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  • Varsity confers awards on Opara, others

    Rescue Mission Theological University will on December 5 confer Honorary Doctorate Degree (PhD Honoraris) on distinguished Nigerians who have contributed greatly to philanthropy and champion social changes in Accra, Ghana.

    The Executive Secretary of Nigeria Christian Pilgrimage Commission (NCPC), Kennedy Opara; Imo Speaker, Acho Ihim; Hon Emeka Lloyd (Owerri North federal Constituency) amd CEO Ceecon Oil and Gas, Chima Anyanso, will be recipients of the award at the convocation ceremony.

    Others include: CEO Waterstone Nig Limited, Harvey Igboanugo; General Overseer Hallowed Chapel International, Apostle Jude Odim; High Chief Victor Nwankwo and Chief Andrew Chukwu Eze-Igbo Ga West Constituency Ghana.

    The African Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Greg Stevens, said the awardees will help to support philanthropic activities of the institution in the continent, especially the RMTU Scholarship Fund with which it assists students from poor homes.

    The Chancellor, Professor Bob James, is expected to confer the awards on the recipients.

    Names of the awardees will be enshrined in the university’s Hall of Glory as one of those championing societal development in Africa.

  • Court awards N50,000 cost to Stanbic/IBTC against shareholders

    Court awards N50,000 cost to Stanbic/IBTC against shareholders

    The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday awarded N50,000 to Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc as punitive cost against its minority shareholders.

    A shareholder, Alhaji Muktar Muktar, on behalf of himself and the Trusted Shareholders Association of Stanbic Holdings Plc, is seeking to be joined as a party to a suit by Stanbic IBTC Holdings against the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) and the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP).

    The application was billed for hearing yesterday, but counsel for the shareholders, Elder Paul Ananaba (SAN), sought an adjournment.

    He said he was not ready to move the application and needed more time.

    Besides, he said Stanbic IBTC’s counsel, Prof Fidelis Oditah (SAN, QC), only served him with his reply to the application on Thursday.

    However, Oditah said Ananaba should have communicated to him that he was not ready to argue the application.

    He, therefore, asked for punitive cost of N100,000.

    However, Justice Ibrahim Buba said he would adjourn to enable Ananaba “put in every arsenal he has.”

    Rather than the N100,000 Oditah asked for, he awarded N50,000 in his favour.

    The applicant, in his motion on notice, is seeking an order joining him as a defendant in the suit.

    His prayer is on behalf of the minority shareholders of Stanbic IBTC Holdings.

    Muktar said he and the others are necessary parties to the suit and have interests to protect.

    Last Wednesday, the court restrained the FRC from obstructing the operations of Stanbic IBTC Holdings.

    Justice Ibrahim Buba granted an order of interlocutory injunction restraining it or its officers “from interfering with, or otherwise impeding, obstructing, molesting or hindering” the plaintiffs’ operations.

    Stanbic IBTC said FRC, since August 3, has been investigating its audited accounts for the year ended December 2014.

    The investigations concern liabilities accrued in the plaintiff’s 2014 accounts in respect of franchise fees owed to Standard Bank of South Africa, the registration of which it said has been pending before NOTAP since 2011.

    The plaintiff said FRC labelled the franchise agreement as illegal, and invited IBTC Holdings’ Chief Executive Officers to appear before it.

    Following a meeting on October 16, the council informed the plaintiff that it committed criminal offences and that it would be reported to the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Securies and Exechage Commission (SEC).

    FRC then asked the entire Stanbic IBTC board to meet with the council “to know the extent of your board involvement” in the matter.

    But the plaintiff contended that the council has no statutory or other powers to summon the plaintiff’s entire board of directors to a meeting in order to determine their complicity or otherwise in any alleged criminal offence.

    In its suit, the plaintiff is asking the court to determine, among others, whether FRC has the power to impose a fine of N1 billion on it.

    FRC had last week sanctioned Stanbic IBTC over its audited accounts for 2013 and 2014.

    It suspended the Financial Reporting Numbers of the bank’s chairman, Mr. Atedo Peterside, and its chief executive, Mrs. Sola David-Borha.

    Justice Buba adjourned to Thursday next week for hearing of the application for “joinder.”

  • Workers bag media awards

    Two workers of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), have been honoured with the Excellent media Southwest Nigeria awards for their outstanding performance in their chosen fields. They are: Dr. Elizabeth Oluwalana, a Programme Leader, Gender Issues and Youth Development (GIYD) programme, Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Centre (AMREC) and Mr. Kunle Agboola, a Chief Academic Technologist in the College of Food Science and Human Ecology (COLFHEC) of the university.

    While Oluwalana was awarded the ‘Ogun State Outstanding Personality of the Year 2015’, based on her immense contributions in empowering students and graduates in vocational and entrepreneurial skills, Mr. Agboola was honoured as the Ogun State Outstanding Technical Instructor of the Year 2015, based on his efforts at developing and imparting technical skills in the area of indigenous African textile technology, with special focus on adire.

    The organisers of the award, Excellent Media Group, is made up of media practitioners that are based in the Southwest geo-political zone of the country in a bid to promoting the culture of excellence in the society.

  • Tinubu, Omatseye get Nigerian Oscar awards

    Students from different campuses will converge on Sunday to honour the national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, with life-time achievement award. The former Lagos State governor would be honoured at the Nigerian Oscar Award for his contribution to the development of democracy in the country.

    The award will hold at Bespoke Event Centre in Lekki, Lagos.

    The organiser’s spokesperson, Adekolawole Longe, said the choice of Tinubu was informed by his political achievements in the last 16 years. He said students across campuses voted for the politician to be named as Nigerian Oscar Person of the Year.

    Adekolawole said: “Students across the country have decided to turn the spotlight on the statesmanship of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who has invested his resources and personal comfort to promote good democratic values and practice. More than any politician in this dispensation, Tinubu has promoted the principle federalism with strong conviction and unequal fervour. He is also a key player in the political movement that changes the country for better.”

    Also to be honoured at the event are individuals, who have distinguished themselves in the chosen career. They include Mr Femi Falana (SAN), Senator Babajide Omoworare, Chairman of The Nation’s Editorial Board, Sam Omatseye, Innocent Idibia (2face), Mr Taiwo Afolabi and Dr Dapo Majekodunmi, among others.

     

  • Nigerians praise Glo-CAF Awards promo

    Nigerians praise Glo-CAF Awards promo

    National Telecom-munications Company, Globacom has been praised for introducing the “Find Your Place among the Stars” promo ahead of the 2015 Glo-CAF Awards.

    Nigerians, who spoke to the media, praised the company for introducing the promo which they believe will give more Nigerians the opportunity of attending the next edition of the glamorous Glo- Caf Awards scheduled to take place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria on  January 7, 2016.

    A banker, Sylvia Adeyinka, said she was highly excited about the promotion and looked forward to attending the showpiece event.

    “I so much want to attend and be part of the fun. I plan to use the required airtime to qualify for a ticket. I can’t wait for January 7,” she said.

    An Abuja-based automobile engineer, Rasheed Ahmed, commended Globacom for giving Nigerians the opportunity to watch the 2015 Glo-CAF Awards “live” in Abuja.

    “I will ensure that I use the required amount of Glo credits and hopefully, I will be lucky to be one of the ticket winners,” Ahmed posited.

    Stephen Nduka, Human Resources Manager of Lagos-based Pel Edge Resources Limited, said the promo is “very good and commendable,” adding that he looks forward to winning one of the tickets to the awards night.”

    Globacom, the title sponsor of the annual Glo-CAF Awards, recently launched a new promo entitled “Find Your Place among the Stars” ahead of the 2015 edition of the awards.

    The company said the promo will give opportunity to many subscribers on its network to join football legends, top football administrators like the President of Confederation of African Football (CAF) and acting FIFA President,  Isa Hayatou, top businessmen and showbiz icons from the continent and beyond to celebrate the best football stars and administrators in Africa.

    “Our subscribers have been the brand’s pillar of strength since we rolled out service 12 years ago and this is another golden opportunity to appreciate and reward them for their patronage and support,” Globacom said.

    Under the “Find Your Place among the Stars promo” which is available to all Glo customers, subscribers are expected to recharge N10,000 worth of airtime or more monthly between October 2015 and January, 2016 and text “CAF” to 33002 to stand a chance to win a couple’s invite to attend.

    “Series of world-class entertainment has been lined up to excite guests at the Gala night where they will meet and mingle with African football icons at the International Conference Centre, Abuja,” the statement concluded.

  • Fashola, six others for IGG award in US

    Fashola, six others for IGG award in US

    The immediate past governor of Lagos State and ministerial nominee, Babatunde Raji Fashola will on Monday be conferred with award by International Crisis Group (ICG), a worldwide conflict prevention group.

    Other six exceptional personalities will also be conferred with the awards.

    The ICG annual award, will be held in New York, in the United States.

    In a statement by ICG, Stephen J. Solarz, the award will be given to Fashola “for his commitment to resolving social, economic and security challenges in one of the world’s most challenging urban environments.”

    Founder of Virgin Group, Richard Branson, will also bag an award for what ICG noted as “his visionary reshaping of private sector initiatives to promote peace, human rights and sustainable development.”

    Another awardee, is former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata, who is said to merit the award for her “exemplary efforts to prevent conflict and mass atrocities, alleviate suffering during the Balkan crisis, and protect refugees worldwide.”

    For their “unwavering dedication to pluralism, inclusion and compromise during Tunisia’s democratic transition” according to ICG, President Béji Caïd Essebsi of Tunisia and Nahdha Party leader, Rached Ghannouchi, were also among the awardees.

    Former Italian Foreign Minister, Emma Bonino is also to be given award for her “tireless role in de-escalating tensions and promoting peace.”

    Other awardees include former Australian Foreign Minister who is also the pioneer President of ICG, Gareth Evans, for promoting principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P).

    ICG’s President, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, who announced the 2015 awards in Brussels, Belgium, said “each award goes to a pioneer of peace, to a relentless fighter for the improvement of people’s lives, to someone who has built bridges, believed in change and mobilised others in the name of justice.”

  • CU bags awards

    CU bags awards

    Covenant University’s Department of Electrical & Information Engineering (EIE), has won yet another set of awards for the innovation of energy retention bags, solar powered weather station and green luminaire.  The award  won on September 24 at the World Invention and Innovation Forum, Yancheng, China, was presented to the CU management on  October 2. All the awards were in ‘gold’ categories, except for the silver medal award won by one of the students for inventing a ‘step manager.’

    Expressing his joy over the award, CU Vice-Chancellor, Prof Charles Ayo, said only divine wisdom could have facilitated such innovations, especially the ‘energy retention bag’ which was made from common materials that are easily accessible.

    He praised the efforts of the Department of Electrical & Information Engineering for driving CU goals and vision through great ideas and innovations.

    While making his presentation, CU Director Centre for Research, Innovation and Discovery (CUCRID), Prof Samuel Wara, said the awards given to CU’s inventions were in three product areas.

    In his remarks, the President, Nigerian Association of Inventors, Pastor Momodu Shaka, stated that the major funding for ideas and inventions should be directed towards commercialisation. He, therefore, advised CU management to seek collaboration with Asian companies for the commercialisation of its innovations.

    Also at the event were: the Registrar,Pastor Olamide Olusegun; Director, Financial Services, Pastor Bayo Oladehinbo  and members of the Directorate of Media and Corporate Affairs.

     

  • Kukah, others for awards

    Kukah, others for awards

    Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese Bishop Mathew Kukah, former Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman Prof Attahiru Jega, Justice Emmanuel Ayoola and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi will bag honorary degrees at the third convocation of the Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) on October 21.

    Their awards will form part of the activities to celebrate the third convocation of the six-year-old institution.

    Speaking in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, the Chairman, Governing Council of ABUAD, Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher, said the quartet were selected “after a rigorous, thorough and merit-based selection process, and in appreciation of their services and contributions to humanity”.

    Kukah, a brilliant orator and public analyst, was ordained a Catholic Priest on December 19, 1976.

    Prof Jega, a former Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano,  attended Ahmadu Bello University Zaria’s Bayero University College, Kano where he graduated with a Second Class Upper Division in Political Science in 1979.

    Justice Ayoola is  a former President of the Court of Appeals of Seychelles and Justice of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (1998-2003) before he retired in October 2003 at 70.

     

  • Awards for 15 monarchs

    Fifteen traditional rulers from the Southwest, Kwara and Kogi states are to be conferred with post-humous awards by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi.

    A public lecture titled: “Concepts and Values of the Alaafin in Yoruba land” will be delivered by Prof Adele Jinadu of the University of Lagos and Prof Salihu Jubrin of the University of Ilorin.

    The events, to take place on Saturday, are part of activities to celebrate the Alaafin’s 77th birthday.

    At a briefing yesterday, one of the organisers, Babatunde Ilufoye, said they decided to celebrate the monarch as “an epitome of pride, truth, courage and integrity.”

    Ilufoye said the lecture would showcase lessons from Alaafin’s administration and why the constitution and administration of the pre-colonial empire presented a formidable fabric.

    He said the awards were for selected founders of Yoruba towns, especially those loyal and whose ancestral lineages were traceable to Oyo.

  • BON kicks off awards with reading

    BON kicks off awards with reading

    AFTER months of preparation, organisers of the annual Best of Nollywood Awards have announced the kickoff of its 2015 edition with a pre-event ceremony tagged BON Reading. The event is billed to hold on Sunday, October 4, at the Ondo State Government House.

    “We are pleased to announce that BON Reading 2015 will hold on Sunday inside the government house. The wife Of the Ondo State Governor Mrs. Olukemi Mimiko will be playing host to a constellation of Nollywood stars that will be visiting the state to inspire to the kids through reading a pre- selected texted book to their listening pleasure. We look forward to a great evening with her Excellency,” convener of the awards, Seun Olotukeyi, stated.

    Among Nollywood stars expected at the event are Chelsea Eze, Seun Akindele, Moyo Lawal, Muyiwa Ademola, Ayo Adesanya, Mimi Orijekwe and others.