatal appointments isn’t necessarily that contain either salicylic acid or benzoyl acne symptoms and prevent the formation breakouts during their periods. Medical of additional acne lesions. They remain the conditions that affect hormone levels, such detailed enough, so you may be asked to do peroxide. However, these ingredients can what’s called a “clean catch.” cause skin reactions, including: Dryness, first-line treatment for acne. as PCOS and hyperthyroidism, may also However, women should speak with contribute to acne. Although many women You’ll be given instructions on how to provide peeling, irritation the sample so it does not get contaminated. According to ACOG, the following a doctor before using these treatments experience skin changes during pregnancy, during pregnancy because certain retinoid acne does not generally develop until the For women, this means washing your hands prescription acne medications can thoroughly and using special wipes to clean increase the risk of congenital disabilities medications may cause congenital later phases of pregnancy. disabilities, according to the Food and According to the findings of a small 2016 the labia and urethra from front to back. After and pregnancy complications, hormonal cleaning, you may pee a small amount into therapy, isotretinoin, oral tetracyclines, Drug Administration (FDA). study involving 35 women in Taiwan, the People can get vitamin A from a variety severity of pregnancy acne typically peaks the toilet before catching your sample in the topical retinoids. Women should however, provided cup. avoid using these medications while of food sources, including: Beef liver, during the second trimester.

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The largest lake in Africa is The shortest distance Lake Victoria. It is also the between Africa and Europe CONTROVERSIAL AFRICANFACTS second-largest freshwater is only 8.9 miles (14.3 ACTRESS lake in the world, spanning kilometers) of ocean 26,830 square miles TONTO DIKEH PROUDLY NIGERIA MARY NNENNA NJOKU ARTISTIC ACTRESS Mary Nnenna Njoku is a Nigerian actress and film producer. She was born on March 20, 1985 in Amuwo Odofin, Lagos, Nigeria. She is also the CEO of Rok Studios, a film production studio in Nigeria. She produced and starred in Thy Will be Done, Husbands of Lagos; starred and directed Single Ladies and Tonto Dikeh is a Nigerian Festac Town. actress and singer. She was Mary Njoku, who is the sixth child in a born on 9 June 1985 in Port family of eight is from Nsukka, Enugu Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria. Dikeh State. She attended Amuwo Odofin was born into a family of seven High School, National College Bagada and is the third of five children. and Navy Town Secondary School. She Her family is from the Rivers holds a diploma in Computer Science. State, in the Obio Akpor Local From 2010, Njoku attended Lagos Government Area, and is of State University where she studied for a Ikwerre descent. At age three, degree in English Language. In 2012, Njoku attended London Film she lost her mother and was Academy in the UK where she did a raised by her step-mother, who course on Producing: Movie Magic has two children. Dikeh studied Budgeting & Schedule From childhood, petrochemical engineering at she had a passion for acting and the Rivers State University started acting on-stage when she was of Science and Technology. in Secondary school. Njoku joined the Mary Nnenna Njoku Her traditional marriage to Nollywood industry in 2003, at the age Oladunni Churchill was held of 17. Nwanyioma, where her role required her to of Nollywood, while ROK 3 showcases in August 2015. In February Njoku made her acting debut in the 2004 completely shave her head. a variety of Ghanaian talent, and has a 2016, Dikeh gave birth to her Nollywood movie ‘Home Sickness’, which In August 2013, Njoku founded Rok music channel feature in addition to the son, Andre Omodayo Churchill, she featured alongside with Chioma Studios. Since its launch, ROK Studios 24hr movie and series selection. whom she nicknamed Baby X. Chukwuka Akpotha. She came to limelight has produced movies and TV series Mary Njoku is married to a British - born after featuring in popular Nollywood However since then the couple like Festac Town, Single Ladies, Body Nigerian entrepreneur, and African start- has gone different ways. She blockbuster ‘Blackberry Babes’ in 2011. language, Losing Control and Husbands up investor, Jason Njoku, in Festac, Lagos Between 2011 and 2013, Njoku produced of Lagos. In 2016, Njoku launched Rok on the 18th of August 2012, in front was featured in a movie titled iROKtv, a YouTube platform that featured on Sky, a network airing across the UK. of family, friends and colleagues. They Dirty Secret, which generated interviews with Nigerian celebrities, To celebrate the launch, some of her welcomed their first son, Jason Obinna controversy among Nigerians as well as coverage of Afrobeats and Nollywood colleagues attended the launch Njoku, on 30 July 2013, a second child due to its inclusion of adult Nollywood events. She also gala which took place at the Nigerian Nwakaego Annabelle Njoku, was born scenes. While some people In 2015, Njoku became Chief Content High Commission in the UK. Njoku also on 24 August 2015 and they welcomed criticised her role for being Officer at IROKO Partners. 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If the airport, make sure you have all the the check in. Remember you can only you are going abroad you have to pass such amount for being an necessary documents (travel document, do once your flight is open (check the through immigration check. ambassador of a makeup brand in Africa. Saturday, November 2, 2019 35 THE BIG STORY SOME WORLD MAGNIFICENT DAMS We have been using dams to generate hydroelectric energy for decades. Here are some of the most impressive dams worldwide, which generate the highest amounts of electricity.

Xiangjiaba Dam Becoming the Third Most Powerful Dam in China Trailing behind the Three Gorges Dam and the Xiloudu Dam is Xiangjiaba, China’s third most powerful dam and one of the most powerful dams in the world. Located between the Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, the dam can generate as much as 6,448 megawatts. The Xiangjiaba station is connected to the Xiangjiaba- Shanghai HVDC station, which provides Shanghai with most of its power. Construction began in 2006 and it was officially opened in 2012. 36 Saturday, November 2, 2019 SOME WORLD MAGNIFICENT DAMS Longtan Dam China clearly has something of a monopoly on super- powerful dams. With a capacity of 6,426 megawatts, the Longtan Dam in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is among the top 10 most powerful dams in the world. Its electricity generation isn’t the only thing that sets it apart, though. Longtam Dam is also set to improve navigation and trade routes throughout China, thanks to the Longtam ship lift, which looks set to become the biggest ship lift in the world. Grand Coulee Dam One of the Seven Civil Engineering Wonders of the U.S.A. The Grand Coulee Dam, located in Washington state, is not only one of North America’s most powerful dams but also one of the seven civil engineering wonders of the United States. The enormous structure is comprised of 12 million cubic yards of concrete. Built in 1942, the dam can generate 6,809 megawatts, making it the most powerful dam in the United States. Its creation allowed for the generation of electricity needed to produce aluminum during the Second World War.

OTHER FAMOUS WORLD MAGNIFICENT DAMS

ROBERT-BOURASSA DAM TUCURUÍ DAM Brazil. ITAIPU DAM The World’s Largest Underground The First Hydroelectric Project in the THE THREE GORGES DAM Second Place for Power Generation Generating Station Amazon The Number One Dam Worldwide Before the unveiling of the Three Gorges Part of the James Bay Project in Quebec, Brazil’s Tucuruí Dam was the first large- Back in 2012, the Three Gorges Dam Dam, the Itaipu Dam held the number Canada, the Robert-Bourassa Dam is one scale hydroelectric project to be built in in Hubei, China, became the largest one spot worldwide. Located on the of the most powerful dams in the world the Amazon forest. Construction began in hydroelectric dam in the world in terms Brazil-Paraguay border, the facility and is situated atop the world’s largest 1975, and the dam was declared officially of electricity generation. The enormous has the capacity to generate 14,000 underground generating station. The completed in 2012. facility can generate as much as 22,500 megawatts. The dam officially opened dam has a capacity of 5,616 megawatts, The dam can generate as much as 8,370 megawatts. The cost of building this in 1984, and since then has hit multiple and along with the adjacent La Grande megawatts of electricity and supplies dam was estimated to be around $37 world records. Most notable of these 2-A generating station accounts for 20 per power to 13 million people. It is the billion, and it can generate 11 times as was in 2016 when the facility generated cent of Hydro-Quebec’s output. country’s biggest hydroelectric plant much power as the Hoover Dam. 103,098,366 megawatt hours, which owned and operated 100 per cent by remains the current world record. Saturday, November 2, 2019 37 SOME WORLD MAGNIFICENT DAMS Xiluodu Dam Claiming the Number Two Spot in China The Xiluodu Dam is the second largest hydroelectric facility in China, after the Three Gorges Dam. Located on the Jinsha River, in the Yunnan province, the dam can generate 13,860 megawatts. Worldwide, it’s the third largest hydroelectric facility in terms of electricity generation. It is also the fourth tallest dam in the world, measuring at a height of 937 feet (285.5 meters). Guri Dam: Powering Venezuela With Clean Energy Today, the dam can generate up to 10,300 megawatts. The Guri reservoir is the largest body of fresh water in Venezuela, and the plant supplies as much as 73 per cent of the country’s power. Also known as the Simón Bolívar dam, the Guri Dam is located in Bolívar state, Venezuela. Construction began in 1963, and its initial capacity measured 1750 megawatts. By 1978, the dam was updated to facilitate a capacity of 2065 megawatts. Krasnoyarsk Dam Appearing on Russian Bank Notes, the Krasnoyarsk Dam in Divognorsk, Russia is considered such an important landmark that it appears on the 10-ruble banknote. The massive structure was considered to be the most powerful dam in the world in 1971 but was later surpassed by the Grand Coulee Dam in America. Today, it is ranked among the top 10 most powerful dams in the world, with a capacity of 6,000 megawatts. The dam has actually affected the region’s climate, thanks to the fact that it releases unfrozen water year-round, preventing the river from freezing over in the winter. 38 Saturday, November 2, 2019

TRAVELOGUE THE MUST- The Troms region in the very north of Norway, Alesund READS AND on the west coast and lovely little places like Flam that are DESIRABLES LINGER-ONS nestled deep in the mountains of this beautiful European country would give any visitor the time of their lives.

Anne-Marie Imafidon is one of the few geniuses of Nigerian decent. Born in 1990, she passed her A-level in computing at the age of 11, got her Masters at age 20, and has worked with many international companies. She also speaks six different languages. t the age of 15, she got in for a degree programme at the University of Oxford. Imafidon currently speaks six languages. At 13, in 2003, she received a BritishA scholarship to study mathematics at Johns Hopkins University. At 15, in 2005, she was admitted a degree programme by the University of Oxford. At 17, she started a master’s degree at Oxford University and, at 19 in June 2010, she became the youngest ever graduate with a master’s degree. Nine years after that, at 20, she obtained her master’s degree in mathematics and computer science from the University of Oxford. Ann-Marie’s father, Chris Imafidon, is from Edo state. He is an ophthalmologist. Several years after, she worked in popular companies like HP, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs, adding more colours to her already-amazing CV. She had honorary doctorates from institutions like Kent University, Open University, Glasgow Caledonian University, and Bristol University, and a fellowship programme at Keble College, Oxford. She is currently the co-founder of STEM, a company that has helped more than 40,000 young people across Europe to explore the world of science and the whole tech community. Imafidon was born in England in 1990. Her father, Chris Imafidon, is an ophthalmologist who emigrated from Edo State, Nigeria, to London, and her mother is Ann Imafidon. She and her three younger siblings, Christina and twins Peter and Paula, are child prodigies, breaking age records in educational attainments.

Career Imafidon worked briefly for Goldman Sachs, Hewlett Packard, and Deutsche Bank before launching and becoming CEO of Stemettes in 2013, championing the work of women in STEM. Stemettes runs panel sessions and hackathons supporting girls and young women who are considering a STEM career. In April 2014, Imafidon was the keynote speaker at the BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium University BCS (British Computer Society) Young IT professional of the year, 2013. Red magazine, Women of the Year award, 2014. Prime Minister’s Points of Light Award, 2014. Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours, “for services to young women within STEM careers”. Saturday, November 2, 2019 39 COGNOSCENTI Do You Know? Some Amazing Facts In Science Why Lips Become Chapped And Split? Unfortunately, cracked lips are not just something that can occur during winter. The reason our lips chap is the result of moisture evaporating from the skin. In turn, the skin becomes tightened and split in a similar way to the skin of fruit when it’s left out for too long and becomes dehydrated. This is only made worse by licking our lips, which removes vital grease that coats the lips and holds in moisture. By using a lip balm, that grease is replaced and lips can be rehydrated.

Beards Host More Harmful Bacteria Than Fur A small European study has found that the average man’s beard is more replete with human - pathogenic bacteria than the dirtiest part of a dog’s fur. Researchers analysed skin and saliva samples from 18 bearded men (whose ages ranged from 18 to 76), and fur and saliva samples from 30 dogs (whose breeds ranged from schnauzer to German shepherd), at several European hospitals. The researchers were looking for colonies of human - pathogenic bacteria in both man and dog not in an attempt to beard - shame the hirsute masses, but rather to test whether it was safe for humans to use the same MRI scanners that dogs had previously used. In fact, it was the humans who were the dirtier patients. Not only did the men’s beards contain significantly more potentially, infectious microbes than the dogs’ fur, but the men also left the scanners more contaminated than the animals. “As the MRI scanner used for both dogs and humans was routinely cleaned after animal scanning, How To Measure The there was substantially lower bacterial load compared with scanners used exclusively for humans,” the researchers wrote in the study. The tests showed that all 18 men showed “high microbial counts” on their Calories In Food skin and in their saliva, while only 23 of the 30 dogs did. Seven of the men and four of the dogs tested Proteins and carbohydrates contain four calories per gram and positive for human -pathogenic microbes the kind of bacteria that can make a person ill if they colonise fats have nine calories per gram. the wrong part of the host’s body. These microbes included Enterococcus faecalis, a common gut. The calories you see on food packaging are actually kilocalories (1,000 calories) and these are defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. The calorie content of food can be measured in one of two ways. The traditional method was to place the food in a sealed container surrounded by water known as a bomb calorimeter, and burn it to measure the resulting rise in water temperature. However, today it’s usually calculated by adding up the calories provided by the food’s protein, carbohydrate, fat and alcohol content.

How Our Tongues Detect Flavour? Our tongues are able to detect five basic tastes: sour, bitter, salty, sweet and savory. This is thanks to the tiny taste buds known as papillae that cover the surface of the tongue. These act as chemical receptors for food, whereby receptor cells send signals to the brain to alert it to different tastes. However, it’s the combination of this detection and the smell that let us identify flavours. Culled from How It Works Book Of Amazing Answers To Curious Question 40 Saturday, Novemeber 2, 2019

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From the Afropolitain, The streets was awash bohemian, ethnocentric Last weekend, the fashion in myriad personalised to hippy vibes, here are our influential and millennial statement fashion outfits curated best looks for men set turned up in dynamic that we almost didn’t for 2020, off the streets of jaw dropping urban know where to look or HLFW. 42 fashion & style www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA November 2, 2019 Lifestyle 5 Ways To Boost Your Self-Confidence! BY MILLICENT AREBUN ONUOHA

If wishes were horses, self-confidence would be a drug that anyone could take to either boost or create confidence in self. Unfortunately, wishes aren’t horses and everyone can’t ride. Incredible self confidence is a trait that no one is born with but grows into. Alas, self-confidence isn’t a one- shot deal but an on-going life activity that we daily engage in and build up until we get to a point when our self- confidence is innate. There are basic steps and principles that if adhered to, would produce self- confidence in anyone. Below is listed the five first steps to engage in daily in other to drive or build self-confidence. 1. Visualization: According to Napoleon Hill, “What the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve.” What you see in your mind’s eye is what you believe. Deliberately create or visualise an image of yourself you can be proud of and strive to become that deliberately, believing that you can. Visualization is the technique of seeing an image of yourself that you are proud of, in your own mind. When we struggle with low self-confidence, we have a poor perception of ourselves that is often inaccurate. Practise visualizing a fantastic version of yourself, achieving your goals. 2. Affirmations: According to Nikki Carnevale, “Affirmations are a powerful tool to deliberately install desired beliefs about yourself.” Talk yourself up instead of down daily to boost your confidence and esteem to an all- time high. We tend to believe what we hear repeated often and confessions becomes reality when we believe, so confess (speak aloud) to yourself that which you wish to become. The trick to making lasting change is to change how you view yourself. Affirmations are positive and uplifting statements that we say to ourselves. These are normally more effective if said out loud so that you can hear yourself say it. 3. Confront Your Fear! Often times the basis of low self-esteem and self- confidence is rooted in the fear of ‘what ifs ‘Ask yourself this question, ‘what’s the worse thing that can happen?’ Then face the probability that it will happen and deal with it wisely in your mind. The best way to overcome fear is to face it head-on. Confront the fear of failure and success is sure to come with ease. 4. Stop Doubting And Second Guessing Yourself: Instead of listing to yourself all the reason you are wrong and about to make a mistake on a decision or step you’ve either taken or about to take, tell yourself all the reasons you could be right. Our greatest critic and cynic is most often our own selves. Find occasions to pat yourself on the back and reward yourself, even for the smallest successes. victim. Accept no one’s definition helps you define self and everything when to say NO! This makes it easy for 5. Core Principles, Identity and of your life but define yourself.” in between. Knowing who you are them to have control over their own Personal boundaries. Harvey Fierstein Identifying your personal core makes it easy to say know to anything life and the direction it flows , which in once said “Never be bullied into silence. principles helps you to know who you that contradicts your core. Confident turn makes them more attractive and Never allow yourself to be made a are. Knowing your identity in turns people are assertive because they know viewed as confident. Saturday, November 2, 2019 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA fashion & style 43

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BY MILLICENT AREBUN ONUOHA of the shows proved to the 2. Mazi-nude: Minimalist 4. Individualistic Statement small, medium or plus-sized style and beauty cynic that beauty lovers have something Eyes: from come hither glances and was feeling self-conscious Fashion week has come and inclusivity has indeed come to to smile about as the barely- to shady feline slants the about your size? Its’s time to gone but the provocative beauty stay and I fully endorse it. there nude makeup is back statements eye makeup trend fully embrace your size and moments and inspiration Below are six beauty take- in vogue. Think flawless and is back with a smoky tilt. The step out in style because it is gleaned from it is certainly home trends from the just glowing facial skin (with emphasis is all about dressing now all about body positivity here to stay. From the high- concluded Heineken Lagos the help of your favourite your eyes to the max, so and diversity. voltage statement makeup, Fashion and Design week 2017. foundation) and light skin- break out those shadows and 6. Quirky Accessories: From of super bold lips, inverted tone matte shadows, lips stain eyeliners and get creative. Andrea Iyama’s quirky basket lined eyes to the understated 1. Big Bold Lips: Super bold and gloss. 5. Body-positivity And earrings on her swimsuit glamour of barely -there brows; lips are back with a bang and 3. Extreme Ponytails: the Diversity: From plus-sized models to the bling’s and beads beauty enthusiast had a gamut red is not the colour of choice. emphasis is on super long models to body conscious on the style streets, quirky of inspiration to pick from. Think neutral and earth tones length in both extensions and fashion staples featured on the statement accessories are the Of course, the body diversity and you will be right on the attachments. The seemingrunways, size diversity is no new cool. Think unusual and displayed on the run/walkways mark. hairstyle of choice is the longer just a movement but a bold when shopping for the ponytail in all its variations. new beauty trend. So are you next season and I guarantee you won’t be sorry. 44 fashion & style www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA November 2, 2019 event Stupendous Glam At Africa Movie Academy Awards BY MILLICENT AREBUN ONUOHA fashion season. From the Academy Awards and more. The from all over the continent Menakaya and Funnybone, the Heineken Lagos Fashion week, 2019 Africa Movie Academy strutted the carpet in glam event honoured Africa’s most Last weekend was a beehive Schick Magazine x Beach Is Awards (AMAA) which held at ensembles guaranteed to make outstanding creatives in the of stylish events in Nigeria Better’S Annual Pre-Fashion the Landmark Event Centre you stop and gape. Hosted by movie industry. Here are some in honour of the start of the Week Party, to the Africa Movie was a style fiesta as celebrities Kemi “Lala” Akindoju, Lorenzo of the best dressed of the night. November 2, 2019 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA 45 DISC VERY Greatest Scientists Who Changed The World

ight from the begin- both theories and practice. to what he called crater. ning of human settle- Aristotle (384-322 BC) He introduced infinitesimals Galileo discovered 4 revolving ment, a lot of people Student of Plato and a tutor to and laid the foundation for calcu- moons around Jupiter which are came up with ideas, Alexander the Great, Aristotle lus. He gave descriptions on the named after him. He proved what philosophies, beliefs, was a genius Greek philosopher first finite geometric progression, Copernicus said about sun being experiments,R research, redesign- and scientist of the ancient age. computed areas and volumes of the center of the solar system. ing of thoughts, and surveys to Born on 384 BC Aristotle was a sphere and parabolic segments. Galileo became blind in his old bring myths to reality. People biologist, a zoologist, ethicist, a He also discovered the laws of days and died in the year 1642. contributed for science to study political scientist and the mas- lever, density, fluid equilibrium, different aspects of nature to ter of rhetoric and logic. He also buoyancy in different fields stat- Michael Faraday (1791-1867 prosper mankind. These genius gave theories in physics and meta ics and hydrostatics. He is regard- AD) minds put a keen interest on physics. ed as the prophet to the formal Born on 1791, British citizen Mi- every phenomenon right from Aristotle gained knowledge in science that was started in An- chael Faraday was a son of a black- when they were kids. The zeal, different fields with his expansive cient Greece. smith who had to leave school in passion, dedication, hard work mind and prodigious writings. “Give me a place to stand and the fourth grade.It started work- and the effort they put in their However, only a fraction of his I can move the whole world”, he ing as a bookbinder and taught work helped them discover some- writings are preserved at pres- said and we can still fill the impact himself to read and writer. He thing new about the world we live ent. Aristotle made collections to of his generosity even today. All developed a fascination with sci- in. the plant and animal specimens other scientists after him stand ence and particularly in electricity The world today dwells in the and classified them according to on his shoulders. Even though after he studied lot of serious aca- abode of scientific advancement their characteristics which made most of his work were burned in demic works during his days. in different sectors of medical an standard for future work. He the museum of Alexandria, the Faraday is specially known for science, engineering and technol- further gave theories on the phi- remnants gave enough ideas for his discoveries of electromagnetic ogy because of these scientists. losophy of science. modern day science and technol- inductions and rotations, field The present picture of the world Aristotle also elaborated and ogy. theory, dia-magnetization and that we see would not have trans- estimated the size of earth which the magneto-optical effect. This formed without the contribution Plato assumed to be globe. Aris- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642 AD) humble genius invented the elec- of these great personalities. Great totle explained the chain of life Born in Pisa, Italy in 1564, Galileo tric motor and Faraday’s ring. philosophers and masterminds through his study in flora and fau- is called as the father of modern Faraday’s inquisitive and curi- that existed in the ancient Greek na where it turned from simple to science because of his discoveries ous nature made him take chem- era to the present day scientists, more complex. in astronomy and physics. istry lectures and taught at the we’ve seen inexplicable abilities He was sent to study medicine Royal Institution as a lecturer lat- Aristotle also that helped us define our exis- Archimedes (287-212 BC) by his father, but he chose his ca- er when Humphry Davy retired. elaborated tence and human life. Regarded as the greatest math- reer in science and mathematics Faraday also published re- and estimated Their names are engraved in ematician ever, Archimedes de- and made the first telescope to search papers optical deceptions, the sands of time for their work veloped profound and influen- observe stars and planets. condensation of gases and isola- the size of in the welfare of mankind with tial knowledge on mathematical He also discovered the law of tion of benzene from gas oils. earth which different inventions that has physics and engineering that are pendulum as he watched a chan- He also wrote books on ”Experi- Plato as- made our modern lives easy. The widely used in machines as well delier swing in the cathedral of mental Researches in Electricity” following list commemorates 10 as in constructions. Born on 287 Pisa. He also discovered that the and the “Chemical history of the sumed to be of the greatest scientists we’ve BC, Archimedes is one of the fin- surface of moon was not smooth Candle”. Faraday died on 1867. globe ever seen who changed the world. est scientist who broke through in but contained burrows and holes ...To be continued 46 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA November 2, 2019

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Heart muscle Often prostate cancer causes no and it has no harmful have almost nothing to muscle, requiring blood to cells can become irritable because symptoms and is diagnosed with supply oxygen and nutrients for they have lost blood supply and routine screening tests including effects on your health, do with your penis size it to function. The heart’s needs may, in addition, cause electrical a rectal examination to feel the including your sexual or your erections. Your are provided by the coronary abnormalities or short circuits prostate and a PSA (prostate health. penis size is affected arteries, which begin at the that prevent the heart muscle specific antigen) blood test. The Let’s get into some primarily by your base of the aorta and spread from pumping which can result cure rate for prostate cancer has of the misconceptions genesTrusted Source. across the surface of the heart, in sudden cardiac death. increased since the widespread branching out to all areas of the use of PSA testing began but it you can cross off your Your ability to get heart muscle. Heart disease risk factors still accounts for 19% of cancer list of worries and safe and keep erections is The major risk factors for deaths among men. Currently, ways you can modify affected by more than Angina heart disease (and stroke and prostate cancer screening with the size and appearance just testosterone — The coronary arteries are at risk peripheral vascular disease) a digital rectal exam and PSA of your penis if you’re your state of mind, your for narrowing as cholesterol include smoking, high blood testing are only indicated in interested in doing so. diet, your lifestyle, and deposits, called plaques, build pressure, high cholesterol, high-risk patients or those with up inside the artery. If the diabetes, and family history. symptoms. your overall health can arteries narrow enough, blood While one cannot control their Colon and rectal cancers tie Here are the two all affect your erections. supply to the heart muscle may family history, the other factors with prostate cancer as the primary reasons this is be compromised (slowed down), can be controlled and the risks second most common cause of false: Takeaway and this slowing of blood flow to minimized. These are life-long cancer deaths in men. There are • Testosterone levels Masturbation won’t the heart causes pain, or angina. obligations to decrease the risk few symptoms in the early stages Angina symptoms include: of heart disease. of colon and rectal cancers, thus fall only briefly after affect your penis size • chest pressure with radiation the diagnosis is often made by you ejaculate. They go one way or another. In down the arm and to the jaw, Cancers routinely screening the stool up temporarily when fact, masturbation can • shortness of breath, Lung cancer is the number one for occult blood (blood that is you masturbate or help you learn more • sweating, killer among cancers in men, not visible to the naked eye have sex. Then, they go about what makes you • indigestion, and most are preventable. but can be found by testing the back to normal levels feel sexually satisfied. • nausea, Smoking causes 90% of all lung stool sample) and undergoing a • a decreased ability to do cancers and while the number routine screening colonoscopy. routine activities. of smokers in the United States Colon cancer can be nearly This heart pain is often referred has decreased in the past completely preventable with decided he’d better to as “anginal equivalent.” generation, 13% of young adults timely colonoscopy screenings. make amends and JOKE phoned home. After many rings, his wife Medical Terms And Meanings A doctor and his wife picked up the phone. Trimethylaminuria give off a strong odor in their sweat, urine, were having a big “What took you so Trimethylaminuria is a disorder in which the and breath. The intensity of the odor may argument at breakfast. long to answer?” body is unable to break down trimethylamine, vary over time. The odor can interfere with “You aren’t so good in “I was in bed.” a chemical compound that has a pungent many aspects of daily life, affecting a person’s bed either!” he shouted odor. Trimethylamine has been described relationships, social life, and career. Some “What were you doing as smelling like rotting fish, rotting eggs, people with trimethylaminuria experience and stormed off to in bed this late?” garbage, or urine. As this compound builds depression and social isolation as a result of work. “Getting a second up in the body, it causes affected people to this condition By midmorning, he opinion.” November 2, 2019 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA 47 KIDS HEALTH Safe Home Remedies For Toddler Cough

Many cough medicines are not can cause adverse events in chil- Honey vomiting, diarrhea, hives, skin safe or suitable for toddlers to dren, there is mixed evidence For older toddlers, honey works rash, and difficulty breathing. use. Instead, caregivers can use regarding whether or not OTC by thinning congestion and loos- Ivy leaf extract may also have gentle home remedies to help cough medicines are effective ening a cough. People can give a an unpleasant taste. relieve cough symptoms. at all. toddler aged 1 or over a spoonful In toddlers (1–3 years old), hav- A Cochrane review found no of honey, as needed, to relieve Liquids and humidity ing a cough from a common cold quality evidence for or against cough symptoms. Caregivers should try to make can cause sleepless nights and the use of OTC medicines The Cough Expert Panel says sure that children remain hy- missed school or activities. On to treat cough in children or that honey may be better than drated, since water helps the average, young children in the adults. Likewise, the Cough an antihistamine (diphenhydr- body thin the congestion, mak- United States get around six to Expert Panel claims that no amine) or no treatment for ing it easier and less painful for eight colds per year, and most studies into antihistamines, de- coughs. Honey’s effects are likely them to cough. symptoms last for around 7–10 congestants, or pain relievers similar to those of dextrometho- Humidifiers and warm show- days. in children have demonstrated rphan (a cough suppressant) in ers can keep the airways moist, In children over the age of 1, efficacy. improving the severity of cough making it easier to cough up honey can ease a cough. Some The Cough Expert Panel also and quality of sleep. congestion. Keeping a humidi- evidence suggests that ivy ex- suggests that honey is more ef- fier in the toddler’s room may tracts can also help. Keeping fective than no treatment, but Ivy extract be a simple and noninvasive toddlers hydrated and using that honey is no more effective People can use ivy syrup or ivy method to help ease their cough mentholated rubs can also ease than dextromethorphan for re- cough drops to relieve cough in symptoms. coughs. ducing cough due to the com- toddlers. Ivy leaf may work by mon cold. opening air passages and loos- Mentholated rubs Why Use Home Remedies? Another Cochrane review has ening congestion by stimulating People can use mentholated Children under two should not suggested that antihistamines watery secretions in the airways. rubs for toddlers aged 2 and take OTC cough medicine. may not improve the severity of The Committee on Herbal over. A caregiver can rub a thick Although older children can cold symptoms in children. Medicinal Products recognize layer onto the toddler’s chest use over-the-counter (OTC) It is also worth noting that vi- ivy leaf (Hedera helix) as a pos- and the front of their neck. People can cough and cold medicine, such ruses cause up to 95% of coughs sible treatment for congestion The medication evaporates into use ivy syrup products may not be safe for related to colds. Because antibi- and coughs. People should only the air, allowing the child to or ivy cough children under the age of 2. otics do not kill viruses, they do give it to toddlers over the age breathe it in and sooth cough Caregivers should only start not resolve cold symptoms or of 2. Cough medicines can wors- symptoms. Mentholated rubs drops to to give toddlers these medicines shorten the duration of the cold. en breathing symptoms in chil- also help children sleep. relieve cough when they are 2 years or older, dren under the age of 2. Use mentholated rubs on skin in toddlers and only as a doctor directs. Some Effective Home Remedies Side effects are uncommon, and store containers out of chil- Aside from the fact that they For Toddler Cough Are: but they may include nausea, dren’s reach. PHOBIA Skelephobia Skelephobia is the fear of unearthed for archaeological people including the sufferers, images, video games, or movies. skeletons. Even though we have studies, while there are live but they are not usually afraid People suffering skelephobia skeletons inside our bodies, skeletons in folklore and of it, only afraid of unembedded would avoid going to dark places there are dead plain skeletons popular culture. Skelephobes skeletons, whether dead or as some believe that skeletons buried in the ground, some are know that there are skeletons in animated, like displayed on may lurk waiting to attack. 48 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA November 2, 2019 Natural Remedies Cafe African Star Apple For Healthy Heart, Weight Loss, Others

frican Star of the fruit can help to tobacco smoke and the bones and teeth, and it Apple, Agbalumo lower blood sugar and radiation. By consuming may also lessen symptoms in Yoruba, Udara cholesterol thereby agbalumo one give the body of premenstrual syndrome, in Igbo is a preventing or managing a better chance of fighting such as cramping and popular seasonal heart diseases.it is a very and avoiding heart disease, abdominal bloating. fruitA normally consumed good recommendation cancer etc. This fruit also contains with its flesh in Nigeria. for patient with heart 5 percent of the daily Udara (Agbalumo) is mostly problems. Helps Diabetic conditions: recommended value per cultivated in the rural areas Helps one lose weight: Star apples may have serving of vitamin C and of the country and fully Eating a serving of star particular benefits forvitamin A. Additionally, in season from January apple contributes 3 g of diabetics. Research indicates one serving of star apples to April. Agbalumo, when fiber to the recommended that the leaves of this fruit serves up 2 percent of the fully ripe and consumed, is daily intake of 25 to 38 g. may reduce glucose levels in iron, a mineral vital for sweet, lush and sensitizes Fiber provides bulk to one’s diabetic rabbits, the same oxygenating the body, that the taste buds of the eater. diet, a factor that can make function that insulin serves. one need every day. To crown it up, it is highly the stomach feel fuller for However, that consuming nutritious. longer. This can keep one star apple leaves appears Natural Remedy: The More research The exotic fruit which has from eating too much, and to have a toxic affect when agbalumo/udara is a natural is needed to an edible skin that ranges in it may help one lose weight. eaten in large quantities. remedy for toothache, colour from green to orange, This nutrient can also help More research is needed to constipation, sore throat, determine the depending on the stage of protect one from diabetes determine the effectiveness and much more. Also the effectiveness ripeness. The tender, sweet and some forms of cancer. of star apple leaves to bark of the tree according of star apple inner flesh is off-white with control diabetes in humans. to research was used seeds making the inner to Natural Anti-Oxidant: Vitamins and Minerals: traditionally to treat yellow leaves to con- look like a star-shaped fruit. Antioxidants are substances Udara serves as a good fever and malaria, while trol diabetes that may protect the cells source of calcium, with each the leaf treated wounds, Some of the health benefits against the effects of free serving providing one with stomach ache, and diarrhea. in humans include: radicals molecules produced 10 percent of the amount In some parts of Nigeria Prevents Heart Disease: when the body breaks one require each day. The the seeds are used to treat Frequent consumption down food or is exposed calcium lends strength to vaginal and skin infections. Saturday, November 2, 2019 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA e-FEATURE Why Nigerian Female Rappers Deserve Respect Just like their American counterparts, over the years, Nigerian female rappers have shown they are fearless and are not afraid to be heard. ANTHONY ADA ABRAHAM writes on why they are missing in action

Weird MC Kel Eva Alordiah Muna ith Cardi B winning patronage on the genre or because Though her focus is on gospel With two studio albums and an EP, the Grammy for of the massive crave for Afropop music, this didn’t deter her from Eva Alordiah has over 30 songs to Best Rap Album, music which the new generation making an impact. She has since keep her fans groovy and chilling female rappers is into now. relocated to the US, maybe because as she joins the list of best female have continue Though they didn't give up, the of the difficulty the rap genre is rappers in Nigeria. The hip hop toW dominate hip hop around the industry itself gave up on them. experiencing in Nigeria. and reggae act graced the music world. Their male counterparts are even scene with her amazing talents Some female rap artistes like finding it difficult to keep up Mocheddah in 2008 and has been resilient in Doja Cat, Tierra Whack, to famous the tempo as event organisers Modupe-Oreoluwa Oyeyemi dishing out unique sounds. With rappers, like Nicki Minaj and Remy seldom invite them to headline aka Mo’Cheddah released her 15 nominations and three awards Ma are still holding the game shows when there are other debut studio album, ‘Franchise (Nigerian Entertainment Awards telling the world the women are contemporary artistes who would Celebrity’ (while signed to ‘Most Promising Act to Watch’ still strong force to be reckoned pull more crowd than them. Knighthouse Entertainment. The 2012, Eloy Awards ‘Female Rap with in the male-dominated genre. This has led to the gradual album was preceded by the 2009 Artiste of the Year’ 2011 and YEM From Missy Elliot, Lil Kim, demise of female rap music and promotional single ‘If You Want Awards ‘Best Female Rap Single’ Queen Latifah, Eve, Lauryn Hill, maybe with more support from Me’. 80 per cent of the songs on 2012), Eva Alordiah maintains her Salt-N-Pepa, Trina, Foxy Brown, the old heads, things might get Franchise Celebrity were hits. She relevance in the ‘music-sphere’. Da Brat, M.I.A and others, these better. Let's look at some of the parted ways with Knighthouse in Though she's one female rapper female rappers have paid their women that held the scene for February 2012 and established her that has continued to compete till dues in the industry, paving the at least two decades before they own label, Cheddah Music. The date, she explained recently that way for the younger generation. crashed out. rapper recorded a massive boost in she has quit music maybe because People like Nicki Minaj, Cardi her career with the collaboration the industry isn't paying as she B and others are enjoying from Sasha P she had with Phyno on a single wanted. laid down foundation set by these Anthonia Yetunde Alabi, popularly titled ‘Destinambari’. She went veteran musicians. known as Sashsa P wears the on to win Channel O Music Video Kemistry Nigerian rap has suffered a huge crown of being the first lady of Hip Awards for the ‘Best Female Video’ Kemi Olisemeka popularly known set back in continental dominance Hop in Nigeria. She has won three category and MTV Africa Music Kemistry was more popular for her for some time now. The male and awards out of seven nominations Awards ‘Best New Artiste’ in 2010. role as an O.A.P than a rapper, in female rappers in the country have since her debut single in 1993 She is the 4th best female rapper an interview with a newspaper, she been faced with the challenge of which earned her a record deal in Nigeria 2019. She's more into noted that rap was a hobby not a resurrecting the rap genre in Africa with elDee’s Trybe records. After fashion now. The hustle must career”. Notwithstanding, she especially Nigeria. being on the first track with continue. made an impact in the industry. Despite the trend in afro-pop trybes men, she released a few Her song ‘Ijo Ti Ya’ was a hit that and the economic advantage of her hit tracks such as ‘Emi le Muna kept being played by stations commercial artistes have, a few Gan’, ‘Work It’, ‘Oya’ and her first Munachi Teresa Abii was the Most around the country. Nigerian female rappers have album ‘Finally Here’. She has not Beautiful Girl in Nigeria in 2007. been dogged in dishing out and been active as she used to be in After her reign she tried her hands Kel promoting new rap songs. But the Nigerian rap scene but the on a few creative things. One of Kelechi Ohia aka Kel came into that wouldn't have been possible milestones she achieved continue them was rap. She started off as the Nigerian rap scene like a if some top Nigerian female rap to ensure that she stays relevant Babyrella and later changed her gentle burst of fresh air. It was artistes haven't laid down the in the industry. name to Muna. In June 2010, no surprise that her hit track was foundation for others to follow. She still dominates the industry after years of collaborating with replayed on stations around the She has The young generation wouldn't as among the best five female various artistes, Muna signed a country. She is one of the best rap since relo- know Shola Idowu aka Weird rappers in Nigeria ever. multi-million naira management voices to have ever emerged from MC who is arguably one of the contract with Ayo Shonaiya’s RMG Nigeria. But she's nowhere to be cated to the pioneers of female rap in Nigeria. Bouqui company. Her debut album- ‘The found today. US, maybe She released her first hit song When you talk about rap in the Goddess’ included singles such as “Allen Avenue” in the early 90s. gospel genre, Bukola Folayan, ‘I Feel Real’, and ‘Killer Queen’. Blaise because of She has collaborated with PSquare better known as Bouqui, always She has written songs for J Funke Martin-Lurther aka Blaise the dif- and other new generation acts, but comes to mind. Nobody has ever Martins and Waje. She is the is another grounded Nigerian ficulty the she's off the radar and though, filled the gap since she closed the sexy, tall and beautiful model in P female rapper. Though we saw her might be doing other things door. She hit the air waves with Square’s “Ifunanya” video. Muna in her work with ‘That Suspect’ rap genre is underground, she's not been seen a bang when she released her hit is one of the best Female rappers when he features the songstress experiencing in public, musically and otherwise. track- ‘Molejo’. From then she in Nigeria 2019. of then like Sasha, Eva, Muna, in Nigeria She's not the only one who fell went from glory to glory, featuring she has also worked with the likes out of the industry due to lack of in shows and headlining concerts. Eva Alordiah of Sasha P, Kemistry and Bouqui. 50 Saturday, November 2, 2019 I Became A Doctor To Please My Dad – Abalaka Dr Jeremiah Ojonemi Alabi Abalaka, is a medical doctor, surgeon and medical researcher whose claim of discovery of HIV/ AIDS preventive and cure vaccine sparked controversy some years ago. The surgeon in a chat with JULIET KUYET BULUS reminisces on early life, research and life after retirement from active medical practice.

When and where were you born? advice of all my secondary school I was born on 12 December teachers, I chose to be a medical 1948 at Ajiolo Aboko Oche, doctor to make my father happy Biraidu District of Dekina Local for all his sacrifices towards our Government Area of Kogi State. education.

How reliable is the time of your birth? Are you saying the decision was My mother remembered I accidental? was born on a Sunday 13 days It was circumstantial. to Christmas and the CMML Missionary, Evangelist Paul Gross What are your working experiences? who christened me confirmed my My first working experience mother’s recollection and told me was from 1962 to 1963 when it was in 1948. I served as an enumerator for National Census. I was a bank How was life growing up as a young clerk at the Barclays Bank (DCO) man? now Union Bank from December It was very exciting. My father 1966 to September 1967. At had no formal education but various times in the Institute of he valued the education of his Health, Ahmadu Bello University children very highly. He kept Teaching Hospital, from 1972 telling my elder brother, Tom, to 1973. I was a Pre-registration and myself that the best he House Officer and a Senior House could do for us was to send us Officer 1973 to 1974. Then a to school, that we must face our registrar in Surgery from 1974 to studies otherwise we would end 1976 and a Senior Registrar 11 in up being farmers like him, that Surgery 1978 to 1979. In 1977 just as we could see God would I was on Clinical attachment as would never do his farm work Post FRSC Registrar in Surgery, for him, we should know that Royal Infirmary and Broad Green it is an insult to God to ask him Hospitals, Liverpool England to make us pass our exams and until September 1978 and was that we must never ask God to a honorary lecturer in Surgery, help us do anything that we can Faculty of Surgery University of achieve. He inculcated in us right Liverpool, England from October from childhood that problems 1977 to September 1978. I was a exist to be solved, that it is far Senior Medical Officer in charge of more honourable to try and solve Medical Centre, Ashaka Cement any problem and fail, than to Company Gombe, Gombe State stupidly stay looking on without 1979 to 1983. I was employed confronting the problem. by Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited as an Assistant General What schools and or institutions did Manager, later re - designated you attend? Assistant Director. I was directly My early education started responsible to the General at Igala Native Authority (NA) Manager / Chief Executive, Junior Primary School Abocho, postgraduate training in Surgery. 1966. During my undergraduate I am a fellow of the Nigerian training at Ahmadu Bello Magaji M. Inuwa from 1983 to from January 1956 to December 1989. From 1989 to 1990 I was 1958 and Native Authority Medical Council in Surgery University (ABU) Zaria. I made (FMCS) a specialist qualification distinctions in Chemistry, Chief Consultant Surgeon Kano Senior Primary School, Anyigba State Health Service Management both in Dekina local government and an equivalent of the British Physiology, Biochemistry, FRCS and FMCS 11 (Final), Microbiology, Community Board and in 1990 I was in the area of Kogi State. I had double Benue State Health Services promotion in primary school. In a professional qualificationMedicine, Surgery, Obstetrics, that entitles the holder to be Gynaecology and Paediatrics Management Board and was later January 1961 I was admitted to deployed to Kogi State upon the Ochaja Boys Secondary School appointed Consultant in Surgery from 1967 to 1972. In 1972, I was in Nigeria, 1979. given the Vice Chancellor Prize creation of the state in 1991. I and was given a double promotion was the head of department of REMINISCENCES as the best all round graduating and I completed with division I have won Surgery at the General Hospitals, one and distinctions in all seven As a brilliant student, you never student and Professor Nicholson struggled academically. What are your prize for the best graduating numerous Makurdi, Benue State and later subjects offered in December honours? Lokoja, Kogi State respectively. 1964. In January 1965 I was at student in Chemical Pathology, prizes in I have won numerous prizes Faculty of Medicine, ABU Zaria. From 1995 to 2001 I was at the St. Paul’s College (now Kufena in subjects and for being the best subjects and Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital, College) Zaria, Kaduna State student in Form 1, 111, 1V, and for being the Abuja FCT from where I retired where I completed the Upper Six Why did you choose the medical V in secondary school, double profession? and established Medicrest in 1966 with passes at principal best student promotion from form 1 to form Mathematics, Chemistry and in Form 1, Specialist Hospitals Gwagwalada, level in 3 major subjects. In 111 from 1961 to 1964. I also Abuja FCT, in 1997 I started October 1967 I gained admission Physics were actually my best won class prizes for the best subjects in secondary school. 111, 1V, and research into HIV/ Aids pandemic to the Faculty of Medicine science student both in the Lower V in second- in private practice. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Unfortunately, my father did and Upper Sixth classes as well as not know much about other ary school, and graduated with Bachelor of the best student in Physics and Tell us about your discovery of HIV Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery professions except the doctors double Zoology in Upper Six at St Paul’s they were seeing at Idah Hospital. preventive/cure vaccine in 1999? (MBBS) Degree in 1972. I later College, Zaria. I was the runner promotion As a surgeon, I was confronted went to the premier University He told us that his aim was to have up of the American Embassy, at least one of his children (Tom from form 1 with the newly identified AIDS of Ibadan for a postgraduate National John F Kennedy virus, the HIV. As the medical certificate in Immunology and and I) become a doctor. Tom did to form 111 Memorial Essay Competition for not do Biology in his secondary from 1961 to world kept releasing features of passed with distinction. From Upper Sixth student from 1965 to the year 1974 to 1979 I did school. Against the wish and 1964 ➔ CONTINUES ON THE NEXT PAGE Saturday, November 2, 2019 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA 51 ‘Investigate My Claims On HIV/AIDS Cure’ status should be irrelevant. ➔ FROM PREVIOUS PAGE One may be infected and highly the virus, the failed attempts to infective for weeks and months develop any effective preventive with these viruses without vaccine against, the claim that having any antibodies against there was no known cure, and so the viruses. Conversely, one may on, I decided it was an open field also have anti-bodies against even with my very rudimentary these viruses without having training in Immunology. I was the viruses in their body. It is motivated by the successful therefore very correct to exclude efforts of people like Edward a person’s antibody status in Jenner (smallpox) and Louis deciding cure or otherwise for Pasteur who though not a medical these viral infections. The aim doctor worked out an ingenious of effective curative treatment and effective curative vaccination of these three viral infections is against rabies without the world the achievement of a sustained of his day knowing about viruses. virologic response, (SVR) three I was definitely in a better months after completion of position. I knew the features treatment. ART does not cure of the virus and why others HIV infection because it does had been failing at efforts to not achieve an SVR even a few develop safe and effective cure days after stopping ART. With and prevention of the rampaging these explanations, it serves no HIV and its pandemic. I had a purpose for me to say anything solid foundation to build on. My more about vague stories flying aim was to develop a preventive about. vaccine for myself to protect How can you puncture these issues to me in the professional hazard convince the Federal Government of I faced as a surgeon operating Nigeria given the fact that world over on patients whose HIV status, I scientists have not successfully found did not know back then in 1990 a cure for the HIV pandemic? to 1991 because tests for HIV Firstly, note that we have screening were not available in no scientific culture in Nigeria. Nigeria then except in Lagos. So, Secondly, in Nigeria, I am the I quietly joined others worldwide only person as far as I know but using only my family Abalaka that has tried developing HIV resources. At the end of 1998, remedies. Those criticising me I got four cases of HIV infected the question identified the names that the presence of antibodies have made no effort at all. Since persons that had been cured. I of persons that supposedly died. against parts of the virus is not 1984, researchers worldwide proceeded very easily to get a It should be noted that I always enough to establish the presence have been spending billions safe and effective HIV preventive avoid publicly revealing the of the infection. The infection of US dollars of public and remedy. Of course, I was the first identity of my patients. If the is confirmed only when the private funds to develop HIV beneficiary. After three months hospital number of the patient is viral RNA or DNA is found in vaccines. None has succeeded. of taking three doses of my mentioned, I will be able to cross the blood. Even in HIV in which I have. Instead of my country’s preventive remedy, I challenged check my records on such a person effective antiretroviral treatment government to take it up and myself six times in 1999 with about which stories are been ART may cause none detection of reap the immense benefits of the blood of six different HIV+ spread. When one says a person HIV RNA and DNA in the blood, my solo research effort, they persons. Up till now, 20 years on, cured of any condition later if the ART is stopped, the HIV are condemning and criticising I have not developed HIV and no died of that condition, reliable RNA and DNA reappear in the me without taking any step to anti-HIV antibodies in my blood. evidence must be produced to blood in a few days. For HCV verify my claims. What does the confirm that the person indeed infection, this means HCV RNA Nigerian government stand to What were the issues raised against died of the condition. A person has been identified in the person’s lose in interacting with me and your HIV vaccine? cured of any condition may die blood, the person is declared sending to me HIV+ persons to All the many issues that have of other unrelated conditions cured of his HCV infection if he see if my claim is true or not? been raised only confirmed because no single condition, meets two conditions; if he has To my mind and thinking, the that those raising the issues disease or infection is the no detectable HCV RNA in his government loses nothing. are operating at a completely only cause of death. Secondly, blood at the point he completes But here again, the Nigerian different wavelength from me. If there is need for precision and his course of treatment, secondly, government’s thinking is years you pinpoint any particular issue uniformity in the definition of if he still has no detectable HCV away from my thinking and it raised against my discoveries, I words especially when dealing RNA in his blood three months is very unfortunate. The biggest will address the issue in detail with scientific issues. Since I after he completed his course of shocking news is that my remedy to show clearly that the issue still claim my remedies cure and treatment. The treatment is then My remedies cures and prevents not only HIV raised reflects the huge gulf prevent HIV, HCV and HBV, it is said to have achieved a sustained but the dreaded and dreadful REMINISCENCES between those raising the issue essential that we all know what virologic response, SVR. In other prevent and hepatitis viruses, HBV and HCV. and me. For anyone to make any we mean by cure of these three words, cure of HCV infection is cure all three The world has an effective vaccine new discovery, the person must viral infections. Fortunately, the the absence or non-detection of infections: HIV, that prevents HBV but no cure. abandon the views, dogmas and developed world has come out HCV RNA in the blood of a person HCV and HBV. The world has costly and toxic thinking of the huge majority with what they accept as ‘cure’ not only at the time he completes drug combination remedies that of the experts of their day. The for HCV infection. They were his treatment but also three It is incred- cure HCV infection after daily Wright brothers had to do that to forced to do so because they had months after the completion of ible that any treatment for 12-20 weeks but develop the first aeroplane. developed combination antiviral his treatment for HCV whose government no preventive vaccine against drugs that they say, correctly RNA was detected in his blood at will ignore HCV. My remedies prevent and There were stories that your in my view cure HCV infection. the point, he started treatment. cure all three infections: HIV, cure vaccine only succeeded in Before one can talk about cure of To my mind, it is very sensible to such a feat by HCV and HBV. It is incredible suppressing the virus for some an infection, one must establish adopt this definition of cure to all its citizen who that any government will time and that those you claimed that the infection existed before three infections of HIV, HCV and achieved it ignore such a feat by its citizen to have cured later died of the treatment started. For HIV, HBV. The first obvious fall out of with his family who achieved it with his family virus? HCV and HBV, the infection is this definition of cure is that the resources. That is our country Firstly, people enjoy flying confirmed by direct identification antibody status of the person resources. That Nigeria. Like many others, all sorts of stories, many, if not of the viral RNA or DNA in the is completely irrelevant. And is our country Nigeria is the only country I most, without any basis. I wish blood of the person. Please note for many reasons, the antibody Nigeria ➔ CONTINUES ON THE NEXT PAGE 52 Saturday, November 2, 2019 ‘Nigeria Is Not Thinking Of Becoming Developed’

➔ FROM PREVIOUS PAGE great or developed. We must study, work hard and embrace have. honesty for the future of Nigeria What are your expectations from and Nigerians. We must end our the Federal government on your primordial embrace of tribe and preventive/cure vaccine for HIV that nepotism. We must learn to talk remains a humanity health challenge to one another with decency, for more than 30 years after it was humility and respect. discovered? It is a basic principle of life and Where were you on 1st October 1960? living that one must not condemn I was in Primary 6 at the time. anybody without giving them a hearing. No Nigerian Federal What did independence mean to you Government has given me any at the time? form of hearing about my vaccines All it meant to me then was since 1999. It is also elementary what we were told. We were told that if anyone claims he has made that we would be ruling ourselves any scientific discovery like mine, instead of the British ruling his claim should be investigated us. We had all been singing the by institutions, public and British anthem and observing private. For 20 years and despite British public holidays. In 1960 the scientific publication in 2004 and before Oct 1, 1960, we all of my work in the international learnt the Nigerian National Journal called Vaccine, the world anthem, “Nigeria we hail thee ...”) including my own country’s Did you hope for a better Nigeria? government have opted to live in Yes. Every right-thinking shameful disdain of such feats. person will want their country to Yet they claim they are all out for excel because when it succeeds, made in Nigeria products. Is that we as a people succeed. not talking with the tongue in the cheek? Have your expectations been met? It is good to have hopes but What is your advice to the body of when it is a hope founded on knowledge on HIV and to dispel the United Nation’s notion on research what others do, one is completely into HIV vaccine? incapacitated. What became Is there anything to be gained of my hopes is the history of in talking to the deaf? Is there Abalaka Nigeria since Independence and any point in advising anyone unfortunately, we are where we who says he does not need your publicly urging Nigeria to team Nigeria changes its primitive and are today. advice? up with the US for the rapid retrogressive stance on scientific How would you compare your time and development of HIV vaccines. Our research and discoveries, the the present era? What will you like to tell the present government then failed to grasp future is very bleak for Nigeria. administration on the need to do the The present time is also my era the import of President Clinton’s since I am still alive. needful to safe humanity instead of statement. Nigeria up till now is What presently occupies your day since remaining aloof on the face of the retirement? not even a country thinking of What are your favourite food? feat made in your HIV research and My days are very busy learning discovery? becoming a developed country. Pounded yam or Ójòka with about different topics on the The same basic things. It is a So what prompted President fresh okro or ogbono soup. Clinton to urge Nigeria to team internet since android phones basic principle of life and living have become huge libraries on all that one must not condemn up with the US for the rapid What forms of relaxation do you development of HIV vaccines subjects and topics. I also have engage in? anybody without giving them life’s problems to confront. The a hearing. No Nigerian Federal was that I am the only Nigerian Golf, facing challenges, playing in Nigeria that has been involved pervasive negatives of insecurity, ayo, called ichę in Igala, reading, Government has given me lack of respect for human life, any form of hearing about in HIV vaccine development and among others. he must have been informed, committing atrocities in the my vaccines since 1999. It is name of religion, intolerance, also fundamental that if any probably by the US Embassy in The first point When did you get married and how did Nigeria that there is credibility in collapse of education and other to make is you meet your wife? one claims he has made any institutions continue to be a huge scientific discovery like mine, his my HIV vaccines claims. Heading that all the We got married on 28 a government, President Clinton source of worry to me because December 1974 and we met claim should be investigated by I see a very bleak future for my arms of our institutions, public and private. could only deal with the Nigerian during the clinical years of my government, he could not deal dear and only country Nigeria. govern- medical training at the Ahmadu Why do you think government should with an ordinary Nigerian citizen My days are full every day. ments at all Bello University, Zaria and I was harken to the advice of former US like me. But as usual, the Nigerian attracted by various factors. The

REMINISCENCES levels need President Bill Clinton when he said government then was not cerebral How can the lives of the aged in the union gave birth to three children. Nigeria should team up with the US enough to even understand society be improved by the Federal extensive im- on rapid development of HIV vaccine Government? provement. What is your advice to the youths? President Clinton. Then and The first point to make is that when he visited Nigeria in 2000? now, Nigeria remains the only Without such The future of any country or This is excellent recollection all the arms of our governments society lies with the youth. My country that has developed at all levels need extensive improve- from you. At the time that then effective and safe vaccines that advice to the youth and everyone US President Clinton made improvement. Without such ments in else is to ask all of us to embrace cure and prevent HIV, HBV and improvements in place, it is that public pronouncement in HCV. Of course, if the Nigerian place, it is a the six infallible and ever reliable 2000 during his Visit to Nigeria, a mere illusion to expect any teachers and adviser: What, Govt were to whisper that to government at any level to mere illusion UNAIDS had produced its current US President Trump Why, Where, When, Who and guidelines on HIV preventive improve the lives of any group in to expect any How. Let us not confuse beliefs now, the Nigerian government the society. All Nigerians must vaccines development. In that will see how a responsible government with realities because they are document, UNAIDS stated inter change their attitudes and behave at any level to opposite. Beliefs in anything government that places premium responsibly in the public interest, alia that only the developed on scientific research responds improve the have never caused any society nations could conceive ideas of we must study and work hard. or country to develop. Only to such news. 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53 r o f 54 OPINION Saturday, November 2, 2019 NDDC Interim Management Committee, Buhari Scores Hat Trick BY EKENE ISRAEL playing the political chess game to could make a new born baby speak, the Acting Managing Director, services over the years to uplift her the favour of his kinsmen and the when he embraced the political net Dr Cairo Ojugboh as the Acting people. Mr President must have I do not like the present region. They never had it this good. by sending the board members’ Executive Director Projects and been divinely told in his dream administration. I have never Those familiar with the game names to the Senate for screening Chief Ibanga Bassey Etang as that there lives a lady christened hidden my disdain for the of football understands that and confirmation but rather than the Acting Director, Finance and “Esther of Ogoni”, who cannot be manner in which the President only skilful players are blessed leave the board empty without Administration. intimidated in the course of her Muhammadu Buhari led with scoring of hat trick during political leadership, he set up a Those who know Dr Joy readily duties by anybody. government has piloted the affairs their playing days. It sends wild three-man interim management testify of her royal bloodline with The notion that she is a member of our motherland, in respect to jubilation across the fans once such committee to oversee its affairs activism running in her veins like of the already constituted board the how state security apparatus brace is done. Like soccer, only pending when a holistic forensic her father. The respected Ogoni and therefore should not have under his watch are being used political maestros have the ability audit would be carried NDDC’s woman will no doubt be pained been picked to head the Interim to harass journalists for carrying to take three quick successive formation till date out since. at how the NDDC has not lived Committee is tales told to babies out their constitutional duties, decisions that goes down well even Anyone who kicks against the up to its expectation, with her who cannot decipher wrong intimidating political opponents among political critics. forensic audit is worse than a Ogoni people still living in stone from right. If there is anything as well as the nosedive of the In less than three months, Buhari fraudster who does not mean well age and the commission past board her addition as a member of the economy. has scored a hat trick in the affairs for the people of Niger Delta. The members using money meant to Bernard led board will do to this If in times past I have condemned of the Niger Delta Development President has shown his love for develop her backyard for personal new team, it’s the fact that the his actions and policies; should I Commission (NDDC). First, the people of the region by this act pleasure. three man committee will be very not in his good times commend he made the commission to to carry out surgical audit on the In holy anger, she will cooperate careful and prudent with funds, his action especially when it be removed from the office of board before Benard Okumagba hundred percent with the auditors, knowing that she is coming back to touches my root, the very soil I the Secretary to the Federal will come on board to start on a avail them every documents and be answerable to her boss, and all come from? First, he caused the Government and domiciled it in fresh and clean note, devoid of financial assistance they need the contracts she will give approval emergence of Obaisi Ovie Omo- the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. the baggage of the past, where to bring the perpetrators and to, may be probed by Bernard, Agege to be elected the Deputy While the nine oil rich states were the commission became a conduit traitors of the NDDC to book. For which if not diligently done, will Senate President and engraved yet to catch their breath with pipe for political buccaneers, who the few months that she will run send her to jail. The President must on the sands of time that under such excitement, he nominated carted away the monies meant for the affairs of the board. She has a have known this by making her his leadership, the Urhobo nation a board that would be led by the development of the region, family name behind her to remind the head, as one who will steer the attained their highest political the progressive moving Benard into their private bank accounts her as she makes every move, ship to the harbour for the Bernard level. Okumagba as the managing both home and abroad. a respected name she cannot flight to take off to higher heights. Everything seems to be working director, who turns everything There would have been no better disgrace. With her inclusion as the Acting for the political good of the he touches to gold. No one has interim committee members that Dr Joy pedigree speaks for her as MD of the interim committee, South South under this current ever faulted Benard’s nomination would have successfully presided one that will not come to pilfer the Buhari has done noble, even administration, but how they as it has been accepted that his over NDDC and give free room money of NDDC. As the daughter though I hate to admit it. maximize it for the benefit of the appointment is a Daniel come to for the auditing firms to carry of late Senator Cyrus Nunieh, she region will only show its scorecard judgment. out their forensic duty than the has been exposed to wealth and - Israel, an anti-corruption activist, after four years. For now, Ovie And then came the shocker that trio of Dr. Gbene Joy Nunieh as moral upbringing and has used her writes from Abuja Omo-Agege is right on track, Solution To Current Insecurity BY SEBASTIAN BARTH OZOANA defines a federation as:- “a were bought that year. It is rumoured that most personalized policy, where the political system in which a union The Nigeria Police Force police APC’s are not of the desired same officers’ patrols and works That there is serious andof states leaves foreign affairs, according to the then IGP (Sunday quality as most of them now use in the same area on a permanent unprecedented state of insecurity defence etc to the central (Federal) Ehindero) had less than 20 APC’s inappropriate tyres with the result basis, from a decentralized place, in Nigeria today is like stating the government but retain powers of all of which were bought during that if the tyres are immobilized working in a proactive partnership obvious. government over some internal the regime of Alhaji Shehu Shagari the strength of the APC is gone. with citizens to identify and solve The situation has led to calls affairs”. between 1979-1983. No doubt the The summary on this point being problems”. for the overhaul of security By the universal definition of Federal Government may have that proper funding of the police The current insecurity in the architecture in the country, with a “federation”, internal security acquired some APC’s for the NPF, is very critical to the achievement nation arising from the inability some calling for the massive of which police is the most but I doubt if the NPF have up to of national security. of the traditional security outfit deployment of military to the prominent is usually an item that 2,000 APC’s. Closely tied to the If South Africa with a - the Nigeria Police Force – in the affected regions of the country. is normally reserved for the state number of APC’s police should population of 51 million (2011 country that should counter the While others are calling for government. have for optimal performance is figures) could own over 5000 insecurity has led to the drafting constitutional amendment that The United Nations ratio the quality thereof. APC’s as far back as 2006, Nigeria of the military to partake in the would allow federating states in of police to population is 400 This writer recalls that during with a population of almost 200 internal security arrangement to the country to establish Police population to 1 policeman. the Commission of Enquiry that million and an oil producing douse the situation. And this has services or forces of their own. But in Nigeria we are told that looked into the Police/Army nation should have more APC’s resulted in sometimes the military The constitution of the Federal the strength of the Nigeria conflict in Ojuelegba Lagos in than South Africa. This is food for overstepping their bounds as Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as Police Force is 300,000. At our 2005 there was the uncontradicted thought! internal security operations is not amended) treats the item “Police” population of almost 200Million evidence by the police officer that Equally pertinent in this principally their major province. in Section 214, 215 and 216. this gives a ratio of 1 Policeman manned the Police APC on the day security analysis is the United This is because the main function Section 214 (1) provides that: to 660 population. of the incident to the effect that Nations standard which is that of the military under Section 217 - “There shall be a police force for South Africa with a population some soldiers during the conflict for every 10 policemen, 8 must (2) of the 1999 Constitution is Nigeria which shall be known of 51 million (2011 figures) has fired more than 500 rounds of be armed. But in Nigeria out of to defend Nigeria from external as the Nigeria Police Force, and 150,513 police officers (2010) rifle ammunition on the tyres of 10 policemen out on operation, aggression, maintaining the subject to the provisions of this with a civilian staff of 39,033. the police APC that was sent to only 2 are armed. This led to a territorial integrity of Nigeria and Section no other Police Force shall By the United Nations ratio of 1 the scene by police authorities. former IGP lamenting at one time securing its borders from violation be established for the Federation policeman to 400 people, South The APC escaped unscathed and as follows: “There is a shortage of on land, sea and air in addition to or any part thereof.” Africa should have 128,750 returned to Mopol 2 Barracks arms now because when you send suppressing insecurity and acting in From the above provision of police officers but it has as stated Obalande Lagos. out 6 policemen, only 2 are armed. aid of civil authorities when asked the constitution of the Federal above 150,513 officers thereby The APC which was one of those Whenever robbers come, they to do so. Republic of Nigeria, it is crystal surpassing the United Nations bought by the Shagari regime was target those who are armed and The most practical and clear that no state, group of states, ratio. Nigerians should emulate 100% bullet proof. This writer was the rest are helpless”. honourable thing to do is for the or local government in the country South Africa in this regard. the police counsel at that enquiry. Another area of concern that country to open the window for the can on its own establish any police A step towards avoiding This leads this discussion to the works against national security is creation of State Police Forces for force by whatever name called. insecurity in the nation is to quality of equipment purchased the improper deployment of police any state or group of states that may But some people have argued adequately fund the police for the police. officers and men. wish to do. And in this direction, that Nigeria being a federation for them to be able to procure Modern day APC’s are fire This takes us to whatmost state governors and the Vice states, ex debito justicia (as a appropriate technological proof, bullet proof and bomb Community Policing is all about. President are ad idem in this regard. matter of right) can/should be equipment like APC, arms and proof. I have heard people say Wikipedia defines Community Mr. President and others against permitted to establish their own ammunitions, and proper training that the current police APC’s are Policing as “a strategy of policing state police establishment should police forces. These proponents are and retraining for its officers and not 100% bullet proof not to talk that focuses on building tie and have a rethink in the interest of fortified in their position by the men. of being fire proof or bomb proof. working closely with members of the country. very fact of the definition of the As far back as 2006 the South Is Nigeria not rich enough to the communities”. word “federation”. African police had in its arsenal purchase for the NPF appropriate Wikipedia also states –Sir Ozoana is a retired police The Oxford Advancedover 5000 Armored Personnel and superior APC’s or is it a that: “Community Policing is Officer, legal practitioner and notary Dictionary of current English Carriers (APC’s) out of which 25 question of corruption? a philosophy of full service public Saturday, November 2, 2019 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA 55 WEEKEND POLITICS ANALYSIS INTERVIEWS REPORTS DISCOURSE Weekend Politics Editor: Chibuzo Ukaibe

Diri Lyon Issues As Canvassing For Votes Heightens Ahead Of Bayelsa Gov Poll The two leading political parties in Bayelsa, the APC and the PDP have begun moving around units, wards and local government areas of the state canvassing support and votes ahead of the November 16, 2019 governorship poll. OSA OKHOMINA examines the atmosphere and issues presented during the campaign tours. t the moment in Bayelsa More interesting to the the controversy that greeted his Ogbia, Brass and other areas so State, the atmosphere campaigns embarked upon by emergence. Chief David Lyon has far visited, the governorship flag is intense with political the Senator Douye Diri of the also proven to the people of the bearer of the PDP, Senator Douye campaigns by various PDP and Chief David Lyon of the state that he can speak “English” Diri, reminded the people of the political parties APC is the absence of their known and has full grasp of politics and contributions of the ruling party particularlyA supporters of the godfathers, Governor Seriake state management as against the to the state since 1999. leading All Progressives Congress Dickson and the minister of state claims of the opposition that he is At Ammasoma, where he was (APC) and the Peoples Democratic for Petroleum Resources, Chief not learned and not experienced. welcomed by crowds of party Party (PDP). Timipre Sylva. If an average Bayelsa voter is to supporters, Diri flayed the federal Other political parties in the Diri and Lyon have both, so judge in which direction to vote, government-led All Progressives state seem to have limited their far, held their own, alongside their it is too early to call as the two Congress Party (APC) for not campaigns to quiet visits to separate campaign councils and contending parties are forging bringing much to bear in Bayelsa monarchs and other stakeholders supporters. ahead despite claims and counter- State in the past five years. He Unlike in the including campaign posts on the Their absence, accordingclaims about the involvement of promised to tackle the challenges past, both social media canvassing support. to political observers, has external forces in the coming of the Niger Delta University, parties have Few of the known supporters of drastically reduced the known elections. Amassoma and review its workers’ the other 43 participating political pressure and animosity among Unlike in the past, both parties problem. rolled out the parties in the forthcoming the two contending parties. It have rolled out the drums and are According to him, if elected drums and governorship election attributed has also afforded the people the campaigning from units to wards into power as somebody that are cam- the low key campaigns to issues of opportunity to study the two and local government areas of the has served the state in various finances and followership, unlike governorship standard bearers state. capacities; infrastructure for the paigning what obtained in the dominant based on campaign issues, For Senator Douye Diri of the socio-economic growth of Bayelsa from units to parties. composure, organisation and PDP, the message has been that State will top his list of priorities. Despite the claims and counter- reactions to crowd and state of consolidation, continuity Diri, who said he has worked wards and claims by the supporters of APC matters. and sustained approach to a closely with the present Governor, local govern- and PDP on issue of crowd, both For Senator Douye Diri, it has prosperous Bayelsa after the Seriake Dickson, for the past ment areas parties have proved their capacity proven to the people listening incumbent Governor Seriake seven years said he knows the to get support and reach out that he is not a stooge or larky as Dickson. of the state through campaigns. being erroneously presented after In Ammassoma, Southern Ijaw, ➔ CONTINUES ON PAGE 57 56 WEEKEND POLITICS Saturday, November 2, 2019 Issues As Canvassing For Votes Heightens Ahead Bayelsa Gov Poll

FROM PAGE 55 administration of Governor Dickson. He promised the people challenges of the people of that when elected, he would Amassoma, a situation he claimed ensure that the Brass islands at his administration would change the tip of the Atlantic Ocean would for good once voted into office. be connected by road and that the He stated that he would defunct technical college in Twon- continue with the road project Brass would be rebuilt and revived. that leads to Oporoma, the Diri also promised that headquarters of Southern Ijaw opportunities would be created Local Government Area with for women in the area to have a view to opening up the area access to interest-free soft loans for rapid economic growth and while the youths would be made development. to acquire skills that would make “The current governor has them self-reliant. consulted with me that he will But the PDP campaign train was award the bridge contract that nearly marred by violent attack on leads to Oporoma before he leaves some of its supporters in Nembe office by February 14, 2020, and if by alleged thugs suspected to he is unable to complete it before be loyal to the opposition All he leaves, I, Senator Diri would Progressive Congress (APC). award the contract for the bridge,” The PDP members and he said. supporters were on their way to He also assured the people that the campaign rallies of the party in he would partner with his running Akassa, Okpoama and Twon-Brass mate, Lawrence Erhujawkpo, to but drove into Igopiri instead of bring succor to the flood-affected Nembe city to board their boats. people in Amassoma and its They were immediately rounded neighboring communities. up by a group of APC youths who He said given the mammoth descended and inflicted bodily crowd that graced the PDP harm on some of them and also campaign rally, it is obvious that dispossessed them of their phones Amassoma is PDP and that the Dickson and other personal effects. party is popular there. Director media and publicity protocol, Joseph Akedesoh, said Chairman of the Brass council, of the council, Hon. Dr. Jonathan “There is no sign that somebody the APC due to the failed attempts Mr. Victor Isaiah, said the people or anybody has decamped from Obuebite in a statement on Friday to compel the late Alameiseigha to have resolved to give their total said the mindless and unprovoked PDP in Amassoma from the large join their change mantra harassed support to the PDP ticket as it turnout. Don’t let them deceive attack was a direct affront to the and threatened him with arrest is the only sure way to continue peace resolve of the PDP and all you. Vote for one of your own, that over trump up charges until his the legacies of Governor Seriake will look at your challenges and its members. untimely death. Dickson administration in critical He said members of the PDP issues and solve them,” he added. A crowd of dancing women and sectors. He assured them that the Speaking earlier, Speaker of the has in the last few weeks suffered youths turned out for the PDP PDP members in the area would all kinds of politically motivated Bayelsa State House of Assembly, rallies at Akassa, Sylva’s home be adequately mobilized and Monday Obolo, said Bayelsans attacks from the APC with some town, Okpoama, and at the Brass sensitized to ensure victory in of them like Comrade Bobolayefa should seek for a government that council headquarters, Twon- the November 16 governorship goes into office with the intention Owupele still lying critically ill in Brass, as Diri arrived alongside his election. the hospital. of developing Southern Ijaw and running mate, Senator Lawrence The Deputy Speaker, Abraham the entire state, saying only the Obuebite warned that the Ewhrudjakpo, Deputy Speaker Ngobere, said the party in the area political maturity of the People’s PDP could make this happen. of the state assembly, Abraham remained united in its resolve to Also speaking, member Democratic Party (PDP) and it’s Ngobere, the campaign director- give bloc votes to Senators Diri candidate, Senator Douye Diri representing Southern Ijaw general, Dr. Nimibofa Ayawei, as and Ewhrudjakpo in the election. Constituency 1 in the State should not be taken for granted well as the state PDP chairman, The party chairman,Cleopas, said or be misconstrue as a sign of Assembly, Bonny Ayah, stated that Moses Cleopas, among other the APC and its candidate, Chief there is no amount of intimidation weakness. leaders from the party and the David Lyon, lacked the capacity The PDP campaign spokesman and threat that will make the area. to withstand the PDP in the state. people of Amassoma succumb to further warned that if steps are The PDP supporters adorned Cleopas noted that recent not taken to avoid any further ‘federal might’. different attires with the faces of comments and speeches of the The vice chairman of the attack, no party will have the the party’s standard bearers and APC candidate were indicative opportunity to freely campaign Southern Ijaw local government defied the torrential rainfall, which of his lack of understanding of council, Pastor Perkinson Ogede, again as political violence is not instead of disrupting the campaign governance issues, adding that the monopoly of anyone or party. while speaking during the turned it into a carnival. he was being deceived by those governorship campaign of Senator He therefore called on leaders of Both Diri and Ewhrudjakpo purportedly supporting him. the APC to call their members Douye Diri and Senator Lawrence joined the jubilant supporters in He however appealed to PDP Erhuniakpo ticket, warned that to order and make them stay on dancing under the rain. members to continue to remain the path of peace, otherwise the the APC should stop using the The campaign team earlier peaceful but resolute in their name of the late Alameiseigha to PDP will not fail to defend its visited the Akassa and Okpoama resolve to work for the victory of members going forward. curry political gains in the state, Councils of Chiefs respectively to the party. insisting that he never believed in The APC campaign train with seek their royal blessings. In his remarks, Diri charged its flag bearer, Chief David the party. Spokesman of the Akassa supporters of the party to shun It is a shame He said, ‘The APC should Lyon, was also interesting and Council of Chiefs, His Royal all forms of inducement by the filled with capacity crowd of stop using the name of the late Highness Moses Theophilus, APC, saying the chances of the and betrayal Alameiseigha to curry for political supporters. for APC to Kenibara VII, Amadabo of Moko- PDP rest in their hands. He From the opening day in favour. Everything in Amassoma, Ama, Sangana, appealed to Diri to commended their doggedness make wrong the Alameiseigha home town, was Ogbia local government area as a matter of urgency tackle the and steadfastness to remain loyal to Kolokuma/Opokuma, Lyon provided by the PDP. No other perennial flooding and erosion in to the PDP in the face of threats, and deceitful party brought a bucket of water promised to work for the rapid the area, when elected into office. intimidation and harassment by economic development of Bayelsa claims. They to Ammassoma. It is a shame He also presented the the APC leaders and members in are using the and betrayal for APC to make State by reviving the gas turbine community’s other requests the area, recalling how volatile in Kolo Creek to ensure adequate wrong and deceitful claims. They to include construction of a the area was during the general late Alam- are using the late Alameiseigha’s power supply in the state mini-stadium, police station, election earlier this year. within12 months into office. eiseigha’s name. DSP Alameiseigha never renovation of schools, upgrading According to Diri, to keep believed in the APC. Don’t be Speaking during the flag-off name. DSP of traditional stools, return of Bayelsa on the path of progress of the party’s campaign in Ogbia deceived by the name dropping of NDDC contractors to site as well in infrastructure development, Alameisei- late Alameiseigha. Ammassoma local government council on as boosting the tourism potential healthcare delivery, education Monday, Lyon explained that gha never is PDP. It is betrayal of Ijaw ideals of the area in order to raise the and capacity building, there and culture for someone to even he was seeking office to right believed in internally generated revenue of is need to consolidate on the the wrongs of Governor Seriake think APC. Bayelsa is for PDP.’ the state. recorded success of the restoration the APC Also speaking, the director of Dickson and his PDP government. Saturday, November 2, 2019 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA POLITICS 57 seat in the state. His emergence in 2015 can best be described as fate. This is because his victory was at the platter of gold, following the demise of the then APC flag bearer, Prince Abubakar Audu, who died while the 2015 election was on going. Bello, who was the first runner-up during the party’s primary was the most qualified to replace the deceased. He finished the minute part of the election where he defeated the then incumbent governor, Captain Idris Wada. For those familiar with Kogi politics, it is a politics with ethnic sentiment. The predominant ethnic group wouldn’t want another ethnic other than theirs to rule in the state. This suggests why they are all out to see that Bello is defeated. But Bello, though young in age, seems to hinge on his accounting skills to manage and calculate the politicians’ moves, and this keeps him many steps ahead of them. Therefore, Bello deserves some accolades for his legendary acts. Bello can translate these political calculations into managing the state smartly, to move the state forward. This will earn him name written in gold. Despite Bello’s inability to pay Bello Wada workers emolument, information has it that he has ‘empowered’ a lot of younger people in the state. The ‘empowerment’ in this context is the Nigeria’s contextual term referring to people he employed to work with him Kogi Guber: Between as commissioners, aides and those he sponsored to the State House of Assembly, local government chairmen, etc. Also, it is worthy of note that Bello’s government is pro-younger Bello And Opposition generation and this makes it difficult for anyone to defeat him in the state. Kogi State in recent past has been in the news, following the ongoing political The PDP factor activities as the governorship election in the state approaches. KUCHA JEREMIAH The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) takes a cursory look at the unfolding developments being the biggest opposition party in Nigeria now has ruled the state for 12 s the November 16 Kogi former Chief of Naval Staff, Rear they went to court and the court told years consecutively. It is expected that State governorship Admiral Usman Jibril (retd), former them to hold on till it would decide it should have given the governor a election approaches, Director General in Space Centre, but they went ahead with the primary fight for his money, but it appears their the state has become a Abuja, Professor Mohammed Onaili, which made the court decide that APC house is in disarray. The PDP’s divided theatre of sort, owing to the sons of late Prince Abubakar Audu, would not have a candidate in the last home will be its major undoing. myriadA of political events. Political the first governorship candidate of governorship election in the state. Many aspirants contested the party’s actors from within and outside the the party, who led the party close to “If you want to beat someone in the primary including the immediate past state are tirelessly working to undo victory in 2015 before his demise, game, you need to beat them squarely governor of the state, Captain Idris one another. Mona Audu and Mustapha Audu, not by cheating other aspirants after Wada, Senator Dino Melaye, son There are efforts by politicians in former president of the Nigeria we have paid tens of millions for of former governor Ibrahim Idris, the opposition Peoples Democratic Football Federation, Alhaji Sani this. They collected our money with Mr Abubakar Ibrahim, the eventual Party (PDP) and other parties outside Lulu, and other strong aspirants who no single orientation or meeting,” winner and flag-bearer of the party, the ruling All Progressives Congress expressed interest to participate in Mustapha said. and Engineer Musa Wada. (APC) to see that the incumbent the party’s governorship primary. Meanwhile, with the kind of events After the party primary, some of governor, Mr Yahaya Bello, does not Judging from the political credentials going on in the state now, Mustapha’s the contestants were aggrieved over return. Although, things seem not to of these people, it is clear that they threat seems to be an empty one, the outcome. Senator Melaye for go in favour of the initiators as the were qualified to contest the primary because, if it was anything to hold Information instance, believed that being the only governor seems to be many steps and were capable of giving Bello on to, by now, the Rivers situation has it that aspirant that was not from Kogi East, ahead of them. sleepless night. supposed to have played out but alas, he should be the winner, but to his After the events that saw the Some were accused of not being nothing of such is in the offing as the Bello usu- shocker, he came fourth with only 70 former governor of Lagos state, financial members and sundry election in Kogi is a few days away ally engages votes, lower than 10 per cent votes won Mr Akinwumi Ambode, disgraced reasons. and APC’s Bello is the candidate in by the winner. out of office Asiwaju Bola Ahmed There was protest over the the election. those he Captain Wada, one would think, Tinubu; Bello is not leaving any disqualification of these politicians There are unique dispositions perceived as being the immediate past governor of stone unturned to ensure that what to the national secretariat of the in Bello’s political prowess, one challengers the state would stand a better chance to happened to Ambode does not repeat party where some top echelon of the of which include his decision not win but that did not happen. itself in Kogi. He is been seen fighting APC national executives including to allow those he perceived as to nego- Melayi was appointed as campaign any attempt to scuttle his ambition to the national chairman, Mr Adams stumbling blocks to meet him on tiations, director after the primary, a position return to the Lugard House in Lokoja, Oshiomhole, were forced to converge the battleground. He ensured they he declined publicly. This may not be the Kogi State capital. These include at Lokoja. The vice president, are defeated even before the contest but where it unconnected to the fact that Melaye his ability to coerce his party, the Professor Yomi Osinbajo, was said start and it has been working for him failed, he opt felt cheated during the primary, and All Progressives Congress (APC) to to have been directed by President since his emergence as governor of the for the op- the fact that Wada is fresher in politics. adopt the open secret balloting at its Muhammadu Buhari to monitor the state. Information has it that Bello The former governor Ibrahim Idris, primary election as against the wish review of the screening process. usually engages those he perceived tion of going whose son was the first runner-up with of those opposed to him in the party, One of Audu’s sons, Mustapha as challengers to negotiations, but underground 38 votes lower than the winner, was who would preferred a direct primary. Audu, said his disqualification was where it failed, he opt for the option to ensure also aggrieved. Available information Secondly, he has been able to silence a “fraud” by the party authority in of going underground to ensure they shows that Ibro, the former governor as his perceived strong oppositions in connivance with some members, and are defeated before coming to the they are de- he is popularly called in the state vowed the party before its primary election that the Rivers State situation will contest ground. feated before to sponsor nobody in the election other by influencing their disqualification repeat itself in Kogi as he is set to Bello is from one of the minority than his son. This must have informed by the Senator Hope Uzodimma-led challenge the party’s decision in court. ethnic groups in the state, whom by coming to his decision to announce his retirement screening committee. “It will be the Rivers situation. virtue of their population, it is near the contest from active politics after the primary Those disqualified include the What happened in Rivers was that impossible to win the governorship ground and during preparation for campaigns. 58 Saturday, November 2, 2018 VILLA DIARY with Jonathan Nda-Isaiah

Osinbajo’s Enviable Knack For Working Without Ceasing

ice President game all together, even when he combat terrorism in the Sahel million monthly, in September the deputy Prime Minister Yemi Osinbajo must combine his duties as vice region. and October, based on the 20 of the Socialist Republic of is arguably the president with that of his boss. On Tuesday, the vice years repayment period, but Vietnam, H.E. Vuong Dihn Hue most hardworking On Monday, Osinbajo was president presided over the following the outcry by state who was in Nigeria on an official deputy since the in Lagos where he declared National Economic council governors, another repayment visit. Osinbajo and the deputy returnV of democracy in 1999. open the Police Conference. (NEC) meeting. The NEC schedule plan extending PM witnessed the signing and That depends on how one Later that same evening in meeting usually holds on every the year to thirty years and exchange of MOU on agreement may choose to assess him, but Abuja, he received a delegation last Thursday of the month monthly repayment of N162 on waiver of visa requirements workers and journalists can of members of the Egypt but surprisingly, with no million was presented to NEC for holders of Valid diplomatic attest to this fact. In most cases, Parliament ( explanation given, the meeting on Tuesday. and official passports by minister even when journalists are done House of Representatives), which lasted over four hours She regretted that despite of State of Foreign Affairs, with the day’s work on the beat led by its Honourable Speaker, was held on Tuesday for the the reduction in the monthly Ambassador Zubairu Dada and and have long gone home, the Dr Ali Abdel-Aal Sayed Hamad. month of October. payment and the extension minister of Foreign Affairs of VP will remain behind working The delegation also included After the meeting, the of time to 30 years, the state Vietnam, Mr NNguyen Minh Vu. till late in the night. the Egyptian Ambassador to minister of Finance, Budget governors were still not Later in the evening, the This week, while President Nigeria, Assem Hanafy Elseify. and National Planning, Zainab satisfied with the arrangement. VP hosted the Vietnamese Muhammadu Buhari had been Osinbajo told the delegation Ahmed, disclosed to State After the meeting on delegation to a dinner at the in Saudi Arabia for the Future that a concerted action by House correspondents that Tuesday, the vice president Banquet hall of the presidential Investment Summit, it was not countries around the world State governors had rejected presided over Niger Delta villa. On Thursday, he a national different for the vice president was crucial towards tackling the proposed plan by the federal Power Holding Company prayer breakfast organised by who had a very busy week as terrorism in the Sahel region, government to extend the (NDPHC) Management Board the National Assembly in Abuja. usual in the absence of his boss. as well as the challenges posed repayment period of its budget meeting. That same day, he Thereafter, Osinbajo attended And no doubt, Osinbajo’s by Boko Haram and ISWAP support to state government attended the Digging Deep the unveiling of a digital studio busy schedule will continue this terrorists in Africa. The VP, from twenty years to thirty programme in his church. No - atar communications - before way until his principal, Buhari, who welcomed the delegation years. matter how busy Osinbajo proceeding to Oyo State for the returns to the country from on behalf of President Buhari, She said based on the may be, he does not miss the 60th anniversary of western London where he is on vacation noted that Egypt and Nigeria extension, state governments’ Digging Deep programme television Ibadan. at the moment. It is not unusual have enjoyed very good monthly repayment will every Tuesday. On Friday the VP took off to to see public officers resting relations over the years. reduce from N252 million On Wednesday, the VP Lagos for the Art X, a premier on their oars at times like this Similarly, speaking on behalf monthly to N162 million presided over the federal west African art fair. Today, when they are saddled with the of the government of Egypt, monthly. According to her, executive council meeting the VP is also scheduled to be arduous task of holding forth Hamad said Egypt shared the federal government had which lasted over four hours at in Daura, Katsina State for for their bosses, but for VP the same view as Nigeria that made deductions for the first the presidential villa. On that the turbaning ceremony of Osinbajo it is a different ball concerted efforts was needed to and second months at N252 same day, Osinbajo received Danmadamin Daura.

FAMILY BEING Ignore Myths, Misconceptions, Family Planning Saves Life

BY MEDIA ADVOCACY centred on all the myths and because of the pill. control pills. use of contraceptive methods as WORKING GROUP untruths one of which is: You He however advised that they Information sourced from something that allows individuals can’t get pregnant if you are should focus on healthy lifestyle: the Mayo Clinic, a non-profit and couples to anticipate and Major factors, which hinder breastfeeding. Debora had eating well and exercising American Medical Centre, stated attain their desired number of women of reproductive age heard this from friends long regularly, which can help keep that sperm may enter vagina if children and the spacing and 15 to 49 years from accessing before she got married. Behold, the weight off. withdrawal is not properly timed timing of the births. family planning include myths seven months after delivery Other myths which hinder or if pre-ejaculation fluid contains According to Saidat Okaga, and misconceptions. Long before of her first baby and while still family planning uptake is the sperm. a family planning expert, if women that are interested in breastfeeding, she conceived withdrawal method, which In addition, there has been properly used family planning family planning start to access again, to her shock. She had relied is not effective in preventing conversations in communities, can prevent pregnancies that are services, they would have heard on the myth that you can’t get unplanned pregnancy and to the effect that women who use too early, too close, too late or a lot: a mixture of facts and pregnant if you are breastfeeding. the belief that long use of family planning are promiscuous, too many, all of which carry extra more of unverifiable claims and While is true that breastfeeding contraception can make it harder it is noteworthy that myths and hazards not only for the health of untruths about family planning can stop ovulation for a while, it to get pregnant when a client misconceptions are still very the woman but also for the child. It is not a surprise that such is not one of the guaranteed birth stops using the contraceptive common especially in developing Each year, it is estimated that played out in the life of Mrs control methods. method. countries including Nigeria where between 610,000 and 1.2 million Debora Ikem (not real name). Although, women worry It has also be said that a cultural factors and religious abortions are procured by women Debora, 22, got married at 16 about the weight gain as side client cannot get pregnant if it’s beliefs drive these trends in aged 15-44 years. Experts said and six years after, precisely effect of birth control. Andrea the first times she has sexual actions, behaviour and attitude that if all females who need by her 22 birthday, she and Fernandez, head of general intercourse. towards family planning. family planning had access, 44 her husband already have four obstetrics and gynaecology at According to experts while However, irrespective of per cent of all maternal deaths in children. Deeply concerned the Women Health Centre of there may be a permanent delay the untruths that pervade the Nigeria would be averted. about inadequate child spacing Excellence, Wake Forest School in the return of fertility, no environment as obstacle to Experts said the way to go she experienced, her mother in- of Medicine in Winston-Salem permanent harm will have been access family planning, medical is to ignore the myths and law engaged her with a view for in North Carolina, United done. Once ovulation resumes a experts said the benefits of family misconceptions, visit an her to access family planning States (US), said, “While every woman can become pregnant. planning abound. approved facility and engage with services. woman responds differently, Fernandez said about 50 per cent The World Health Organisation providers who will help clients What does she know about most women on standard birth of women will ovulate in their (WHO) defines family planning, with needed uptake of family family planning? Her response control pill will not gain weight first month after stopping birth which is achieved through the planning. Saturday, November 2, 2019 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA 59 COURTS & CRIMES FBI Investigation: Court Remands Head Of Fraud Court Jails Teenager 5 Years For Knifing Neighbour Syndicates In Prison An Upper Area Court sitting in grievous hurt and begged the want to indulge in such a celebrating with his football Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Friday, court for leniency. grievous criminal act of causing team after winning a match. BY OLUGBENGA SOYELE, Lagos sentenced an 18-year-old man, Suleiman, however, gave the hurt. He said that the complainant Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of Adamu Saidu, to five years in convict an option to pay a fine Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, incurred a hospital bill N9,300. the Federal High Court in Lagos prison for stabbing a man who of N100,000. He also ordered Ibrahim Gokwat told the court The offence, he said, yesterday remanded an alleged head was celebrating with his football the convict to pay N5,000 to the that the case was reported on contravenes the provisions of fraud Syndicate named by the team after winning a match. complainant, Gali Khali. Oct. 11, at the Laranto Police of sections 58 and 215 and United State’s Federal Investigation The Judge, Mr. Lawal Suleiman said that the Station by Khali. punishable under sections 59 Bureau (FBI), in prison. Suleiman, sentenced Saidu after judgment would serve as a Gokwat said the convict and 215 of Plateau State code Justice Aneke ordered that he pleaded guilty to causing deterrent to those who would stabbed the complainant while law. Sarumi, who is an auto dealer, be kept behind bars after he was arraigned before him by the Woman In Court For Allegedly Stabbing Husband To Death Economic and Financial Crimes A 37-year-old trader, Christiana that she should be remanded Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. kitchen knife in his chest, killing Commission (EFCC) over an alleged Odo, was on Friday charged with at Ikoyi Prisons pending advice Oladele Adebayo, told the court him instantly. N207.1 million fraud. stabbing her husband, Romanus, from the State Director of Public that the offence was committed “The deceased had come Babafemi Sarumi alleged to be 48, to death at an Ebute Meta Prosecutions (DPP). on Dec. 25, 2016 at about 4.00 home in a drunken state and one of the wanted fraudsters was Chief Magistrate’s’ Court, Lagos. The accused, a resident of No. p.m. at the residence of the had a heated argument with the today, arraigned before a Federal High Court, Lagos, Magistrate A.O. Ajibade, 2, London Barber St., Majidun in accused. accused, who angrily picked up a Sarumi was docked alongside however, did not take the plea Ikorodu, Lagos State, is facing a He alleged that the accused kitchen knife and stabbed him in his three companies; 606 Autos of the accused and ordered charge of murder. had stabbed her husband with a the chest,” he said. Limited, 606 Music Limited and Splash Off Entertainment Limited on a five count-charge of transferring the said sums which were obtained under false pretence, to his principals. In the charge marked FHC/ L/374c/19, defendants were said to have between 2013 and 2018 transferred the sum of N37.6 million to one Omojadesola Shittu Allison. Kaduna Police Arrest Notorious Kidnapper, Rescue 8 Victims Kaduna State Police Command says it has arrested a notorious kidnapper and rescued eight kidnap victims in Kaduna. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo made the disclosure in a press statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. Sabo said a combined team of police operatives from Rigasa, Nariya division and personnel of the command’s Operations department carried out the operation on Oct. 29 at about 8:30 p.m. He said that the team, ”on a reliable tip off, swung into action and succeeded in arresting suspected notorious kidnapper, one Mustapha Ibrahim of Daura Road, Rigasa, Kaduna red handed Theatre Commander, ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’, Major General Olusegun Adeniyi (2nd left) during the inauguration of a Special Court-martial set with a kidnapped victim.” up to prosecute 20 officers and soldiers over various crimes in the war against Boko Haram insurgency, in Borno yesterday. PHOTO BY FRANCIS Sabo said that the suspect was OKOYE . on his way to deliver the victim, Abubakar Aminu, a 13-year-old boy of Maraban Rido, Chukun LGA, Kaduna State to his gang members when he was nabbed. EFCC Docks Banker, BDC Staff Over N11.3m Fraud In Kano He explained that the suspect The Kano Zonal command defendants, Ademola of the High Court of In view of their plea, sureties that must have subsequently led the operatives to of Economic and Financial Aderibigbe, an employee Kano State did conspire prosecuting counsel Salihu landed property within rescue two other victims, Ismaila Crimes Commission in his Bureau de Change, between yourselves to Sani asked the court for a the jurisdiction of the Hussaini and Hussaini Umar, both (EFCC) has arraigned a connived with Jude commit an illegal act to date for hearing. court, which must have residing at Ado-Gwaram area of banker, Jude Ameh and Ameh, the account wit: theft and thereby Counsel to the Certificate of Occupancy.. Rigasa Kaduna. Ademola Aderibigbe officer of his company at committed an offence defendants, U.U Eteng The Judge adjourned “The suspect is helping police before Justice Farouk FCMB, to defraud him of contrary to Section 96 of prayed the court to hear hearing to February investigation, the Command is Lawan of the Kano State N11,360,000. the Penal Code Law and their bail application. 11 and 12, 2020 while currently on the trail of other gang High Court on a 19-count Count one of the charge Punishable under Section Justice Farouk Lawan the defendants are to members for possible arrest and charge bordering on theft read ” That you Jude Ameh 97 of the same Law. granted the defendants be remanded in EFCC prosecution,” the Police chief said. and forgery. and Ademola Aderibigbe The defendants pleaded bail in the sum of Five custody pending the He added that the Command, The complainant had sometime in 2017 at Kano not guilty to all the Hundred Thousandfulfilment of their bail in continuation of its current alleged that one of the within the Jurisdiction charges against them. Naira each with reliable conditions. 60 COURTS AND CRIMES Saturday,November 2, 2019 Court Remands Trader Over Defilement Of 3 Minors legal advice. A Chief Magistrates’ Jibril adjourned the case Court in Kano on Friday until Nov. 21, for further ordered that a 40-year-old mention. trader, Isyaku Abubakar Earlier, the Prosecutor, , who allegedly defiled Insp. Pogu Lale, told three girls, be remanded the court that the in a correctional facility, complainants, Gambo pending legal advice. Abubakar, Muhammad The police chargedAbdullahi, and Abdullahi Abubakar, who lives at Nuhu, all of Dorayi Karama Ja’en Quarters, Kano, with Quarters, Kano, reported alleged defilement, contrary the case at the Dorayi Babba to the provisions of Section Police Division, Kano, on 283 of the Penal Code. Oct. 10. The Chief Magistrate, He alleged that Mr Muhammad Jibril, who Abubakar, deceived and did not take the plea of lured the complainants’ Abubakar, on grounds of three daughters, aged lack of jurisdiction, ordered between eight and 10, into the police to return the case a shop, situated at Dorayi to the Kano State Director Karama Quarters, Kano, Mrs Opara assiting the IGP, Mohammed Adamu, in decorating DIG Alex Opara with his new rank during the decoration of Public Prosecutions for and defiled them. ceremony at Louis Edet House, Force Headquarters, Abuja, yesterday. PHOTO IBRAHIM MOHAMMED Female Applicant In Court Over Minna Court Remands Teenager Over Theft Of Car, Phones An applicant, Deborah Inoma, valued at N2 Nwachukwu, 23, who million and two Samsung allegedly stole a car and phones worth N600,000. Armed Robbery phones worth N2.6million, He alleged that on Friday appeared in an Nwachukwu entered A Magistrates’ Court Magistrate Binta Rijau, She adjourned the matter person and two others, Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ the complainant’s house in Minna has ordered however, declined to take until Nov. 26 for further now at large, allegedly Court. and stole the items and that 18-year-old Umar the plea of the accused mention. attacked the complainant Nwachukwu, whose conducted herself in a Mohammed be remanded person on grounds that her Earlier, the Police and robbed him of his address was not provided manner likely to cause in a correctional facility over court lacked jurisdiction to Prosecutor, Insp. Thomas Techno phone in Tunga in court, was charged with breach of peace by alleged armed robbery. hear the matter. Peter, had told the court Goro community. stealing and breach of unlawfully locking up the Mohammed was charged Rijau directed the police that the complainant, According to him, police peace, to which she pleaded complainant in his room. with criminal conspiracy to forward duplicate copy Michael Usman of Shango detectives swung into action not guilty. The offence, he said, and armed robbery of the case file to the area, Minna, reported the and arrested the accused The prosecutor, ASP contravened the provisions contrary to Sections 97 and State Director of Public matter on Oct. 10. person while in possession Benson Emuerhi, told the of sections 287 and 168 of 298 of the Penal Code. Prosecution for legal advice. Peter said the accused of the said handset. court that Nwachukwu the Criminal Law of Lagos committed the offence on State, 2015. Oct. 20, at 1 p.m. at No. 9, The Chief Magistrate, Man, 23, Gets N40,000 Bail Over Burglary Abiola Crescent off Toyin Mrs Olufunke Sule-Amzat, An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ must be a civil servant of said that the defendant Church, Illoro Street, Efon St., Ikeja. admitted the defendant to Court on Friday granted not less than GL 05 and GL and others, still at large, Alaye, Ekiti. Emuerhi alleged that bail in the sum of N250,000 N40,000 bail to 23-year-old 06. conspired and broke into Leramo noted that the the defendant stole the with two sureties in like car belonging to the sum and adjourned the case Bisi Oyerinde, over alleged The defendant, whose the house of one Miss defendant thereafter on July complainant, Mr Patrick until Dec. 5. burglary and stealing of address was not provided, Theresa Taiwo, and stole a 20, fraudulently demanded mobile phones, valued at pleaded not guilty to a four- Tecno Cammon 2 and an N16,000 from the N59,000. count charge of conspiracy, Itel phones, both valued at complainant in exchange for Court Arraigns 2 Women Over The Chief Magistrate, burglary, stealing and N59,000. the stolen phones through Mr Adullahmid Lawal, who fraudulently demanding He said the defendant Wema Bank Account No. N30m Gold, Jewellery gave the ruling, said that the money. committed the offences 0233041825, with name Two women, Rassine the defendants obtained defendant must provide a Earlier, the Prosecutor, on July 19, at 1. 34 p.m. at Olabanji Taiwo, before he Bassey, 28, and Rofiyat gold, jewellery and watch responsible surety who Insp. Caleb Leramo, Corpers’ Lodge, Catholic was traced and arrested. Shola, 42, on Friday worth N30 million from appeared before an Ikeja one Mr Mubarak Awopeju Court Orders Detention Of Teacher, 52, Over Daughter’s Defilement Chief Magistrates’ Court on the pretext of paying An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ centre, pending legal advice. Public Prosecutions for legal the offence between 2018 and for allegedly obtaining back after the sales of the Court on Friday ordered that Chief Magistrate, Mr advice. Lawal adjourned the October 2019. gold, jewellery and watch goods which they never a 52-year-old teacher, Davies Abdullamid Lawal, who did not case until Nov. 11, for mention. Leramo alleged that the worth N30 million from a did. Noel, who allegedly defiled take the plea of Noel, ordered Earlier, the Prosecutor, girl confided in an outsider man under false pretenses. Emuerhi said that the his 12-year-old daughter, be the police to duplicate the case Insp. Caleb Leramo, told the at school, and narrated the The defendants, whose defendants committed the remanded in a correctional file to the Ekiti Directorate of court that Noel committed incident to the confidant, who house addresses were not offences with some persons provided, are standing trial still at large on May 21 at on a three-count charge of No. 8 Adekoya St., Victoria conspiracy, false pretence Island, Lagos. and stealing to which they “The duo swindled the pleaded not guilty. complainant as they failed The Prosecutor, ASP to pay the money nor return Benson Emuerhi, said that the goods,’’ he said. Court Grants 2 Teenager In Court For Refusing To Pay For 31 Bottles Of Wine Employees Of 7Up A 19-year-old man, Stanley Law of Lagos State, 2015. Paul, who allegedly consumed The Prosecutor, Insp. Simon Bail Over 454 Alleged 31 bottles of ”Andre Wine” Uche, told the court that the Stealing with friends in a Lagos Hotel defendant in company of his and refused to pay, on Friday friends, now at large committed appeared in a Magistrates’ the offence on Oct. 13. Court in Ojo, Lagos. He alleged that the The police charged Paul with defendant and his friends three counts of conspiracy, drank 31 bottles of wine at the breach of the peace and theft, Regional Hotel Bar, located in punishable under the Criminal the Ojo Magisterial district. Saturday, November 2, 2019 CRIME FEATURE 61 Unravelling A Money Laundering Honcho

BY TONY EGBULEFU

He is a Lebanese, resident in Lagos and steeped in money. From his $1.3m residence in Eko Atlantic Pearl Tower to his high-end automobiles, Hamza Koudeih oozes money-all of which he made doing nothing in the country but money laundering- which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says he has done to the tune of $19m Those who have followed the unravelling of a Lebanese man, Hamza Koudeih by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), would readily agree that it is misleading to judge a book by its cover. He is unassuming, comes off innocuous, and given to sedentary lifestyle. In the swank 33-flight Eko Atlantic Pearl Tower, where he nestles with his young wife, he chose the fourth floor. This is to earn him some distance, even from his equally upscale neighbours. Within the vicinity of this Victoria Mompha Koudeih Island, Lagos high-end real estate, Koudeih ensures that no more than tracking and surveillance which the EFCC, said. stakeholders at the Lagos Zonal a moderate whiff of wealth and Bank Verification Number (BVN), Inside the apartment, the décor, Office of the Commission on affluence trail his path. This is to introduced by the Central Bank of furniture and fittings speak of Thursday, October 31, 2019, belie his ill-gotten wealth and the Nigerian in February, 2014 provides. Koudeih’s high taste that would he said,“The recent arrests of a fact that he dwells in $1.3m worth Koudeih was not an easy picking leave any Arabian prince green with social media celebrity, Ismaila of residence. for the EFCC. Armed with precision envy. But puzzling is the hideaway Mustapha, popularly known To a few who know him, he is no Intel, additionally gathered by the between the ceiling and the deck in as Mompha, and his Lebanese more than a boardroom technocrat, EFCC, its operatives tracked him to his bedroom. It provides no comfy, collaborator, Hamza Koudeih, who pulls the stops in THK Services his lair in Eko Atlantic Pearl Tower just enough to host and shield for their alleged involvement in Limited and CHK properties Limited. and placed the piece of the real estate, anyone while a search lasts. internet-related fraud and money But the Koudeih whom many more where he has his apartment on a The wife who was persuaded that laundering remain a landmark do not know is a façade. lockdown. her husband was safe and without achievement of the EFCC. He amassed obscene wealth, doing Koudeih’s world of crime is heavily traces above the ceiling told the “I make bold to tell you that nothing over the years in Nigeria reinforced with a string of top-notch prying EFCC operatives that the these arrests have further barring crimes and criminalities, security architecture that inures and man they seek has escaped through confirmed our commitment to having fashioned a trans-Atlantic shields him. the window. It was a tale that the anti-graft war, while also money laundering network. Within Aside surveillance cameras and didn’t stick-escaping through the sending a red alert to potential the local scene, he has high net worth closed-circuit television (CCTV), window from that height with bare internet fraudsters. allies that includes social media that capture anyone that comes hands is stuff only for the fairytale “I am sure you will be greatly celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha popularly within range, his apartment is Spiderman. The EFCC operatives shocked to know that five known as (Mompha), whom the secured three times over with a triple were, therefore certain that Koudeih wristwatches valued at over Commission picked up on Friday, 18 reinforced fire-proof door, designed was available and within reach, but N60m were recovered from the October, 2019 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe to withstand violent breaches, puzzled by the fact that he was suspected internet fraudster, International Airport, Abuja, while including bullet shots. nowhere to be found, even with Mompha, at the point of arrest. he was on his way to Dubai, United Apparently convinced that the the entire apartment having been “Investigation has also Arab Emirate. Mompha’s arrest laid EFCC was on wild goose chase for turned inside-out, exposing a cache revealed that he operates 51 bank the path to that of Koudeih. him, Koudeih and his wife refused to of voodoo objects, that was carefully accounts in Nigeria with which Investigations by the EFCC yield to all appeals by the operatives tucked away. he acquired properties in Dubai established that while Mompha, to open their maximum security door A slight misalignment in the well and had laundered about N14bn who camouflages as a bureau de and let them in, so also the additional manicured ceiling in the bedroom through a firm known as Ismalob change operator has used his firm- entreaties that later came from the was the lead that unraveled the Global Investments Limited. His Ismalob Global Investments Limited- tower’s chief security officer. Lebanese. “We saw from the ceiling, accomplice, Koudeih, also has to launder about N14bn, Koudeih The pin drop silence that greeted how he climbed and followed it and two firms namely: THK Services through his THK Services Limited the appeals of EFCC operatives was a helped him down. He had time to Limited and CHK properties and CHK properties Limited has dummy to mask their presence inside breach the ceiling and climbed Limited with which he has laundered about N19bn. Evidently, the apartment, but way down to the because of the some much time allegedly laundered about N19bn. the two are kingpins in a criminal web ground, Koudeih’s high-end cars, we spent trying to get into his Magu emphasized the fact of cyber criminals who through the parked in his garage were enough apartment. His apartment has that the Commission, prior to three firms, laundered a jaw-dropping to tell the operatives that he was in. cameras and CCT, so he saw us and the arrests of both Mompha and N33bn. The lack of cooperation from the knew we were from the EFCC,” head Koudeih, had independently Before the ring was busted, both Lebanese as well as that from the Cyber crime, EFCC, said. launched intensive investigative men had featured on EFCC and owners and administrators of Eko Taken away were his laptop actions against the Internet United States’ Federal Bureau of Atlantic Pearl Tower left the EFCC computer and telephone handset, fraudsters, popularly known as Investigation (FBI) radar as a high with two options-beat a retreat which currently undergoing Yahoo Yahoo Boys, culminating valued targets in Organised Cyber or muscle through. It settled for forensic check up in the anti- in various strategic raids on their Syndicate Network (OCSN) and the latter, reinforcing with men corruption agency. More good hideouts. particularly as honchos in a trans- and breaching tools against the news is that his ring of trans- He further stated that the We saw national network of cyber criminals. armoured door. national cyber crime network had Commission had embarked These according to head, EFCC Cyber The operatives relentlesslybeen busted and he will have his on the raids even before the from the crime Unit (name withheld) were deployed the tools against the door, day in court. recently concluded collaborative ceiling, how established by Intel, gathered by expending more than three gruelling Reacting to arrest, the Acting operation with the Federal he climbed the EFCC and the FBI in their recent hours before they overcame. Chairman of the Commission, Bureau of Investigation, FBI, joint operation, tagged, “Operation “It was very difficult to gain entry. Ibrahim Magu, said Koudeih and tagged Operation Rewired- an and fol- Rewired.” It was almost like a standoff. We Mompha’s arrests are landmark international operation targeted lowed it and Worrisome is that Mompha had to send for reinforcement of achievements for the EFCC in its at the Business Email Compromise, helped him was able to successfully operate 51 officers and breaching tools from the fight against cyber crimes and a BEC, suspects across the world. fraudulent bank accounts, through office. We had to breach the triple “red alert to potential fraudsters. Egbulefu works with the down which the monies were laundered reinforced fire-proof door before Speaking in an interactive Economic and Financial Crimes even with the enhanced account we could get in,” head Cyber crime, session with anti-corruption Commission (EFCC). 62 HUMAN ANGLE Saturday, November 2, 2019 PMB Urges Nigerians To Patronise Locally Made Products BY OLUSHOLA BELLO AND FEMI SHOLOLA, where our New Nigeria will be realised. Lagos “That is why I have constantly emphasised that we must be a Nation where we grow what we eat President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday called and consume what we produce. on Nigerians to continue patronising locally “This has wonderfully led to a massive made products and services to grow the nation’s nationwide agricultural re-awakening, which economy. without a doubt remains our most viable option He made this call at the Lagos International for economic diversification as a government and Trade Fair organised by Lagos Chamber of nation. ” Commerce and Industry (LCCI), which will run The President said the focus of the government till November 10, 2019 in Lagos. to diversify the economy using the private sector, Thousands of visitors and hundreds of both as an arrowhead was ongoing through various local and foreign exhibitors are expected to efforts such as enhancing the Export Expansion participate in the 33rd edition of the fair, which Grant initiative. has the theme: “Connecting Businesses, Creating He said the task to transform Nigeria into an L-R: Chairman of the occasion, Dr Rafiu Oladipio; acting chairman, Cross River State Cocoa Board, Value.” industrial giant could not be achieved without the Dr Oscar Ofuka and Publisher, Elation Magazine, chief Dalintine Momo during the 10 years The President, represented by the Minister needed collaboration with the private sector to Anniversary Celebration of Elation Communication Ltd and Award Ceremony held in Abuja, of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, ensure an inclusive and sustainable path toward recently. Mrs Mariam Katagum, said: “I want to use this growth, job creation and economic development. opportunity to reiterate my call for Nigerians to Buhari said that the federal government was patronise Made-in-Nigeria products and services. committed to its mandate of providing assistance “We must accept our new reality of promoting that would guarantee the growth of Micro, Small locally-made products, as it is evident that this is and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Staff Screening: Wada, An Enemy Of Kogi People – APC BY SAM EGWU, Lokoja He said, “The statement by the PDP Governorship Candidate to reverse the gains The APC governorship Campaign Council in of the administration against the corrupt Kogi State has said a statement attributed to machinations in the civil service has further the governorship candidate of the People’s confirmed our fear that Wada is the Candidate Democratic Party (PDP), Engr Musa Wada to the of the House of Corruption and brigandage. effect that he will reverse the Staff Verification “For over 12 years, the People’s Democratic Exercise has further exposed him as a “sponsored Party oversaw a payroll that was laced with renegade against the anti-corruption system in ghost names and unintended beneficiaries. the public service”. Their cabal went away with over 4 billion Naira Speaking with journalists in Lokoja at the fund for pensions and gratuities. The era of PDP L-R: Outgoing Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Zubairu Muazu and Chairman, Police weekend , spokesman of the Campaign, Kingsley was characterized with unprecedented fraud in Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Lagos State Command, Apostle Kehinde Showemimo Fanwo said Wada was on a “macabre dance on during the 2019 Biennial Lagos State PCRC week and Conference, Award presentation/Fundraising the civil service, inefficiency and a disorientated dinner in honour of CP Zubairu Muazu held in Lagos, yesterday. PHOTO BY KOLAWOLE ALIU. the grave of confusion”, even as he accused workforce. That was the reason they left without the PDP candidate of trying to return the paying civil servants and pensioners. That was civil service to “the era of stinking corruption, why they were paying 10% salaries to Local aggravated indiscipline and gross inefficiency”. Government workers. Glo Reclaims Position As Nigeria’s 2nd Largest Telecom Operator BY SOLOMON NDA-ISAIAH, Abuja to the number three seat in the industry. The NCC report indicated that only Globacom Telecommunications giant, Globacom, has and Airtel added new subscribers to their reclaimed its position as the second largest networks, as MTN and 9mobile lost active telecommunications operator with N2 million subscriptions for the month in review. new subscribers added to the network in MTN lost 379,795 subscribers in the month September, 2019. under review, bringing its total subscriptions According to latest statistics released by the down to 65,328,104 from the 65,707,899 it Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recorded in August. It however remains the for September 2019, Globacom set a new network with the highest subscriber base in record in the industry, gaining 1,945,846 new Nigeria. subscribers to arrive at a base of 49,211,474 It was an unexciting outing for 9mobile, which from 47,265,628 in August. lost 268,159 subscribers in September, thereby Airtel, which had occupied the second The best graduating student in Public and International law, Sen Osita Izunaso (middle), the chairman, Governing Borad of falling from 15,602,255 in August to 15,334,096 NAFDAC, Dr. Inuwa Abdullkadir (right) and his graduating Son, Inuwa Abdulkadir (left) during their graduation ceremony at position for a short spell, now has a subscriber in September. NILE University, Abuja recently. PHOTO BY OLU AREMO. base of 48,909,678 at the end of September, NCC said the number of active mobile users having added 987,787 new customers to the in the country increased marginally from 176.6 47.921.891 it had in August. This pushed Airtel million in August to 178.9 million in September. 14 Companies Bid For OML 119 Redevelopment Financing BY FESTUS OKOROMADU, ABUJA government’s aspirations of boosting crude oil and gas production, growing reserves, and monetizing The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation the nation’s enormous gas resources. (NNPC), yesterday conducted a public opening The GMD who was represented by the Chief of bids from 14 companies for the financing and Operating Officer, Corporate Services, Engr. redevelopment of Oil Mining Lease (OML) 119. Faruk Sa’id, stated that the selection process for The exercise was carried out in furtherance of the potential FTSE was transparent and in strict the transparency agenda of the Group Managing compliance with extant laws and overriding Director of the corporation, Mallam Mele Kyari. national interest, adding that it was also in OML 119 is operated by the upstream tandem with the Economic Recovery and Growth subsidiary of the corporation, the Nigerian Plan (ERGP) and the TAPE agenda of the NNPC. Petroleum Development Company Limited In his remarks, the Group General Manager, (NPDC). Supply Chain Management, Mr. Abdulhamid Speaking at the public opening of bids for the Aliyu, assured the companies that the selection Funding and Technical Services Entity (FTSE) process would remain transparent and fair. which held on Friday in Abuja, the GMD said OML 119 is a twin offshore block made up of OML 119 was one of the corporation’s critical L-R: Her Royalty, Dame Nkechi Anyaeji; the couples, Mr Ekene & Mrs Imelikachi, and His Royalty, Okono and Okpoho Fields located approximately Engr Otis Anyaeji, Obi of Ubahu - Okija, Anambra State, during their wedding ceremony held projects which aligns wholly with the Federal 50 kilometers offshore south-eastern Niger Delta. at Assemblies of God Church, Wuse, Abuja recently. Saturday, November 2, 2019 NEWS ACROSS THE STATES 63 Steel Firm To Deepen Investment In Oil And Gas BY CHIKA IZUORA, Lagos

PACEGATE Limited, subsidiary of Hana Group and Manufacturer of steel drums is celebrating one year of pioneering Africa’s largest fully automated steel drum factory in Nigeria. The company is the first and only UN certified steel drum factory in Nigeria, Niger State Governor and is considering to deepen Abubakar Sani Bello local content especially in the (R), in a handshake with downstream sector of the oil Russian Ambassador industry. to Nigeria, Alexey The UN approved packaging Shebarshin, during a guarantees that the drums have visit to him in Abuja, been built, tested and certified yesterday. to carry precious liquid or solid which can be either hazardous or non-hazardous. The certification also confirms that Alleged N3.3bn Fraud: EFCC Accuse Fayose Of Influencing Witness the drums are environmentally BY OLUGBEGA SOYELE, Lagos Fayose of going behind to van driver with Zenith Bank, He accused Fayose of They had argued that the friendly and with no leakages. threaten and influence one of Ado-Ekiti branch, alleging the attempting to pervert the prosecution did not have the PACEGATE’s automated, Justice Nicholas Oweibo will, the prosecution witnesses to witness turned around in his course of justice, saying the liberty to change a witness state-of-the-art steel drum on November 28, 2019, decide change his testimony. testimony to give a different defendant would have been just because such a witness factory can produce 5,000 whether or not to allow the evidence from what he wrote facing another charge if not for failed to give evidence steel drums per day and each Economic and Financial Crimes Jacobs, therefore, told the in his statement at the EFCC his intervention. favourable to them. steel drum has a capacity of Commission (EFCC) to replace court that the prosecution had office during investigation as a But Fayose’s lawyers, Jacobs, however, 210 litres. one of its witnesses, allegedly decided to use another witness result of the alleged threat and Ola Olanipekun (SAN) and maintained that the The company produces compromised by the former in place of the one allegedly compromise. Olalekan Ojo (SAN), had proceedings before Justice various types of steel drums Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele compromised by Fayose. “It is only in our country earlier opposed the attempt Olatoregun were no longer - open top and the closed top Fayose. The counsel claimed the that this type of thing happens; to replace Aladegbola with relevant as the matter had drums, used by operators in the Oweibo fixed the date for defendant went behind to the witness before Olatoregun Johnson Abidakun, the head of started afresh when the downstream oil sector assuring ruling after the counsel to the meet and threaten the witness, was compromised by this operations, Zenith Bank, Ado- case was transferred to quality delivery of products. EFCC, Rotimi Jacobs, accused Adewale Aladegbola, a bullion defendant,” Jacob said. Ekiti branch. Justice Aneke. The closed top drums are closed on the top while the open-top drums are open to Kaduna Renews Onslaught Against Drug Abuse allow access from the top for Kaduna State government (DFAM), saying the present senatorial zones in the state across the Northern part of drugs with 13.6 per cent ease of application. The closed has restated its commitment state administration under to rehabilitate victims of drug Nigeria. according to the agency’s 2018 top steel drum is typically used to purge the state of drug the leadership of Governor abuse in order to keep them Earlier in his paper figures, with youths of between for storing low viscosity fluids and substance abuse through Nasiru El-Rufai had resolved away permanently from drug presentation, the director- the age’s 15 to 45 years topping while open top drums are synergy with relevant to curb the menace of drug abuse. general of National Drug Law the list convenient for storing solids, stakeholders. abuse which was responsible In his speech, the convener of Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Earlier, Wife of Kaduna State powder and highly viscous This was made known for high rate of crime in north DFAM, Ibrahim Yusuf said the represented by Barr. Shadrach governor, Hajiya Asiya El-Rufai fluids. by the deputy governor of west geopolitical zone of the organization was formed out of Haruna said the north west highlighted some negative The Managing Director Kaduna State, Hajiya Hadiza country. genuine passion to rid the north geopolitical zone had the highest effects of drug abuse to include (MD), Pacegate Limited, Mr. Balarabe at the all stakeholders She added that Kaduna State of the menace of drug abuse number of drug and substance reduction in quality of life Umesh Amarnani, said: “At the summit on fight against government had earmarked which had become a widespread abuse. of an individual, reduction moment, most Independent drug abuse organized by funds to build rehabilitation endemic responsible for the He said the region had over of the mental and physical lubricant blenders are using Drug Free Arewa Movement centers across the three current security challenges three million users of outlawed capabilities of an individual. plastic drums, however the global industry standard in the oil and gas sector is steel FERMA Laments Poor Funding, Seeks Alternative drums. This is because steel drums are more superior BY ABAH ADAH, Abuja despite being responsible for maintain the 30,000 km federal to revamp federal roads in Nigeria experienced professional road to plastic drums. They the maintenance of the over 30, roads, which it does through over a period of 10 years. FERMA engineers and managers in perform very well in extreme The managing director of the 000km federal roads across the several routine, preventive and has however never received more Nigeria. temperature, humidity, and Federal Road Maintenance country. corrective activities. Funding than 25 per cent of this sum since In his speech, the minister of pressure variations while Agency (FERMA), Engr. He said national road network for her operations has been its inception,” he said. Works and Housing, Babatunde maintaining their structural Nurudeen Rafindadi has was about 200,000km in lane predominantly through Fiscal He further said the agency shall Fashola, represented by the integrity irrespective of heat lamented the agency’s paucity kilometres with about 35,000km Appropriation Acts of the Federal embrace the option of benefitting director, Highways in the and flame, without any leakage of funds to carryout its federal gazetted as federal roads while Government. from innovative alternative ministry, Engr Oguntominiyi, or spillage. When paired with assignments. state governments are responsible “A study conducted by the funding for her operations going recommended road reform, a proper fire-suppression Speaking during agency’s end- for another 32,000 km, with the Road Development Sector Team forward, adding FERMA had increased funding and system, retrieving-style steel of-year/stakeholders programme remaining 134,000km in the (RSDT) and FERMA in 2007 begun a gentle migration of its attitudinal change on the part drums provide optimum in Abuja, he pointed out the purview of local governments. indicated that NGN120billion activities onto force account of commuters as conditions to protection even in a high- agency has never gotten up to 25 “FERMA is charged with the (at an exchange rate of $1 to (direct labour) services, seeing be met to better the condition temperature fire.” per cent to finance its mandates responsibility to monitor and NGN135) is required every year that the agency also has well of Nigerian roads. Soludo Calls For Adequate Health Facilities BY ORJIME MOSES, Abuja forum with the theme: “The United Nations Sustainable and not just government Soludo called on Nigerians coverage globally is availability Nigerian healthcare situation: Development Goals in 2030, response. NGOs, civil society to join him in commending the of a social health insurance Former Central Bank of Nigeria the way forward” in Abuja, where all countries are going to organizations should go management of LAPO for their scheme. (CBN) governor and member of saying citizens would not travel ensure health life and promote beyond advocacy and become contributions to citizens in all He said that the scheme the Economic Advisory Council abroad for health services if the well being for all. champion of transparency and aspects of their lives. should be made compulsory (EAC), Prof. Charles Chukwuma facilities in the health care are He further pointed out that accountability in the health In his paper presentation for all citizens in the country, Soludo has called on federal, available. public sector intervention is care expenditures, they should at the occasion, a Prof. of so arrangements can be put state and local governments to According to him, very important for deliberate organise to become the value for Public Health and Community in place to capture the poor provide adequate medical and government should initiate smart technology and money editors in the health care Medicine, Prof. Omokhoa citizens who may not afford health facilities for the citizens. sustainable reforms on health accessibility. delivery as part of their citizens Adeleye said the only thing that standard health care services He made the call during the to avoid missing the target of “It is a collective response duties,” he said. drive health services and wide ordinarily. 26 annual LAPO development 64 FOREIGN FEATURE Saturday, November 2, 2019 The Top-Earning Dead Celebrities Of 2019

ou can’t stop Harrison has benefited from Deceased: August 5, 1962 launched by MolsonCoors the music, even Beatles’ reissues—as well Cause of death: Overdose this year. when its creator as the Fab Four’s Cirque du One of the most popular has shuffled off Soleil show in Las Vegas— dearly departed stars when 3 CHARLES SCHULZ: this mortal coil. vaulting him back into our it comes to licensing, Mon- $38 million That’sY evident in the make- rankings for the first time roe has added a Zales collec- Deceased: February 12, up of our Halloween-spooky since 2011. tion to deals with the likes of 2000 ranking of highest-paid dead Chanel and Montblanc. Cause of death: Cancer celebrities, where nine musi- 12 WHITNEY HOUS- Snoopy’s creator continues cians grace the list of 13, up TON: $9.5 million 7 JOHN LENNON: $14 to cash in around his Peanuts from just six a year ago. Deceased: February 11, million franchise’s 70th anniversa- Even as physical sales con- 2012 Deceased: December 8, ry. A licensing deal with Met tinue their long decline, Cause of death: Drown- 1980 Life, expiring this year, also those nine acts—includ- ing Cause of death: Homicide adds double-digit millions to ing Michael Jackson, Whit- The $7 million sale this The 50th anniversary of his eternal coffers. ney Houston and Nipsey May of half her estate, along Abbey Road has boosted the Hussle—generated 15.2 bil- with the success of the Kygo Beatles across streaming and 2 ELVIS PRESLEY: $39 lion streaming spins over remix of her “Higher Love” digital—moving 2.2 million million the past year in the U.S., cover—which has already U.S. album-equivalents over Deceased: August 16, up 38.5% from the prior 12 clocked over 175 million Spo- the past year, more than any 1977 months. That sort of con- tify spins—paved the way for defunct act—with Lennon’s Cause of death: Heart At- sumption offers the depart- Houston’s debut on our list. own catalogue leaping 52%. tack ed a second career from be- For decades, 500,000-plus yond the grave. 11 XXXTENTACION: 6 DR. SEUSS: $19 mil- visitors have made the pil- “In the physical world, it $10 million lion grimage to Graceland annu- would die down to the point Deceased: June 18, 2018 Deceased: September 24, ally, prompting a recent $45 where that stuff just wasn't Cause of death: Homicide 1991 million addition called El- carried anymore,” says Da- Even after a 27% drop in Cause of death: Cancer vis Presley’s Memphis. Up vid Bakula, Nielsen’s Senior year-over-year consump- Oh, the places he still goes! next: a biopic directed by VP of Insight and Analyt- tion, the polarizing South Licensing deals with Hall- Baz Luhrmann, starring Tom ics. “That barrier's been re- Florida rapper remains the mark, Universal Studios and Hanks. moved, and it's just simply as most-streamed dead celeb- others add to publishing em- long as you're still thinking rity in the U.S. with 5.6 bil- pire that moved more than 5 1 MICHAEL JACKSON: about that artist, you're still lion spins. million books stateside over $60 million going to go in and play it with the past 12 months. Deceased: June 25, 2009 really no friction at all.” 10 NIPSEY HUSSLE: $11 Cause of death: Overdose/ Earnings for the 13 dead million 5 BOB MARLEY: $20 mil- Homicide celebrities are essentially Deceased: March 31, lion The King of Pop’s stream- flat compared with last year 2019 Deceased: May 11, 1981 ing surged despite recent That bar- if you remove Michael Jack- Cause of death: Homicide Cause of death: Cancer controversy: 2.1 billion son’s windfall of almost $300 Business savvy is eternal: With nearly 1 billion U.S. spins, up from 1.8 bil- rier's been million from the sale of his Nipsey’s prescient focus on streaming spins in the U.S., lion a year ago. With pro- removed, EMI publishing stake. That retaining the rights to his the ubiquity of Marley’s mu- ceeds flowing from his Mi- sale boosted the total earn- music monetized his 1.85 sic keeps his House of Marley jac Music catalog, a Las and it's ings to $628 million last year, billion streams, third-most of products—including head- Vegas show and a long- just simply compared with $285 million any act on our list, at a great- phones, speakers and turn- term deal with Sony, he re- as long as in 2019, with the dips of non- er rate than most artists dead tables—from going up in tains his postmortem cash musicians like Arnold Palm- or alive. smoke. crown for the seventh con- you're still er canceling out the stream- secutive year. thinking ing gains. Read on to see the 9 PRINCE: $12 million 4 ARNOLD PALMER: $30 Our annual list of the about that full list—featuring estimat- Deceased: April 21, 2016 million top-earning dead celebri- ed earnings from October Cause of death: Overdose Deceased: September 25, ties measures pretax in- artist, you're 2018 to October 2019—if The Purple One continues 2016 come from October 1, 2018 still going you dare. to move music, including a Cause of death: Heart Dis- through October 1, 2019. to go in and robust 320,000 physical units ease We compile our numbers 13 GEORGE HARRISON: and half a billion on-demand The golf legend’s empire re- with the help of data from play it with $9 million streams, an overall increase mains well above par, thanks Nielsen Music, IMDBPro and really no Deceased: November 29, of 12% year-over-year. to partnerships with Master- interviews with industry in- 2001 Card and Rolex. Then there’s siders. Fees for agents, man- friction at Cause of death: Cancer 8 MARILYN MONROE: his eponymous Arizona bev- agers and lawyers are not de- all Like bandmate Lennon, $13 million erage, plus a boozy version ducted. Today’s Fixtures ENGLAND PREMIER LEAGUE 01:30 Bournemouth vs Man Utd 04:00 Arsenal v Wolves 04:00 Aston Villa v Liverpool 04:00 Brighton v Norwich 04:00 Man City v Southampton 04:00 Sheffield Utd v Burnley 04:00 West Ham v Newcastle 60:30 Watford v Chelsea SPAIN - LALIGA 01:00 Espanyol v Valencia 04:00 Levante v Barcelona 06:30 Sevilla v Atletico Madrid 09:00 Real Madrid v Real Betis ITALY - SERIE 03:00 Roma v Napoli 06:00 Bologna v Inter 08:45 Torino v Juventus GERMANY - BUNDESLIGA 03:30 Leverkusen v M'bach 03:30 Dortmund v Wolfsburg 03:30 Eintracht v Bayern 03:30 Leipzig v Mainz 05 03:30 W'Bremen v Freiburg 06:30 Union Berlin v Hertha FRANCE - LIGUE 1 Kano Pillars, Rivers 05:30 Marseille v Lille 08:00 Angers v Strasbourg 08:00 Metz v Montpellier 08:00 Toulouse v Lyon Lock Horns As 2019/20 08:00 Nimes v Rennes 08:00 Amiens v Brest NPFL Season Kicks Off Sunday's Matches NIGERIA - NPFL 04:00 Abia Warriors v Katsina Utd 04:00 Rangers v Sunshine Stars 04:00 Heartland v MFM FC 04:00 FC IfeanyiUbah v Adamawa Utd 04:00 Kano Pillars v Rivers Utd 04:00 Plateau Utd v Lobi Stars 04:00 Warri Wolves v Akwa United 04:00 Wikki v Jigawa Golden Stars ENGLAND - PREMIER LEAGUE 03:00 Crystal Palace v Leicester 05:30 Everton v Tottenham SPAIN - LALIGA 12:00 Valladolid v Mallorca 02:00 Villarreal v Bilbao 04:00 Osasuna v Alaves 06:30 Leganes v Eibar 06:30 Celta Vigo v Getafe 09:00 Granada v Real Sociedad ITALY - SERIE A 12:30 Atalanta v Cagliari 03:00 Genoa v Udinese 03:00 Verona v Brescia 03:00 Lecce v Sassuolo 06:00 Fiorentina v Parma 08:45 Milan v Lazio GERMANY - BUNDESLIGA 03:30 Düsseldorf v FC Köln 06:00 Augsburg v Schalke 04 FRANCE - LIGUE 1 03:00 Bordeaux v Nantes 05:00 Nice v Reims 09:00 Saint-Etiennev Monaco 66 SPORTS/POURRI www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA Saturday, November 2, 2019 Rebuilding Nigeria’s Sports Facilities: Sunday Dare’s Cross

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Okocha “The eyes of FIFA and CAF are now very, very sharp with regards to match fixing and match manipulation matters. Apart from that, the various security agencies in the land are now taking keen interest in what happens during football matches, a development the NFF is happy about. The NFF Integrity Unit is now working in conjunction with the security agencies to monitor all matches. It will no longer be business as usual. Members of NFF especially match officials are warned against going to match venues Enyeama Unveils to front for teams. — NFF reads riot act to members, match officials Retirement Plan ahead of Sunday kicks of NPFL football season “Giving the youths the avenue to display their talents would help After 20-year the country discover the athletes in them and also reduce crime in the country. Nigeria is blessed with top Career quality human resources that could win medals for the country Former Super Eagles captain, Vincent imba and Heartland, Israeli Premier want to play, I still love the sport January window to come now.” if well developed. Enyeama has confirmed plans to re- League sides Bnei Yehuda and Hapoel but then, at a point, you need The 37-year-old had a brief We have a lot of talents in the tire from football at the end of the Tel Aviv and in the French Ligue 1 to know when to say stop,” En- training with Dijon during the South - south and it is obvious that the Chevron Tennis 2019-20 season. with Lille. yeama told Get French Football summer and he has revealed Programme is yielding dividends Although he is yet to find a new Aside from his laudable role in News. why he did not seal a deal with by bringing up the sporting club since he left Lille in August 2018, Nigeria’s triumph at the 2013 Af- “For now, that point has not the Stade Gaston Gerard outfit. talent in the zone. the former Super Eagles captain, who rica Cup of Nations, the shot-stop- arrived for me so I will find some- “I think it was misinformation retired from international football in per was named the Caf Champions thing. This is the last year of my from their end and a mistake re- —Peter Ekpenyong, calling October 2015, is hopeful of playing League Player of the Year twice professional career. Yes, by June porting it as a trial because I was not on corporate bodies within again when the winter transfer mar- (2003 and 2004), the Footballer of that will be it. I’m waiting for the there for a trial,” he revealed. the South-south region and the entire country to invest ket opens in January. the Year in Israel in 2009 and he in sports development in the Since he kicked off his profession- was also honoured as the best Af- Xhaka Ruled Out Of Arsenal’s zone. al career at Ibom Stars in 1999, En- rican player in the Ligue 1 in 2014. yeama enjoyed tremendous suc- “If I find a good project or a Clash With Wolves “Title mandate, for me, is not a cess on the international scene and good team that wants to give me tall order.It’s [winning the league at club level with Nigeria clubs Eny- the opportunity, why not? I still Arsenal captain Granit Xhaka will taincy]. trophy, a project everybody is so not face Wolves in the Premier “It is not in my mind that he much interested in achieving. The new players, 15 of them, the Edo 2020: Ilaboya-sponsored League as he needs more time to will play tomorrow. I am think- old players, the coaches that have recover from his clash with Gun- ing tomorrow he is not going just come, like myself and the ones Cycling Commissaires Course ners’ supporters as he was substi- to play. that were on ground before we tuted against Crystal Palace last “Now we need to be focused came, everybody is working very Gets Takeoff Date Sunday, manager Unai Emery has 100% only on the match. We hard. We think we can do it. Yes, said. are going to do the training to- we can. Chairman of the National Cycling According to him the states are to Xhaka taunted Arsenal fans and day but at the moment it is not — John Obuh, saying his Commissaires Association of Nige- present two participants each while removed his shirt when storming in my mind. mandate to lead the Akwa ria (NACCAN), Mr. Osaretin Emuze the host local government area will off the pitch after he was substi- United to win their first ever has said November 20 to 23, 2019 present five candidates for the course, tuted, as well as waving his arms league title this term is not a has been fixed for the cycling com- adding that arrangements have been mocking supporters to jeer louder tall order. missaires (referees) course in Uzeb- concluded for the three-day course. and cupping his ear. ba, Edo state. “The organisers will be responsible And although he apologised for Emuze said the course which is for accommodation of the over 30 par- his actions in an Instagram post to be sponsored by the Chairman of ticipants. on Thursday, Emery has said he EDITOR Owan West local government area of Dr Emmanual Igbinosa, who recent- is not ready to return to the team Kayode Falade Edo state, Frank Ilaboya, is to pro- ly retired as deputy director in the Fed- against Wolves this weekend.. duce quality cycling referees to com- eral Ministry of Youth s and Sports De- “The first is the person, the SPORTS plement the officiating officials for velopment and a certified referee from human. Like everyone he feels, SPORTS EDITOR the forthcoming Edo 2020 Nation- the world cycling body, UCI, will be the Xhaka, with his issues, needs time Salifu Usman al Sports Festival. resource person. to recover normality,” Emery said. He said participants are expected Participants are expected to arrive “He said sorry, he gave the apol- 08072825152 from nine states in the South–south on Wednesday, November 20 and ogy to the supporters and to ev- Reporters and states bordering the host state, depart on Saturday, November 23, erybody. Now is the focus on the Wale Ayeni Edo, namely Ondo, Kogi, Kwara, Del- 2019. Certificates will be awarded to match. ta, Rivers, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, the participants that pass the course,” “We were waiting on Monday Ojimaojo Abubakar Bayelsa. he stressed. and Tuesday [to sort out the cap- Xhaka 68 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA Saturday, November 2, 2019

MARY MOHAMMED BLESSING JOHN SALOME MUHAMMED I formerly known and addressed as I, formerly known as MOHAMMED I, formerly known as BLESSING. I, formerly known and addressed as I, formerly known as SALOME I, formerly known as MUHAMMED. MISS MARY MONDAY UDO, now ADAMU now wish to be known and CHIAMAKA MADU now wish to be OJOMAH BENEDICTA, now wish to ADEKPE now wish to be known and KUBURAT now wish to be known wish to be known and address as addressed as MOHAMMED ADAMU known and addressed as BLESSING be known and addressed as JOHN addressed as SALOME MATTHEW. and addressed as MUHAMMED MRS. MARY MICHAEL UKO. All BAKORI. All former documents CHIAMAKA. OGWUCHE. All former BENEDICTA OJOMAH. All former AUDU KUBURAT. All former former documents remain valid. remain valid.General public take documents remain valid.General documents remain valid. The General All former documents remain valid. documents remain valid. General General public take note. note. public take note. public should take note. General public take note. public take note.

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IBEH AYUBA HAJARA TONGBE JIBIR IRIMIYA I formerly known as IBEH ENOCH I formerly known as AYUBA I formerly known as HAJARA I formerly known as TONGBE I formerly known as JIBIR AFUNO I formerly known as AUDU CHIGOZIE now wish to be known GENERAL now wish to be known MAINA now wish to be known and OMAWUMI now wish to be GASI now wish to be known and BITRUS now wish to be known and addressed as IBEH ENOCH and addressed as AYUBA VANDI. addressed as HAJARA MAINA MARI. known and addressed as TONGBE addressed as JIBIR AFUNO. All and addressed as IRIMIYA BITRUS CHIMAOBI.All former documents All former documents remain valid All former documents remain valid OMAWUMI ESTHER. All former former documents remain valid KAMAI. All former documents remain valid general public should general public should please take general public should please take documents remain valid general general public should please take remain valid general public should please take note. note. note. public should please take note. note. please take note.

BALAMI BUHARI SAIDU AYODELE DAVID SHAMSU I formally known as BALAMI ABBAS I formally known as MANSUR I, formerly known as BABA MALAM I, formerly known as OLUBUSE I, formerly known and addressed as I, formerly known as SHAMSU ZUBAIRU now wish to be known MOHAMMED YUSUF now wish to ABUBAKAR now wish to be OLUTOSIN CHRISTIANAH now wish to JULIUS UNUAGBON NOW wish to be RILWANU now wish to be known and be known and addressed as AYODELE known and addressed as DAVID JULIUS and addressed as BALAMI ABBAS. be known and addressed as BUHARI known and addressed as SAIDU addressed as SHAMSU LURWANU. All former documents remain valid MOHAMMED TORANKE.All former ABUBAKAR. All former documents OLUWAKEMI OLUTOSIN. All former THAT MY DATE OF BIRTH IS 11/9/198O . All general public should please take documents remain valid general remain valid.General public take documents remain valid. General public former documents remain valid. general All former documents remain valid. note. public should please take note. note. take note. public to take note. General public take note.

BLESSING OGUNTUBO SALAUDEEN ALIYU ADAGBA PRISCA I, formerly known as BLESSING I, formerly known as AKINWALE I, formerly known as SALAUDEEN I, formerly known as ALIYU I, formerly known as SULEIMAN I, formerly known as MISS PRISCA ONWANYI ADULA now wish to be VICTOR OLUWATOBI now wish ABDUMAJEED WALE now wish ZANSO now wish to be known and KABIRU OKUBA now wish to be CHINYERE MBAERI now wish to be known and addressed as MRS PRISCA known and addressed as BLESSING to be known and addressed as to be known and addressed as addressed as ALIYU SANI ZANGO. known and addressed as ADAGBA ONWANYI BERNARD. All former OGUNTUBO OLUWATOBI VICTOR. SALAUDEEN ABDULMAJEED. All SULEIMAN KABIRU. All former CHINYERE IWUCHUKWU. All former documents remain valid.General All former documents remain valid. former documents remain valid. All former documents remain valid. documents remain valid.General documents remain valid. British public take note. General public take note. General public take note. General public take note. public take note. government take note.

UMAR IBRAHIM MARY YA’AJI SHEDRACK IJEZIE I, formerly known as UMAR I, formerly known as MUSA I, formerly known as MARY BASSEY I, formerly known as YA’AJI UMAR I, formerly known as SHEDRACK I, formerly known as UGWUOBUJO ALIYU now wish to be known and IBRAHIM KAURA now wish to be JACK now wish to be known and now wish to be known and addressed WILLIAMS now wish to be known NNEBUIHE NWAMAKA now wish addressed as UMAR ALIYU SAEED. known and addressed as IBRAHIM addressed as MARY MADUABUCHI. as YA’AJI UMAR CHIROMA. All and addressed as SHEDRACK to be known and addressed as MUSA KAURA. All former IJEZIE NWAMAKA TENDERLY. All former documents remain valid. documents remain valid.General All former documents remain valid. former documents remain valid. URIYA. All former documents remain All former documents remain valid. General public take note. public take note. General public take note. General public take note. valid.General public take note. General public take note.

CHIJIOKE CHIJIOKE CHIJIOKE LIATU SAKINA IYONMAHAN I, formerly known as EMENGINI I, formerly known as EMENGINI I, formerly known as EMENGINI I, formerly known as LIATU AGBO I, formerly known as SAKINA ABIDU I, formerly known as ABIFADE CHIKA CALEB now wish to be GETRUDE CHINELO now wish to be AKACHUKWU JOEL now wish to be ZAGGA now wish to be known YAZID now wish to be known and TENDY now wish to be known known and addressed as CHIJIOKE known and addressed as CHIJIOKE known and addressed as CHIJIOKE and addressed as LIATU ADIGIZI addressed as SAKINA IBRAHIM and addressed as IYONMAHAN CHIKA CALEB. All former GETRUDE CHINELO. All former AKACHUKWU JOEL. All former BULUS. All former documents DANKABA. All former documents ABIFADE TENDY. All former documents remain valid.General documents remain valid.General documents remain valid.General remain valid.General public take remain valid.General public take documents remain valid. General public take note. public take note. public take note. note. note. public take note.

CHIJIOKE AKINTAN OGUNLEYE MAIRIGA HALIRA ABIGAIL I, formerly known as EMENGINI I, formerly known as AKINTAN I, formerly known as ABIODUN I, formerly known as MAIRIGA FARIDA I, formerly known as HALIMA I, formerly known as ABIGAIL CHINWE TABITHA now wish to be CLEMENT OJO now wish to be DEBORAH OLUWAYEMISI now wish to MUHAMMAD SANI now wish to be ABUBAKAR TANKO now wish to be MAINA now wish to be known and be known and addressed as OGUNLEYE known and addressed as MAIRIGA known and addressed as CHIJIOKE known and addressed as AKINTAN known and addressed as HALIRA addressed as ABIGAIL C. OSEJI. CHINWE TABITHA. All former CLEMENT AYOTUNDE. All former DEBORAH OLUWAYEMISI. All former ABDULLAHI FARIDA MUHAMMAD. All ABUBAKAR TANKO. All former documents remain valid.General documents remain valid.General documents remain valid.General public former documents remain valid.General documents remain valid.General All former documents remain valid. public take note. public take note. take note. public take note. public take note. General public take note.

ONYIORAH MUSA HUSSEINE ENEOJO ANGELA JOSHUA I, formerly known as ONYIORAH UZOAMAKA I, formerly known as MUSA ZAKARI I, formerly known as KADIRI RAMOTU I, formerly known as DANIEL I, formerly known as ANGELA NA’ANDAT I, formerly known as JOSHUA AFOMACHUKWU wrong date of birth was LAGADIS now wish to be known OJOCHENEMI now wish to be DEBORAH now wish to be DASHAK, now wish to be known and JULIANA OLUWATOYIN now 08/01/1994 now wish to be known and known and addressed as HUSSEINE known and addressed as ENEOJO addressed as ANGELA NA’ANDAT wish to be known and addressed addressed as ONYIORAH AFOMACHUKWU and addressed as MUSA ZAKARI. RAMOTU OJOCHENEMI. All former DEBORAH. All former documents DOEYOK. All former documents remain as JOSHUA JULIANA. All former MABEL correct date of birth is 09/01/1994. All All former documents remain valid. former documents remain valid.General public documents remain valid.General remain valid.General public take valid. All Concerned Authorities and the documents remain valid.General take note. General public take note. public take note. note. general public to note please. public take note.

NONYELU JUMEGA AYAUNZE CHEKU UBOHO UKWUENYAH I, formerly known as NONYELU I, formerly known as JUSTINA I, formerly known as AYAUNZE I, formerly known as GBORGYO GABRIEL I, formerly known as UBOHO I, formerly known as UKWUENYAH FRANCIS now wish to be known and OSAN now wish to be known and SOLOMON now wish to be known and TARWANGERnow wish to be known ANIEKAN DAVID now wish to be KINGSLEY PHILLIP now wish to be addressed as AYAUNZE VERSHIMA and addressed as CHEKU GABRIEL known and addressed as UKWUENYAH addressed as NONYELU UCHENNA addressed as JUMEGA JUSTINA known and addressed as UBOHO FRANCIS. All former documents MICHAEL. CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH TARWANGER CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH ANIEKAN AKPAN. All former KINGSLEY ENEMALLY old date of birth TIOR. All former documents remain was 28/03/1988 correct date of birth remain valid.General public take IS 20/07/1994. All former documents IS 16/07/1987. All former documents documents remain valid.General is 10/03/1990. All former documents note. valid.General public take note. remain valid.General public take note. remain valid.General public take note. public take note. remain valid.General public take note.

DUNMOLA CORRECTION OF NAME IDOKO MBACHAGA ESAH FOWO I, formerly known as DUNMOLA My name was wrongly written as I formerly known as IDOKO SUNNY That MBACHAGA AONDOHEMBA and I formerly known as ESAH SUNDAY I, formerly known as AUGUSTINE CECILIA LAWAL now wish to be AYENI MODUPE FLORENCE in ROLLAND, now wish to be known and MBACHAGA GODWIN refers to one and same PLATO, now wish to be known and DONNEL NWACHUKWU now known and addressed as DUNMOLA my National identity card while my addressed as IDOKO SUNDAY ROLLAND. person now wish to be known and addressed addressed as ESAH SUNDAY and my wish to be known and addressed All former documents remain valid. as MBACHAGA AONDOHEMBA GODWIN and actual date of birth is 11-09-1997, and not CECILIA ALIU. All former documents correct name is AYENI DUPE. All my actual date of birth is 11-09-1993. All former as FOWO DIEUDONNEL TAKEM. Concerned authority and general public 11-09-1995. All former documents remain remain valid. General public take former documents ramain valid and documents remain valid. Concerned authority valid. Concerned authority and general All former documents remain valid. note. general public take note. take note. and general public take note. public take. General public take note.

TUKUR CORRECTION OF NAME MARYAM ODOLE LANGE KANU I, formerly known as TUKUR I, formerly known as ISTIFANUS I, formerly known as MARYAM I, formerly known as AFOLABI I, formerly known as SMITH I, formerly known as ODOH IBRAHIM now wish to be known YAHAYA YAHAYA now wish to be TASI’U now wish to be known IDOWU OLUWAYEMISI now wish FLORENCE NDUAGUBA now wish UZOAMAKA MAUREEN now wish and addressed as TUKUR IBRAHIM known and addressed as ISTIFANUS and addressed as MARYAM SANI to be known and addressed as to be known and addressed as to be known and addressed as WADA. All former documents YAHAYA YAYORK. All former ODOLE IDOWU OLUWAYEMISI. LANGE FLORENCE SOLOMON. KANU UZOAMAKA MAUREEN. remain valid. General public take documents remain valid. General BELLO. All former documents remain All former documents remain valid. All former documents remain valid. All former documents remain valid. note. public take note. valid.General public take note. General public take note. General public take note. General public take note.

AMINA JEREMIAH I, formerly known as AMINA I, formerly known as ISMAILA YUSUF now wish to be known and EGBUNU now wish to be known and SPACE FOR SALE SPACE FOR SALE SPACE FOR SALE SPACE FOR SALE addressed as AMINA SHAFII. All addressed as JEREMIAH EGBUNU. former documents remain valid. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. General public take note. Saturday, November 2, 2019 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA 69 Niger Govt To Establish Bilateral Relations With Nghe Vietnamese Province BY OMONU NELSON, Abuja working teams be set up to come up the province as well as Vietnam and Ni- with a Memorandum of Understanding geria. world Niger State Government and the Nghe (MoU) draft, and also look at likely are- Chairman of the Nghe An Province, Province of Vietnam have opened dis- as that the bilateral relationship would Thai Thanh Quy said Niger State has cussions on how to enter into a mutual- be beneficial to both parties. great potentials with a comparative ad- benefitting bi-lateral relations. Governor Sani Bello noted that the vantage. Governor Abubakar Sani Bello and basic thing now is for parties to estab- Quy said that due to the potentials the Alternate Member of the Party’s lish strong contacts and communica- of the state that was the what attracted Committee of the People’s Committee tions for further deliberations. his province to partner with it for mu- NEWS of Nghe An Province, Thai Thanh Quy He added that Nigeria as an emerg- tual economic benefits. met on the side lines events, after the ing economy with Niger state stra- He said that his province has a pop- Spanish Authorities Ready For opening ceremony of the Nigeria-Viet- tegically located in the middle of the ulation of a little above Three million nam Trade and Investment forum in country is surrounded with abundant and a GDP of $2000. Election Eve protests Abuja. agriculture potentials and largest land- According to him, they have a devel- The two leaders, while opening dis- mass that requires partnerships that oped agricultural sector, tourism, ori- Spanish authorities are preparing for El Mundo said police plans to avert cussion on how to go about the bilat- will provide such technical partners to ental pharmaceuticals, transportation protests by supporters of Catalan in- any violence included placing officers eral relations, Governor Bello disclosed boost her agricultural sector. system, a deep seaport amongst others. dependence on the eve of Spain’s Nov. at the entrances of buildings used as that the state has enormous potentials, He said when the agreement on the He assured the Niger State Govern- 10 general election that could turn vi- polling stations as early as Nov. 8. especially in the areas of Agriculture, bilateral relationship is reached, both ment that the partnership will be of olent, government and Socialist Party Pro-independence groups which solid minerals and infrastructural de- parties would benefit from the arrange- great advantage to both states. sources told Repters. have organized mass rallies in recent velopment which he believes Vietnam ment. Earlier Sani Bako, Chairman, Nige- The comments from two senior weeks say they are peaceful, and have can add value to through technical sup- He said, there was need to establish ria-Vietnam Trade and Investment Fo- sources echoed a report in El Mundo accused Spanish authorities of pre- port. the relationship as it would strengthen rum explained that Niger State has a newspaper that quoted police sources senting a false narrative of violence. The governor directed that two the relationship among the state and lot to gain from the partnership. as saying plans were already in place to Clashes with police in Barcelona prevent protesters from trying to oc- since the mid-October court ruling cupy polling stations. have often happened at the end of, or The run-up to the vote for a new par- on the margins of, otherwise peace- liament has seen a series of big dem- ful demonstrations. onstrations in the northeastern region A massive protest at Barcelona air- of Catalonia, some of which turned vi- port on Oct. 14 was a organized by olent. They followed the jailing last Democratic Tsunami, a secretive new month of nine separatist leaders over group which says it will challenge the their roles in a failed independence bid ruling through peaceful means only. in 2017. It said on Twitter it was calling on Although the most recent protests followers to organize six hours of cul- have been peaceful, a senior source tural, political and festive events on from acting Prime Minister Pedro Nov. 9 as a way of asking the Spanish Sanchez’s Socialist Party said police state to “reflect” on the jailing of the suspected some groups were planning Catalan leaders. militant actions for Nov. 9. “We are very worried,” a govern- “They want to generate fear, con- ment source with direct knowledge fusion, a more polarized reaction ... of the situation told Reuters, refer- change the meaning of the (parliamen- ring to Democratic Tsunami’s call tary) vote,” the source said, without and the impact it could have on the giving more details. election. Indian Activists, Accuse Govt Of Spying L-R: Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State and Thai Thanh Quy, Chairman of the Nghe An Province Several activists and lawyers, who were the banned Communist Party of India targeted with surveillance in India, (Maoist). have accused the government of spy- Opposition and human rights Pakistan Train Fire: Funerals Begin As ing on them. groups have condemned the arrests, WhatsApp said Indian journal- saying the government wanted to si- Town Mourns Victims ists and human rights activists were lence critics. among the 1,400 users globally whose Rathod is representing advocate and Distraught relatives have gathered for more than 100 men attended the first accidents in Pakistan’s history claimed phones were hacked using the spy- activist Surendra Gadling, who has the first funerals of some of the scores funeral - of a car mechanic named Mo- at least 73 lives. ware, Pegasus. been in prison since June 2018. of people killed when a fire ripped hammad Saleem, who was in his late Imran was on board the Tezgam Ex- The messaging app, owned by social He claimed to have been receiving through a crowded train in Pakistan, 40s. press train bound for Raiwind, the cen- media giant Facebook, has sued NSO video calls from anonymous numbers with many of the victims also residents It was held at the Bismillah Mosque, tral office of the Tableeghi Jamaat -re Group, an Israeli surveillance compa- since 2017. of a single town. from which at least 42 pilgrims had left ligious organisation of which he is a ny, saying it was behind the sophisti- According to the findings by Citizen Sobbing family members crowded an to board the train one day earlier bound member, to attend its annual ‘ijtema’ cated cyberattacks affecting users in Lab, a research group at the Universi- official building in Mirpurkhas over- for a religious festival near Lahore. gathering. 20 different countries between April ty of Toronto investigating the snoop- night on Thursday as the first bodies Muhammad Imran from Mirpurkhas Prime Minister Imran Khan has or- and mid-May. gate scandal for WhatsApp, shadowy covered in white cloth began arriving by fractured both his legs and one arm dered an urgent investigation into the English daily Indian Express re- agents can infect a user’s device either ambulance from the scene of the disas- when he jumped from the moving train accident and the government will pro- ported that nearly two dozen activ- by sending a clickable link, or by just ter, about 90 kilometres (56 miles) from to save himself, said his brother Mo- vide monetary compensation of 1.5 ists, lawyers and academics critical of calling the phone. the nearest major urban centre, Rahim hammad Arif. million Pakistani rupees ($9,650) to India’s Hindu nationalist government “In early 2019, the calls became a Yar Khan in Punjab province. “He called me, just saying ‘please the families of those killed, as well as had been victims of WhatsApp hack- daily affair. I complained to WhatsApp After morning Friday prayers, with come here, please save my life’,” Arif 500,000 rupees ($3,200) each to those ing. Most of them were working with in March 2019 but nothing came of it. women watching from nearby rooftops, said a day after one of the worst train injured. the most marginalised communities of Rathod received a message from Adivasis (tribals) and Dalits. WhatsApp on October 29, confirming Nihalsing Rathod, a human rights that his phone number had been im- lawyer based in the western state pacted. Lebanese Uber Driver Gets death Sentence Over British Diplomat Murder of Maharashtra, claimed he was be- John Scott-Railton, senior research- ing targeted by the government for er at Citizen Lab, told Rathod that an A Lebanese court sentenced Uber mat Rebecca Dykes in December 2017. worked at the embassy for Britain’s his involvement in the Bhima Ko- earlier modus operandi of Pegasus in- driver Tariq Houshieh to death yes- Houshieh confessed to raping and Department for International Devel- regaon case, in which nine activists volved sending emails with clickable terday for the murder of British diplo- strangling the 30-year-old Dykes, who opment. were arrested for alleged links with attachments.

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 70 FOREIGN ANALYSIS www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA Saturday, November 2, 2019 Death Of Abu al-Baghdadi: Twilight Of ISIS Or Another Beginning? Last week, President Donald Trump oversaw a military operation that led to the death of ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In 2014, Barak Obama’s Administration coordinated a secret operation that took out al-Qaida leader, Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. AMINAT SALAUDEEN in this piece, asked, if the death of al-Baghdadi will mark the end of Islamic State.

t is becoming a pattern among the United States presidents to oversee raids clapping down on terrorists’ leaders. Last week, President Donald Trump supervised an operation that led to catastrophic end of IISIS leader; Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Similarly, Barrack Obama’s administration coordinated a secret operation that led to the death of al- Qaida leader, Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan on May 2,2011. Some analysts are quick to equate this feat as a major blow to ISIS and may mark its demise but an assistant professor at the Defense Studies Department of King’s College, Andreas Krieg, think otherwise, “The killing of the so-called self-proclaimed caliph doesn’t make any difference in that, different groups that existed and continued to exist after the collapse of the physical caliphate will continue to fight in the underground in Syria and Iraq, but also in Afghanistan and sub-Saharan and else.” He further hints that the death of leader does not in any way signify the complete eradication and elimination of ISIS. To buttress this stance a man named Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi to be the successor of Al-Baghdadi. This situation further reinforces the words of Patrick J. Kennedy which says that “Terrorism is a psychological warfare.” As long as an ideology remains, there will always be the likelihood of actions that depicts such ideology. This is the Trump Baghdadi situation of ISIS. Corroborating all of this, Hasan Haniyeh, an Mazloum Abdi and of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) also known as Amman-based analyst, in an interview with he and his people played a key role in the the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). This Aljazeera claimed that the death of the leader operation that haunted down the ISIS leader. declaration caused a fall out between the new of the terrorist organization might not bring Also, Trump’s order to withdraw US troops from founded group (ISIS) and its former umbrella “any substantive change” and also further stated Syria had a main influence on the preparation of Al-Qaeda and led to the disassociation of the that “al-Baghdadi, as a figurehead, had become the operation that led to the suicide of Baghdadi. later from the former. a burden on the organization, since the group’s Experts have opined that the death of the ISIS He committed many terrorist acts across the defeats in Iraq and Syria.” leader will hamper the organisation for a little Middle East and Europe, made ISIS become He also opined that the ISIS will live on not while; however ISIS continues to pose a threat one of the most vicious terrorist groups in as a Caliphate it claims to be but will revert in Syria, especially because many of its fighters modernhistory, declared a Caliphate which back to being an organisation. This shows that and families escaped during the Turkish raid was said to be roughly the size of the United although the former ISIS leader was the face of on Kurdish fighters after the announcement Kingdom and further complicated the Syrian the organisation to of the US to pull its troops from Syria. war until his suicide on 26th October 2019. the world, his existence did not fuel that of The SDF warned of the continuing dangers Following the account given by the US the organisation as a whole. from the Islamic State and Turkish-backed president Donald Trump, Baghdadi died Dana Stroul, a former Pentagon official also forces in Syria. “We warn the world of the during a night raid by US Special Forces in contributed by explaining that “Just as Osama danger that jihadi factions with the Turkish Barisha, a village in Syria’s Northwestern Bin Laden’s death did not lead to the elimination army may enter Ras al-Ain and Tel province of Idlib. The Isis leader detonated of Al Qaeda, I would expect that Baghdadi’s Abyad areas occupied by Turkey-backed a suicide vest in a dead-end tunnel killing removal will not be the final death knell of ISIS militias and that the region could become himself and three of his children –despite its significance.” another safe-haven in which ISIS may find He was born Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al- Also of significance is the role played by opportunities to re-organize,” according to Badri al- Samarrai, near Samarra, Iraq on the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), which had been the statement. “We have already indicated that 28th July 1971. He was the third of four sons a major partner of the United States in the IS members and some senior leaders of the and claimed to be a descendent of the Quraysh fight against ISIS and the tyranny of the Assad group have already moved to areas controlled tribe. According to some sources he got is BA, regime. The forces have been heavily backed by Men of FSARS by Turkish army in northern Syria.” MA and Ph.D. in Islamic studies from Islamic the US and became the known rebel group the arrived the This here further attests to the complication University of Baghdad. It was said that he US supports since Obama’s administration until scene and of the Middle East politics. was a timid and quiet young man in his youth earlier this month, when Trump pulled American The influence of ISIS has been reduced and he was called names like the ‘Invisible troops from northern Syria, successfully forced me to militarily over the years and territories that Sheikh’ and ‘The Ghost’ because of his nature. giving Turkey the go ahead to launch an release my have been gotten back. This is largely due to the He became a bit more prominent after the offensive against them. The operation killed phone and influence and cooperation of some rebel forces invasion of Iraq in 2003 as the head of Sharia hundreds of Kurdish civilians and fighters. and international coalitions. Research has committee in the militant group Jamaat Jaysh SDF spokesperson Mustafa Bali told newsmen I was forced shown that some countries may have fostered Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah (JJASJ) of which that the Syrian Democratic to delete all the expansion of ISIS due to the politization of he was a founding member. This organization Forces (SDF) had an informant in ISIS who the video their own interests which hampered the fight later crashed into the Mujahideen Shura led them to the location where ISIS leader Abu against the terrorist group. The hardest war Council (MSC) which was later the renamed Bakr al-Baghdadi was hiding. The informant also recordings to fight remains psychological warfare. ISIS the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) the division of obtained a piece of Baghdadi’s underwear and and photos I is fueled by its power of indoctrination and Al Qaeda in Iraq. Al blood sample that was used for the DNA test to took from the until this is won against, the ideals will remain. Baghdadi was made leader of the ISI after confirm his identity before the raid took place. scene Following its formal expansion into Syria in the death his predecessor, Abu Omar Al From further research, the SDF Commander Gen 2013 he renamed the group to be Islamic State Baghdadi. Saturday, November 2, 2019 www.leadership.ng Leadership Newspapers @leadershipNGA 71 My Secret Life I Go Extra Mile For Clients – Labesa

BACKGROUND make my prices affordable. HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO My name is Lilian Kushiake Labesa FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN and I am from Zangon-Kataf local MENTOR(S) BUSINESS, PROFESSION AND government area of Kaduna State The wife of the President, Mrs FAMILY? and Bajju by tribe. I was born in Aisha Buhari, who despite her It is easy for me because I’m still the 80s to the family of late Mr status engages in business and has single and unemployed, so I focus Changa Labesa and Mrs Mary groomed her children to emulate mainly on the business. Changa Labesa on 10th March. I her. am from a family of two children ADVICE and I am the youngest but grew up HOBBIES No woman should be with wonderful and loving cousins. I love to travel, cook, hangout and redundant. No matter how I started my educational career at listen to motivational speakers little, every woman should learn Wilson Preparatory School Kaduna a trade. They should use their and my secondary education at DREAD strength productively so Edgerly Memorial Girls Calabar. I fear not been able to meet up it boosts their self- From there I moved to Government with a customer’s demand and I esteem and they Girls Secondary School Kawo in also dread scandal which may arise earn respect Kaduna State where I obtained my as a result of the delay. from the school certificate. I later proceeded society. to the College of Journalism Ogba ACHIEVEMENTS in Lagos State where I obtained a The fact that I am able to talk diploma. Some people would have people into starting a business and opted to try something new after they come back to appreciate me. a diploma but I went further to Also, encouraging fellow women to Television College in Jos, Plateau use their time for things that will State where I obtained a BSc build them in the society and this degree in Mass Communication to me is an accomplishment. (Television Production). CHALLENGES GROWING UP As a single unemployed graduate, I grew up with lots of family I’ve been able to engage myself members who loved me sincerely gainfully to make ends meet for and helped me through life as I me and few other people. I’ve also was one of the youngest. They been able to support other people were my guide and motivated me to start a business but I lack a throughout my educational career business place and enough capital and life in general. to expand.

THE BUSINESS REGRETS My kind of business presently I don’t regret this venture in ranges from fabrics, men’s shoes, anyway though it could be tiring. clothing, accessories, handbags and shoes for women. In fact, I sell FUTURE PLAN everything that can be sold, from To expand the business and cars, puppies, properties, farm employ youths, teach them to produce, dry meat also known as be self-reliant. I also plan to kilishi. I went into business about broaden my horizon by bracing two years ago when I discovered up my skills professionally and that I was referring people to creating a brand that will stand wholesalers of all kinds of goods the test of time. as well as making enquiries for them. This act made me brace up to UNFORGETTABLE DAY start and I made the right decision The day a customer ordered because I was unemployed at the and paid for goods worth over time. N400,000 just few weeks after I started. WHO TAUGHT YOU? I learnt from my sisters, Mrs Babo Alau, Mrs Esther Okeugo, Mrs Anthonia Yakubu and a close friend A LIFE IN BRIEF Mrs Lilian Zubairu. My kind of DRIVING FORCE Lilian Kushiake Labesa is an indigene of Kaduna State. business pres- God has been my strength ently ranges as well as my mothers, Mrs She was born to the family of late Mr and Mrs Changa Mary Changa and Mrs Maria Labesa. She is the younger of the family’s two children from fabrics, Gorretti Sule who spur me to and had her educational career in Kaduna, Calabar, men’s shoes, do more. Lagos and Plateau states. She holds a degree in Mass clothing, Communication from the Television College Jos as well WHAT GIVES YOU as a diploma from the College of Journalism. She has accessories, AN EDGE OVER handbags COMPETITORS? been in the fashion business for two years. and shoes for I am always ready to go an extra mile to satisfy a INTERVIEW BY PHOTO BY women customer’s need and I try to JULIET KUYET BULUS LILIAN KUSHIAKE LABESA AMUSEMENT ACTING IS MERELY THE ART OF KEEPING A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM COUGHING. PARK Ralph Richardson

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Saturday Finally, Now That Buhari Column SIMON REEF MUSA Has Defeated Atiku [email protected] 08022248460 (sms only) ednesday exception of the 2015 polls neously seen as the only nounce electoral result elec- this week that was conceded by for- mechanism for the em- tronically within so short turned mer President Goodluck powerment of politicians a time, does if not tell us out a dif- Jonathan, Wednesday’s and not delivering divi- that we need to review our ficult day verdict proved a fatal blow dends to the overall major- system that runs on rustic toW comprehend by those against overturning the ity, the resolution of a dis- platforms that are subject who had kept tab on the declaration of the Inde- puted electoral victory is to dealers in political ma- appeal filed by former Vice pendent National Electoral hugely seen as flag to com- nipulations. President Atiku Abubakar Commission (INEC) that mence yet another political It would amount to not against the re-election of gave victory to Buhari. journey aimed at swinging learning the mistakes of President Muhammadu Like past appeals, the jus- the pendulum for victory. the past if we go ahead to Buhari at the February 23 tices refused to walk a dif- Owing to the inability of conduct the next 2023 gen- presidential poll. Just as ferent path and, like their politicians to see beyond eral polls without engaging Atiku’s legal team was pre- colleagues since 2003, their pockets, the race for fool-proof digital systems paring to adjust its earlier preferred to uphold the political offices remains that make conduct of elec- submission that would lat- decision of the electoral hotly contested, with vari- tions stress-free and trans- er lead to a 15-minute re- umpire. Unlike in the past ous out-of-the-book strat- parent. We have what it cess by the Supreme Court when Buhari was the vic- egies deployed to win at all takes to do the right thing, Justices, led by the Chief tim and seeking to swing cost. but what we lack is a polity Justice of Nigeria (CJN), justice to his favour; this Such a disposition has that is committed to rising Justice Tanko Muham- time around, Atiku, who robbed the nation of wor- above greed and enthron- mad, the shooting down is the Wazirin Adamawa thy leaders whose capac- ing a system committed to of the appeal through an and former vice president ity to turn things around equity and fairness for all. unanimous verdict by the under the government of has been largely discoun- Now that the Supreme six Supreme Court justices former President Olusegun tenanced. Anyone who Court has upheld the elec- for lack of merit proved a Obasanjo, was praying for throws their hat in the toral victory of President catastrophe to support- the annulment of the out- political ring is first asked Buhari, the opposition ers and members of the come of the 2019 presiden- if they are well prepared parties should dedicate Peoples democratic Party tial polls described by some Buhari for the battle that is often themselves to the task of (PDP). analysts as an electoral measured by the posses- mounting pressure on the With the dismissal of the heist. potential presidential can- to build a system that pro- sion of an enormous war National Assembly to re- appeal by the Apex Court, With the apex court didates are working behind motes the advancement of chest. On the basis of the view and strengthen elec- the prospects for Atiku’s throwing out Atiku’s ap- the scene to set up struc- democratic ideals. enormous role of finan- toral mechanisms towards victory through the judicial peal, the clouds of fear-pro- tures in order to give a push There is tremendous cial prowess that is seen conducting transparent process took a crumbling voking uncertainties over for their aspirations. Those benefits from the verdict as inevitable, elected lead- polls in line with best glob- rhythm and rendered the the fate of the 2019 polls who insist that it is too of the Supreme Court. ers now concentrate on al practices. That is the only hope of reversing the out- have retreated and the road early to start the campaign Apart from eliminating amassing intimidating war basis on which elections come of the presidential is now clear for Buhari to for 2023 are indeed igno- potential threats to a na- chest to buy votes dur- can stand the scrutiny of poll unrealisable. One can complete his second and rant of what modern politi- tion enmeshed in a titanic ing elections in order to the times. easily understand the wea- final term in 2023. It is cal strategies are all about. judicial battle to authen- compromise security and riness by both the All Pro- certain that the Supreme What must be avoided now ticate disputed polls, the electoral officials. With- gressives Congress (APC) Court’s verdict could not is that these campaigns verdict serves as a clarion out a bottomless financial GHANA MUST GO and the PDP to react to the have enjoyed an over- must not be allowed to in- call on opposition parties pit filled to the top, a dark verdict that was unantici- whelming support, con- terfere with governance. to focus on challenging the horse in the race is assured Kidnappers to get pated. Though the ruling sidering the bickering that It is understandable that APC to deliver on its elec- of making it to the last line, death penalty in party had always insisted had trailed the conduct and those who are early birds toral promises to Nigeri- while those with leader- Kano that President Buhari was final outcome of the 2019 in biting the bullet for re- ans, especially on economic ship qualities but bereft of — News unperturbed over threat of polls. What matters now is alising their ambitions may empowerment and fight funds are only allowed to judicial reversal of his elec- not whether the apex court be involved in consensus- against insecurity and cor- live in an island of wishes. toral victory, the PDP also did justice, for in the eyes of building process and re- ruption. This can be done To beat political swin- was no less self-assured the loser, justice is yet to be aligning with forces for through a systematic mon- dlers that are compro- that its appeal could open served. What is most cru- future victory. Democracy itoring of the performance mising our desire for a another window of oppor- cial now is that the road to is never a perfect system, profile of the Buhari gov- transparent system to- tunity to consolidate its 2023 has been cleared of all just as the thirst for ideal- ernment and making the wards building enduring case against the verdict of inhibitions as the country ism under a democratic government accountable to democratic structures, all the presidential panel that is set to commence another culture could turn out a mi- the public over its manifold hands must be on deck upheld the result of the journey to yet another gen- rage in our clime noted for promises to the nation. to emancipate our nation 2019 polls. eral election in 2023. ambiguities and paradoxes. Nigeria’s democracy has from the firm grips of cor- For those who have fol- Those with political as- The capacity of the polity been weakened by the in- rupt politicians who are lowed trajectories of presi- pirations have quickly to rise above the discrep- ability of the political class not willing to give up. We dential appeal cases that awaken to the realities and ancies of democracy is ex- to differentiate between must deploy technology to With hard labour sef often ended at the apex making hay while the sun pected to avail the people politics and governance. make every vote count. If if possible! court since 2003, with the is shining. At least for now, of present realities in order Since democracy is erro- India can conduct and an-

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