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Security Forces Set to Take on Militants Returning to Lagos, Ogun Creeks
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EDITORIAL The Business Climate in Nigeria
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Suicide Atte Camp Foiledmpt at IDP as Sniper Kills Bomber Boko
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Fo ow ng the recent resurgence of m tancy n the creeks n Lagos and Ogun States the m tary at the weekend sa d t was set to take them on hav ng taken to k dnapp ng as a means of sustenance The Operat on Awatse Task Force had n the past three months nvaded the creeks of Arepo Ishawo Awawa and severa other creeks d s odg ng p pe ne vanda s W th the r means of ve hood cut off the d s odged group b d ts t me for the heat to d e down before they went back to the same creeks but th s t me took to k dnapp ng On a v s t to the creeks over the weekend the F ag Officer Command ng Western Nava Command Rear Adm ra Ferguson Boba sa d a though the secur ty forces were aware that the m tants had returned they were set to take them on He sa d “We are aware that the m tants are return ng and we are ready to take them on Very soon petro eum products wou d be pumped from At as Cove to Mos m “That wou d pose a new cha enge for us because when we embarked on th s operat on at that t me petro eum products were not be ng pumped and some of them who were out of bus ness started k dnapp ng “We are go ng to come n mass ve y to ensure these m screants are kept at bay We are aware that some of the gas stat ons patron se these vanda s and we have recommended to the government that the appropr ate agency shou d dea w th those fi ng stat ons ”
ONDO POLL INEC AWAITS ACOURT RULING BEFORE FURTHER COMMENT ON PDP CANDIDATURE n the state n the name of protests It o ned the APC by ca ng on Buhar to ca the governor to order and d rect h m not to cause mayhem n the state The AD s pos t on was conta ned n a statement ssued by the state secretary of the party Dr So a Agboo a Agboo a sa d the governor shou d be he d respons b e for any breakdown of aw and order n the state “PDP thugs and street urch ns were h red to carry out the acts of br gandage and were b ock ng roads n Akure the
state cap ta to susta n the es ” he stated AD descr bed the deve opment as an rony say ng M m ko who got nto office v a the nstrumenta ty of the court was surrept t ous y resort ng to v o ence even before an appe ate court cou d redress the matter It pos ted that t amounted to dece t to resort to v o ence to seek ust ce React ng the pub c ty secretary of the PDP Mr Ban Okunomo sa d the AD was be ng m sch evous by mak ng the a egat on say ng t was the “peop e
that reacted to the a eged meted to Jegede” “They were nt m dated by the emergence of Jegede as the cand date of the PDP that s why they want to do a th ngs poss b e to stop h m We a know that th s s a consp racy aga nst us “We d d not sponsor anybody to protest the peop e of the state came out spontaneous y to protest aga nst the n ust ce Jegede s a threat to them and they wou d soon be put to shame ” he sa d
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The decision by the Inde Mr. Jimoh pendent Nat Ibra ional Electora Party in Ond him and not Eyitayo l Com there could o State is generally beli Jegede as the Peo mission to list ples be more to it than mee eved to smack of mis Democratic ts the eye, writ chie es Shola Oyef and that yipo
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“Government o-Kuti’s an ever green Magic” song is Ahmed, affirmed this because according the governm that exposes sometimes ent does the to her, governance illusion of democratic federal level. What a not owe salaries at the and the hypocrisy pointless self-adula Who measures budget of basis of tion! its growingan evolving modern world crisis responsib salary paymentperformance on the penchants for once governme metaphysics. with ‘technical’ allusion ? It is stemmed from le for the Ondo PDP nt is determine That present anything, to the crass just another crisis plaguingabove. The seemingly debacle d government. failure of the Altho intractable analyse theusually, it does not to achieve ugh comm its national Whilst this have come holistically consequences, leadership execute it, often intervention, is not the crux of but may on the develo entary wing, and itat a very bad time for this leaving in its goes ahead to that, it is paying dearly the Ondo of deplorabl pment is technically, is pertinent to acknowlevery expec trail, a ‘basket focus on a crucial es’ – borrowing for it, unable the crisis in dge US Democrat State ted to election, just the coinage to the APC in Ondo The release of the of the over the choice of its weeks presidential ic Candidate in the Novembe given that be measured candidate ahead election by of the list of candidate away. governorship election, Hillary r 8 Novembe INEC last week the matter s for the election billed In today’s Clinton. waves down r sent some shock Muhammadu government of not mean might have subsided to hold in is now in court and the activethe spine of both the and word “technica Buhari, the fond President the party’sthat the aftermath of thea bit. It does indeed The electoral players on the Ondoobservers use of the primary would outcome of , the Appea any other time l” appears more notorious horizon. body, at least, the still party not l take with stakes, acting as if an interested choice of Mr. its toll, is expec political history. in the artery of contempothan as its candidate Rotimi Akeredol of the Ali Modu had listed Mr. Jimoh ted to deliveCourt Why so? Its capacity rary is a is no longer ‘technical shield’ u r as the candidate Sheriff faction of Ibrahim in times of crisis!to provide withsettled matter as far as in contention – it judgment on the PDP, If the APC of the party INEC, the umpire all its confusion the election. the governm recognise PDP cases gaining victory ent is not technical d for Unfortunately, ist tendency, is concerne sometime this Before INEC over the Boko the ly the PDP economy is Haram did in Edo Stateperformed this magic – is far from ruling party in the stated. week. Howe not be out oftechnically in recession sect, the bridge. Not the way it crossing this ver, INEC election and two days to the governor . It would all importan– canno because the in the technicali place, therefore, to assume t which the ship party has necessary t continue thanks to security it feigned ty of the party reasoning require to and governmethat face of the law,and seen to have donenot done needle conspiracy ignorance – Jegede of the so but because – Mr. nt’s appears ss fire on thestoke political consciou some reawaken the Nigerian in the candidate of main faction of the PDP Eyitayo to ing polity and the A few days ago, sness of the country. in the habitually have suddenly set in, aided factor on the groun indisputablyGovernor Olusegun Mimiko inconsistent the federal governme by the ds of obeyin the 2016 budget the standard to judiciary, was having emerged bearer nt said andenjoy throwing the polity which seems court orders had “fully performe g as in terms of from an exerciseof the party, palpably . It is bad into needless enoug ideal and observed Budget andpersonnel.” Minister of d to date its incongru avoidable disorient the latter choice by INEC adjudged h that its resolv National Planning State for ation ous injunctio was a product itself while ns, rulings with obey , Mrs. Zainab judgments as it pleases. arrangement e to and or court orders of another in Ibadan, the Even more As if consciou Oyo unfortunate is now selective becau sly playing State capital. is the fact that destabilis a script to the polity and the when it suits se it does so failings, theeINEC, further always hiding expose its court rulings it behind funny and injunction s to feign obedience
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Anambra The biblical valley of the shadows of Theb b ca va eyoftheshadowsof used to depict a condition of death issusedtodep ctacond t onof fear and harm, but innAnambra Anambra, there fearandharm exist physical valleys of the shadows The exstphys ca va eysoftheshadows Mena e o of death scattered around the state. ofdeathscatteredaroundthestate T Page 20
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t is no longer sion. Oil pricesnews that we are in a receshave plunged, importantly, in the Niger agitations Commissio the Niger Delta Developm frightening Delta region have assumed n, dimensions, ent administra a vehicle created by coming out with groups the oil-rich tion the of Niger accelerate the in 2002 with a mandateObasanjo critical nationalthe woodworks to and in accordanceDelta in a sustainable destroy developme infrastruct region. Conversely manner area. with the extant nt of the Nigerto the law. , we can baskure in the provisions Delta assurance that The challenges in the warmth of However, Nigerians have of both the been a very region have been performance in view of the NDDC’s NDDC and resolute been well chronicled that have succeeded and determinedalways dismal the these include has literally over the years, Mr. Nsima breed . Some of against all got to hit the youth demograp Ekere team as well infighting among the odds, our huge with a view hics, if positively leadership to bringing ground running is a game changer; ment betweenas leaders in the region, to the impoverish succour and many of the channelled, misalignin various and the real the agenda of past leading Like Dr Martin ed citizens of the relief fields NDDC teams developme region. the opportunit globally are Nigerians lights Luther King cronyism, ntal needs at a divided ies for growth opaque procureme Jnr, bellowed and of the area, America in abundant. myriad of in Nigeria March on Washingto As his speech other problems. nt processes and seem looks bleak such, even though the a It is not in n on August at the “America could at the moment, horizon doubt that us with a golden no longer afford 28, 1963, these times Managing the newly administer Director of present appointed chance to re-invent the ing and let the luxury itself the Commissio Nsima Ekere, ‘the tranquilisin of gradualism world know a stellar technocrat n, Mr. ,’ g drug of can come out that many our nation astute politician urgency of but, rather, recognise good things of Nigeria. and an is fit for the now.” Ekere ‘the fierce Interesting backdrop of urgent and his experience job. Against the concrete stepsand his team must take foreground ly, the Niger Delta region estate surveyor as acute s binary opposition an that enterprisin also awareness demonstra and valuer, where oil accounts developme te an s. head of various g move the NDDCof the situation at ntal focused for close to As a nation and roughly and by extension,hand, and State before agencies in 90% Delta region, his well-earne Akwa-Ibom the region 75% of the budgetary of exports the Deputy abject povertyout of the doldrums the Niger that produces revenues, Governor of d elevation as of neglect, from the Promised oil is still very Muhamma the state, President has crippled and rent-seeking mentality du Buhari far Land of developme spite of huge must be commende for making that one which it and transform the sums that nt in the land into ev to the area it is often said, right call in this regard. d by way of have been committed everything Like amnesty and leadership. rises and most The the President’s choice of Ekere is falls on indicative resolve to fix the problems of of
The late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s “Government Magic” song is an ever green that exposes the sometimes illusion of democratic governance and the hypocrisy of an evolving modern world with its growing penchants for metaphysics.That once government is determined to achieve anything, usually... Page 16 have done and handed over to LASEMA “Honest y LASEMA has not been as eep n the ast two months W th the swamp bugg es prov ded by the governor they have been work ng here day and n ght to mop up the erry cans and other tems the vanda s eft here We are ust support ng LASEMA to ensure that they c ean up the area ” LASEMA Genera Manager Aden y T am yu a so sa d “We wou d d spose of the erry cans for recyc ng It wou d be dangerous and uneth ca to burn them around here “So we have been g ven the mandate to take them out of here wh ch s what we wou d do We wou d se them to recyc ng compan es The erry cans are empty “We are mov ng them out Our concern s to br ng out a the remnants of the r equ pment ns de the creeks “I have gone nto the creeks for three hours and I have observed that there are qu te a ot of erry cans st scattered across the p ace a str nged together So we have an ass gnment to do and we have to do t “We do not comp ete y know the terra n so we engage the oca s Qu te a ot of them are ns de the creeks and everyday they br ng out kegs and we puncture them “As a government we wou d ensure the vanda s don t return I am sure the m tary won t eave th s p ace unt they are sure the vanda s don t return ” Meanwh e p ans are underway to erect br dges as the commun ty has requested a nk br dge to the LagosIbadan expressway and for the state to open up the waterways to mar ne act v t es
States....weekend
$29bn External
Omololu Ogunmad e in Abuja a country’s substantiv The federal e AuGF for a loan request before they SGF on May 25 to the Federal current move government’s could Civil Service entertain “That a candidate billion foreignto secure $29 Commiss Last Thursday,such request. (FCSC), loans may for at a session to immediation the post should remain a pipe between possess a Haram kills commence ely minimum dream the government swiftly unless the Finance, the Minister of five soldiers, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, appointing Ukura’sprocess of Degree and of good Honours others in ambus ensures the three appointment and the Minister successor while substantive professiona must be a qualified of a substantiv h of Budget Auditor-General e Planning, Mrs. l Accountant holding Chiemelie Ezeobi Senator Udoma Anyanwu was askedFlorence membership Federation (AuGF), of the Udo certificate of to take over the job in Udoma; bomber and THISDAY a learnt at the acting in capacity. reputable accountan of the Senate Chairman However, killing him. An attempt weekend. cy body recognised by He said: “At Anyanwu’s Committee The threat on Appropri law about 9a.m. bomber to by a suicide troops posed ation, Senator in acting capacity is tenure or outside Nigeria.within and/ by the Danjuma also said explosives detonate his Dole of Operation Lafiya development has Goje, had doubted to have expired while “That the candidate been at the Bakassi deployed on described as Ukura’s Internally Displaced successor has one of the many government’s preparedn possesses Bakassi IDP camp, not been named. a minimum of 15 years ess to obtain the loan. Damboa road, lapses hampering Persons Maidugu (IDPs) camp, The SGF, in post profession “I just hope that effective the at Damboa road, management ri, on qualification federal governme Maiduguri, of the economy FCSC in May, the memo to experienc al intercepted and security duty, the administra Borno by e, acquired nt will the had directed T H I S D AY killed a male yesterday foiled State, was tion of President succeed in obtaining these in commission bomber ,who by a sniper suicide• MONDAY loans to appoint public or private sector, at the with the situation OCTOBER Muhammadu Buhari. attached to least had 31,Whereas 10 years 2016 on ground,” the most senior director Operation Lafia attempted to sneak Doyle. AuGF in the president Goje stated. as auditing. of which must be in through had the troops’ acting capacity That the most last Responding, pending the The suicide senior towards the inner parapet National Tuesday sought the Director be appointed appointm Adeosun bomber expressed IDP Assembly ent was said to have camp. a substantive of capacity in acting confidence on ’s nod to “The Auditor-General at the possibility of the within sneak into attempted to sighted vigilant sentry pursue $29.9 billion external term of officeexpiration of the the the IDP camp borrowing programm the bomber loan and only obtaining the was this next three months. It of the current through the and laid in Auditor-General appealed to the directive e, some senators and must and would western flank close. wait until he came senators who reacted to 15 up Anyanwu which threw have have, succeeded at least a minimum request at the The sniper the before to treat the request . but for the instantly them with dispatch. weekend, The memo shot and killed of eagle stated in part: two years to retiremen Since May the terrorist no external loan couldsaid sentry on duty. eye of the as he “That all relevant t.” However, 25 when tried to obtained unless be The sniper the request was Secretary to the Governm the (Audit) regardless Directors this directive,five months after to the westernforce his way accompani of the year of the the ent of promotion ed by flank of the have waited was said to IDP camp of the substantivappointment report from a a confirmation a memoFederation (SGF), in , be considere fence. e AuGF has to come closerfor the bomber substantive AuGF, in the d not been dated May “Unfortu which Nigeria made, 25 and new process of appointing signed by him down. before gunning Improvise nately, doesn’t a in complaint thus resulting Auditor-General the present. There ed Bukar, d Explosive is need have at PermanentMohamm It is surprisin According Device Secretary (General to make the exercisein order Committee s by Senate (IED) g that to the acting The senators to do more on Public Accounts strapped Services) to re-posi the federal more that presentatio claim beingvest Director competitive and on thegovernm in the Office explained tion Army, Public bomber “gratified that the failed to of ent internal attract theeconom ns by the staff would to ”detonate. more the Office Doing Business Relations, by the latest competen donor agencies SGF, ordered the immediat ytand of “ Conseque capable such as Bank’s putofficers of the Auditor-Ge report the people past AuGF, ntly, a combined e the process. the World Usman, the Colonel Sani which placed World number 169 in of theto Samuel ofout Federation incident which team Internatio work are poorneral military Nigeria of 189and nalatMonetary Bank, to proceed on terminalUkura, happened at countrie doingExplosive “That the Commissio polices in(IMF) and lack businessOrdinanc effective Fund about 9a.m, the leave, place and overall the governme coordination. African report is Neverthel saw the sniper intercept Opportunities ranking.e The ease Device Developm internal and n should of nt has failed report, narrow ess, Bank ent entitled as ititdid (ADB)“Equal to advertisem ing the external All”, based that are was had set a rule replace him. key indicator not Cont’dforon learnt measure some that alsofollowing the overall ent to expand authorisin critical to the Pg 59 Ukura’s non-repla ranking g the on investme level field of selection the of security, construction s on starting SGF’snt decision aspects attachment a business of ,confirmat to macroec cement permits, registerin to consider directive FCSC in May, dealing ion report is however, onomic credit, protectin the stability, s such as skills of the from directive in contrast to the other qualified Auditors labourcommissio g property, with n in July, shortlisted both getting within institutio by the Office across borders, g investors, paying on, underlyi corruption, andnsforwardedpopulati of the service. and outside the financial ng quality enforcing contracts taxes, trading the names civil three and infrastru vency, and cture,ofthe strength of candidate system getting , resolving ands for predictab of the the office focus of insoltothe In the current electricity. Buhari. ility of policies. report was assessme regulation The ment in the and red-tapeprimarily on measurin area of startingnt, Nigeria made improve small to medium g relevant to construction a business, the life cycle the dealing with to credit. But permits, registering property With Kenya, -size firms. of a for the second and access among the slope in key the country also recorded consecutive top 10 global indicators like a year, downwa undertak improve getting electricit trading across rd en, details y, paying taxes, of the report rs based on reforms borders, Nigeria ranked enforcing contracts revealed that protecting and resolving investors, 174th on getting138th position on all, the country starting a business insolvency. construction improved by getting In position of , permit and electricity. just one 170 last year Others 180th registering believe that to 169 this point from its property, 44th include 182nd positionon year. We do is protecting when we are something to rejoice on getting on not minority investors credit, 32nd about, talking about 181st on trading on , 182nd an assessme especially IT IS IN OUR nt involving contracts, and across borders, 139thon paying taxes, 189 nations. 140th position INTEREST TOECONOMIC on “Simple rules on resolving enforcing FACILITATE According TRADE ACROSS that are insolvency. a governm to ent treats its easy to follow are a IMPROVE THE BORDERS, the World Bank sign yield direct citizens report, the economic benefits with respect. Theythat SYSTEM, EASETAX marship; more ginal improve market opportun – more entrepre PROCESS OF THE adherence neurities for highlighted ments to A BUSINESS, STARTING Bank chief the rule of law,” said women; more for country meant our economist Paul Romer, ACCESS TO IMPROVE and senior “But we should World CREDIT vice-pres in the last year, “that AND ENHANC also rememb with respect er that being ident. Nigeria’s business PROCESS OF E THE treated own sake andis something that people SECURING regulatory CONSTRUCTION value for environcitizens this that a government PERMITS ment as captured that fails to its way treat its indicators improve As the largest will lose its ability to by lead.” economy d slightly in the doing business region and country is decreasin absolute terms by most ratings,in the West African g the gap with continent, subtory frontier. - the still the biggest it the on the trade across is in our economic interest involved in This is a morale booster global regulathe efforts to facilitate for stakehol the process borders, improve the aimed bottlenecks tax system, of starting in the business at removing existingders ease a business credit, enhance While that environment.” , improve access the process tion permits the complete small step is good, it to of securing still did not regulations and registering property construcIn any case, story of an economy tell that would that is in recession as we have , initiate contract protect highlighted s, and resolve . investors, in the past, enforce is the will insolvency. the to pursue these What is required friendly reforms. smart and businessBut even at do more if that, we put our peoplemust re-position ourthere is need to economy and to work.
POLITICS Ondo and INEC’s Magic
Speak ng on the erry cans recovered from the creeks that he nspected Boba sa d as of ast week Fr day 53 000 kegs of 50 tres were recovered from creeks around Ishawo He sa d t was made poss b e by the Lagos State Government through the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) because t prov ded swamp bugg es to c ear the creeks to enab e LASEMA pu out the erry cans He sa d “As you saw when we got here there were about three or four waves of erry cans com ng n under the protect on of the army navy and other secur ty forces “There are a ot of erry cans a over the p ace As de the erry cans we arrested so many of the m screants and handed them over to the DSS “You can see the ne up of erry cans here If you beg n to ta k about 53 000 kegs by 50 tres by 145 by the 20 years they have been thr v ng n the bus ness that s a ot of money “So we have done our own and wou d cont nue to do our best What we have recommended s that the appropr ate agency shou d go after these fi ng stat ons ” On the ro e of the commun ty he sa d LASEMA was a ready partner ng w th the oca s g ven that the m tants had subdued the commun ty before the m tary ntervent on He sa d “A ot of peop e ran out of here because the commun ty was harassed It was on y after our operat ons that peop e started com ng back “As a m tary officer I was nstructed by the Ch ef of Defence Staff Genera Gabr e O on sak n to remove the shant es and d s odge the m screants wh ch we
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Operation Hammura Urhobo/Isoko bi militant group, our Akuma Strike Team Code, Niger Delta Greenland struck and brought Justice Effurun-O down the 32-inch Mandate (NDGJM) tor delivery , yesterday claimed that line. “This is not it bombed the ending soon; 32-inch Effurun-O tor delivery we shall fulfill our promise line operated uprooting of Petroleum by the Nigerian our land,” your entire assets in Development the group Company (NPDC). NDGJM reiteratedthreatened. its The group said in a statement that the pan-Niger Delta belief signed by its spokesman. Aldo led by that was a job Forum Agbalaja, that and can never get protest againstits action was in support. the militant group’s Delta Forum the pan-Niger It declared: headed by “We Chief Edwin our unflinchin are reiterating g belief that the be meeting Clark that will pan-Niger Muhammadu with President coordinate Delta Forum, being Buhari tomorrow. d by THISDAY checks and therefore Clark, is a job can never get however support. revealed that our carried out the attack was “Like we said on a disused before now, the trunkline abandoned NDGJM is not by NPDC. opposed to a The group genuine Akuma Strikeclaimed that its federal dialogue between the governme Team brought down the trunkline representatives nt and real at about of the various 11.30p.m last L-R: Former Governor Saturday in nations of our region. furtherance “We of Anambra State, of Association (NLA), Hammurabi its Operation from theare collecting names Peter Nexus Sea, at Code. nations in the the annual merit Obi; former President, “At about region, those who Dr. awards dinner of the NigerianGoodluck Jonathan; and President, October 29, in 23:30hour of equitably will sincerely and Lawyers Associatio furtherance of the peoples,”represent our various n of the United Nigerian Lawyers it added.
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Bank Verificatio The Central (BVN) would n Number the money Bank also be used to, we would (CBN) has said of Nigeria in identifyin also if an identify it is working g fraudsters on a policy account is watchliste in where hehim in all the banks when that will ensure the industry. d has accounts that bank customers the “We are currently and operationframework becomes worrisome was the fact when legal impedime involved in electronic that devices al, credit into nts are fraud are either on a framework using working overcome, such such malware used to spread the attract similar attention blacklisted or the BVN people could account would be withheld. to eliminate from the fraudster were operated fraudsters. One be blacklisted or watchliste This is because s. surveillance. placed on close common with default passwords “Social engineeri in the banking d to watchlist, if we are able it thing about electronic which made The bank’s Director, easy for the hackers ng has fraud become “That would system. to apprehend we will be able Banking movedis that when money to guess. attacks rife in cybercrim and Payment “This also assist and prosecute, is e in Nigeria. ” increasinggoes to show that on ‘Dipo Fatokun, System, Mr. is movedfrom an account, it a great deal in curbing us he added. Almost ly attacks of a daily the Earlier in October edition said this at the account. into another bank menace of fraudsters. Opening nature are becoming this of messages basis, a plethora Fatokun said an address, place and are sent by these common criminals e-Fraud Fraud of the Nigeria owner So, identifying the account is a contract. the world had the tactics used, If with the express held in Lagos Forum (NeFF) account of that fraudulent bank notices that a particulara been inundated with more damaging customer is at the weekend. using the BVN, news on Distribute various institutio to individuals and intent to con the unsuspect Fatokun, fraudulent would we ing ns alike. Seeing recipient using d chairman of who is the identify not only be able to is a criminal, the bank or Service (DDoS) attacksDenial of that this technique that appeal attack came the right to has various NeFF, said targeting to vanity, greeds the bank in him or her in the out of the get him order such as internet destinations a month set aside by in or authority. It is which he has United the contract. And Twitter, therefore moved another The New York PayPal, CNN, NationaStates to focus on important that we look critically implication at measures is that others. Times among l Awareness, weCybersecurity industry that will protect the He said particular hope that our as a whole from ly own general menace of social the meeting will engineering not attacks,” he added.
It is surprising that the federal government would claim being “gratified” by the latestWorld Bank’s Doing Business report which placed Nigeria at number 169 out of 189 countries in the overall ease of doing business ranking. Page 15 I
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es Online Platform Etisalat has launched known as ‘MyEtisal a revolutionary online self-servic ment to continuou at’ in furtherance e platform of on the network. sly deliver superior its unwavering commitexperience to subscribe Speaking at rs a demo event its Chief Product to unveil and Informati the platform in Lagos “the platform recently, on Officer, experience is an industry game changerOtuyemiOtule, said: and digital platforms journey of Etisalat customer as it simplifies the full access to . Etisalat self-service platform s across its various their gives our customers He added that account information and on the web, the platform which couldand available services.” be accessed of features empowers Etisalat customer via an app and s with a vast Etisalat services functions which allow bouquet them “The platform without the need to remembeto manage all their r, text or dial from customer was developed as a result codes. a brand that feedback and surveys. of intelligence generated This cares about what its customer is proof that Etisalat and strives is to respond to their feedback s are saying and feeling He further said ”, Otule said. that ‘My Etisalat’ and ease to subscribe service of Etisalat business rs while the service provides convenience covers various offerings such data, roaming as prepaid, post-paidsegments and second to none value added services , airtime, with features in the mobile and functions “With the innovative telco space. service, Etisalat enjoy greater control over value when they use the customers can now also their preferenc platform as it platform also offers unique es on the network. The gives them to disable their security self-service devices if stolen,” features that enable customers he stated.
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He Systemspecs 2021, if the satisfacti them to unsafe therefore made this declaratio to recent statistics e, according the developers trend, which ugly of Remita, John on. sites. move by the welcomed released by the While making is on the rise, n at recent the Committe Office of US Mission Obaro, not nipped e of e-Banking meeting with the leadershi in the bud. was Symantec, Afon reference to Adviser the National Security Nigeria to create banking practition Industry Heads awarenes said cybercrim p of The experts (ONSA). among internet has who spoke users in Nigeria.s According to ers that represents interests (CeBIH), a body of The Executive 2016 Cybersecu at the drug now surpassed illegale “The dynamic him the company Vice Chairman of trafficking rity Awarenes we can do is Month, organised is a fintech banks in Nigeria. as a criminal of the Nigerian Commun terrorism threatsnature of cybers money-m to come up with firm and the work in partnersh ica- our top-class products. Mission Nigeria by the US identities aker, and that people’s tions Commission “best capabilities demand that ip with banks (NCC), in Umar are be Prof. Lagos He stolen continually therefore reiterated to meet desired But we need to week, raised Garba the alarm that last seconds as a result every three represent Danbatta, who was refined and adapted market needs.” CeBIH to develop the company’ of fraudulen of cybercrime ed by the the most effective to provide s readiness While also t activities are a lot the industry Director, platforms for to quoting Forbes,. Public Affairs place online, taking Afon response. the banking sector.by deploying efficient work with at NCC, Mr. Education and general where individua explained Tony also electronic expressed and corporate Ojobo, that 89 per cent CeBIH’s Chairman, public awareness ls of breaches is a key part Dele Adeyinka, of Nigerians said the number this saying that thethe body’s wiliness to collaborat been swindledorganisations have espionag had a financial that browse of requirem e with Systemsp or internet of their financial e motive past for the banks and Systemspecs the in addition ent. This is why savings in everyday is ecs, and that good of the have collabora cybercrime seconds. to on industry. increase collabora responsib costs the ted in the and that are projected However, The President, the tions, ility to reach $2 to raise security there was need role NCC is playing a major work with you of fostering this relationsh he said, “we have the trillion globally Experts AssociatioCybersecurity 2019, in creating for awareness ip by the internet with the tendency awareness and on educating Obaro declared the advancement of the and we are ready to Mr. Remi Afon, n of Nigeria, damages to enable Nigerians for the browse the general who delivered to payment systems as interesting the rapid industry.” a paper on: acceptability globally by reach $6 trillion falling with caution and avoid issues of cyber securitypublic on ‘Recognising across the Nigeria twelve years of electronic 2021, according Combating victims to and to Cybersec through sponsorsh banking ago the Cybercrime’, 40 According to cyber abuse. various ip and support urity Ventures. “Today, almost country was reluctance landscape, saying that for caution called of Danbatta, while browsing Narrowing awarenes ria currently of e-paymen everybody has come to to accept e-payments. internet and the threat the Nigeria, has over 152 Nige- organised by s campaigns t. agree about to avoid clicking to active million organisat Afon said cybersecurity the necessity be implemen Now, the debate is about telecoms subscriber between 2012 – 2014, ted,” he said. how e-paymen ions,” that out s and Nigeria lost t should The Assistant Danbatta said. N64 million of the number, over Legal Attaché, 97 Agency Wins are internet users, as at Effectiveness T H I S D AY A startup creative Award• MONDAY, OCTOBER Continued agency, of Category on page 24 31, 2016 winner in the Up In The Sky Ltd , has emerged 2016 Summit Award competiti Marketing EffectivenBest on, held recently. 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Terminal Operators that of lower said all the communic Association mercial,Radio, court. dispute resolutio alternative ations materials of Nigeria, STOAN. and the shipping operators PressInsert, However, maritime – the TV Comtogether to The STOAN court settlemen n or out of lines questioned deliver on our Outdooranddonationswebsite industry the powers had stakeholders, tion Shipping and Associa- Ports objective. award is an the industry t was better for –worked drawn of the freight objective endorsem This marketing and the national (ASLA had Lines Agencies such Regulator to carry effectiveness he said. forwarding from the economy ent of our campaign out and maritime taken . professio action. to court following the Council . strategy”, Noting that lawyers weekendn But Justice out of court to reverse storage its decision of Ibrahim Buba said the way settlement out the Federal charges collected by the High Court the three parties in was for good as a would have been Ikoyi had terminal operators precedent, the case to embrace in Decembe and for increasing Nweke said this would an out of free storage 2014, ruled in favour r 17, settlement. court achieve take days at the of the NSC, seaports from as the court time to They argued to seven. three ment upholding its appointwould need as the the good of that this was for beforetime to study the “What keeps Similarly, case all the parties me up at night regulator for ports economic for justice can and the benefit the ports industry and during the gone to court ASLA had also and He called on be expected. of the Nigerian affirming to day stop economy is all how the the its decision Regulator from Ports the do parties, including the which is we get money on facing charges. ports economic to invest in our shipping line reducing their recession. currently regulator, infrastructure Dissatisfied STOAN and agency charges Former Presiden because once with the judgASLA, to consider ment, members we do t that, this economy of STOAN National Associati of the promise as reaching a comcan be proactive” part of the on of Government out of Approved Freight Minister of Finance, Continued Mrs kemi Adeosun on
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It was a peak afternoon when workers were about heading homes after the official working hours. Adeyinka Ogunkola felt a deep sense of outrage with the traffic that had ensnarled him at the junction linking Micheal Okpara Road with Herbert Macaulay Traffic Ligh t Vandalism in the FCT Road inWuse Zone 6. Page 40 page 24
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Duro Ikhazuag be believe it is the Algerians Legendary will that international, Algerian ex due be under pressure in Uyo to the draw Lakhdar played Belloumi, game they countrymenhas tipped his openingwith Cameroun in their points whento pick all three qualifiersMatch-day 1 of the the Fennecs , Belloumi insisting play Super that FIFA World Eagles in a 2018 onesthe Super Eagles are “the under pressure.” November Cup qualifier on “On the contrary, 12 in Uyo. The 1981 African I believe Footballer the Nigerians will be the of the Year under ones Espana ’82 who played at home pressure as they’re World Cups and Mexico ’86 their and playing in front at of own fans,” he FIFA.com for Algeria told conviction said with . the Fennecs yesterday that Belloumi described repeating the are capable of 1-1 Algeria’s ago when they feat of 35 years in draw with Camerou Blida as “a n defeated Nigeria home and away misstep” considering that they have first Mundial to earn their found ticket. the Indomitab “Algeria le Lions difficult footballing have a great competitito play against in history. We’ve ve matches. defeated Nigeria “Our team more than once. We beat For me, the is very strong. them on own patch draw in 1981 andtheir Cameroun was just against Libya in 1982. in a misstep. My message And we mustn’t forget to Riyad Mahrez Cameroun have that and Co, and therefore, is a great team 12 Novembethat winning on and a long World Cup history, impossible,” r is certainly not themthat we’ve never beaten Belloumi stressed in an official with confidenc put that slip-up match. Let’s e. “We will concentrate on behind us and picking up three our style ofwin if we impose points in Nigeria,” is powerful play. Our team Algerian stressed former super the with a little and united, and star. The heart, we can bit of desire and the Super Eagles are leading Group B of three points return home with qualifiers Russia 2018 in the bag,” the year-old former 57 a result with three points as of the 2-1 away While most star restated. recorded victory ball pundits against Zambia Ndola early this month. in Nigeria’s Olufunke Oshonaike at Championship the weekend in Morroco emerged winner of the women’s single event of the ITTF African Senior
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Olufunke Oshonaike reclaimed No-nonsense her long lost can Nigeria coach, Gernot final of the African title in the her reclaim the African title women’s singles age. “This victory at Super Rohr, hopes to check of trainings before event of the a big game. Also, the big ITTF African lot to me that I can means a those Eagles late comers and “There are always hotel in Uyo Senior Champio who like to “misbehav made African champion still become has flight beating Egypt’s nships after age. e” playersit very difficult for the Europe and locally to from said the official. despite my by insisting the team It shows that to be fully Abuja Dina Meshref and so train in by 4-2 Rohr questione nothing Abuja before they head is impossib officials leadingmonitored hitches no one can use flight d the “lack le regardles a match venue. off to match as an excuse of focus” of The Egyptian up to a late my age. I am s of Leicester to come Ahmed day. has to camp anymore. unbeaten in so happy that That is why Musa prior City star “Rohr the last two been despite the challenge the experience ” Another top but Oshonaik years, coming d impressedhas been far from official informed in Zambia earlier to the game s I faced Franco-German coach e dug deep that the to Morocco here has fixed this month with some training camp her table tennis into still return I can next of a lot team’s hotel in Abuja is when he drove into camp in Abuja for the Super Eagles stars experienc to the to confuse the an expensive with month’s crucial have chosen who the more compact as against young Northe game in Africa. top of the Cup qualifier hotel World to African to emerge He subsequennew car. camp citingto report late big and in Uyo, which is She described against tly dropped the as the new the difficulty number one Eagles sprawling and the victory even though it will Algeria of connectin as gives room be played so bench assistant captain to the g local flights continent. female star in the whoan inspiration for girls in Uyo. for the players Uyo,” an official for the match to look in Ndola. Players have of the team to whatever they choose An elated Oshonaik The revealed matter yourup to her. “No used before a big at the weekend even will Eagles training camp poor flight connection e said she was happy age, you game. open on Sunday AfricanFootball.com. to “The hotel in that her achieve whatever you can why they s to Uyo as reason experience came night, Uyo is just too November 6, and have reported your mind “By into in life, put in camp and training the Egyptian handy against a living late Abuja having the squad all in big for you to monitor is slated to I am away that . now, begin To the way what testimony, emerge they players Monday the new African will all morning. ” she noted. as from the limited stayed for Uyo as are However Champion, a group some leave given point in up to at any number to Oshonaike The squad will time, while that days in Abuja efforts of , Aruna Quadri’s a big game. won 7-11, 11-13, then fly out becoming 11-5, 11-9, 7-11, to Uyo on Thursday you continent champion the any misbehavican easily check the 7-11. ahead “I knew showdow of or and excesses,” as the Nigerian failed to be tough it was going defending on Saturday. n against Algeria fell 3-4 to because as champion, Egypt’s African champion Olawale Ajimotok the Dina has Omar Assar in an entertainin an in been unbeaten Abuja final. from 24 countries g year. I just toldin the last two for the fourth edition An Oche out there and myself to go said elated Omar Assar From a casual Equatorial of 3e Actuaries 54-hole Odoh, who won the after the match, have fun and Guinea Open. show my experience that he knows contest, “It was Presidential Golfview, the really Nigerian Course, it started working and when againsta crazy match because Mongomo, professionals other Nigerian will lead in Mongom what to expect Equatorial Guinea like Kingsley Oparaku, automati o and qualifiers more confidenc I gained exciting.Aruna it is always very is captivatin Eweka and Fred Olapade,, including Sundayc up his preparationsis setting g and e,” gushed I think I gave Oshonaike Kamalu Bako, the expectations. to meet my 100 but to the trained benign, discovered Austin Akpodiete Gift moments after per cent concentra eye, it the the final. Willy, very tough tion and ‘’ Mongom listened more and unforgiviis a Mongomo at theother side of Christoph Morgan Atako, to my coach,I layout, capable She however 3rd ng of the er Francis, Michael tough course o is a very Helmy tournament edition Ubi and Mohamm when the match added that played Ashraf. I think Aruna professional of denting a when my best to but I am doing last year, ed player’s Haruna. improve very their was Uloma well because 2-2 her was coach, Segun championship score hope on my Mbuko will he card. compete Equatorial Guinea was comprom with not to give up.Toriola, told her and always changing service The over 7,000 ised in the12 players for $50,000 I wake up by 5am record. metres long after incurring extra I kept on going“That was why on he was more aggressiv course carved and hit lady event. 500 balls every strokes. Sadly, they his forehand. e and from dense day. It will Olapade, for me at last.”and it worked retaining I am so will not be be a rare feat lush joint seventhwho finished in victory to accompli the title and happy enchantin vegetation is an among the eight Nigerian The Nigerian with on a very demandinsh g layout revered wild cards that ping pong I can play better than I hope by queen is very will jostle Puig Giner, last year, Spain’s and unforgivi golfers this in future tourname with the internatio excited that is wary is ng course. g she concluded nt,” Assar From Decembeand guests. of 48 nal field of the demands of Mongomo a course It . welcome 60 r 8-11, it will prize male players for the having also featured good shots that rewards and in another in the dimensio golfers (men professional failingmoney of $100,000 after 2014 edition. n does not to make the and ladies) The Osun automatic cut for 30 players. State born mistakes go unpunishallow player, who is a character ed. 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