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  • Aspirant donates bus to party

    Aspirant donates bus to party

    An aspirant for Ifedore/Idanre Federal Constituency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Dele Baderinwa has donated a Siena bus to the party in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State.

    The bus, he said, was donated to assist leaders of the party in their mobilisation of the electorate toward 2015 general elections.

    The donor, a grassroots politician, also donated funds to all the wards in the local government area.

    Speaking at the event held at Igbara-Oke, headquarter of Ifedore, Baderinwa urged the party’s leadership to present credible candidates for the forthcoming elections.

    The ceremony, which was also used to receive hundreds of members of the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who defected to the APC, and witnessed by APC Ondo Central Senatorial aspirant, Chief Tayo Alasoadura, the donor lamented over the level of poverty among the people in the constituency due to lack of credible representatives.

    He assured the people that if voted for, he would open constituency offices in the two local governments.

    He said: “We will use our good offices to bring development to our constituency. We will empower the traders, market women and men by giving them micro-finance loan with low interest rate. We are going to be closer to the people and ensure that there are job opportunities for our teeming youths.”

    Alasoadura said the Ondo Central Constituency has been marginalised at the National level just because the representative has been inactive.

    He also assured the people that he will be presenting his score card every three months if nominated by the party and also voted for by the electorate.

    Meanwhile, an aspirant for the Akure State Constituency II in the Ondo State House of Assembly, Olalekan Odere who is aspiring for the position on the platform of the APC, said he is very optimistic that APC would dominate the state assembly.

    Odere, who spoke with reporters after submitting his nomination form at the party’s new Secretariat in Akure noted that the popularity and acceptability of the party is encouraging.

    The aspirant assured the people that APC would form an Assembly that would make the governor more responsible to the people of the state.

    “The present Assembly we have in Ondo State are just rubber stamp and this is because they are hand-picked by the governor and nobody among them can challenge him. He cannot boast of implementing any project since the beginning of his second term and members of the Assembly have been watching like football spectators who cannot decide over a match.”

  • Church donates borehole

    Church donates borehole

    The General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor E.A. Adeboye, dedicated yesterday the RCCG, Complete Sanctuary, Dominion Area headquarters, Lagos province 17.

    He also inaugurated a water project in front of the church at 14, Jas Ojo/  Pipeline Avenue, , Iju Ishaga, Lagos.

    He was represented by pastor in charge, Region 2, Pastor Joseph Obayemi.

    The pastor in charge, Pastor Soji Omotunde, said the project was part of the church’s corporate social responsibility to the community.

    “The church has done this to make water available in the area,” he said.

  • PAN donates to terrorists’ victims

    PAN donates to terrorists’ victims

    PAN Nigeria Limited, an indigenous leading auto manufacturer in Nigeria, has donated N125 million to the victims of terrorism.

    The donation, according the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Ibrahim Boyi, was in response to the call made by President GoodLuck Jonathan on all corporate bodies to support the “Terrorism Victims Support Fund (VSF)” initiative launched last week at a dinner in Presidential Villa.

    In a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Government of the Federation, Senator Ayim Pius Anyim,  Boyi said the company will provide N25 million worth of cars to the Secretariat of the Terrorism Victims Support Fund, headed by Gen. Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (rtd) to ease their logistics need.

    PAN Nigeria Limited will, in addition, provide free tuition, valued at N100 million to 100 qualified family members of the victims that will be nominated by the VSF Foundation for technical acquisition programme in Automotive Repair and maintenance training aimed at re-settlement of the victims toward a sustainable means of livelihood.

    He believed the token donation by PAN Nigeria will go a long way towards achieving the goals of the VSF in providing succour to the victims of terrorism.

  • D’Tigers Captain, Oyedeji, Donates Basketball Court to Loyola College

    D’Tigers Captain, Oyedeji, Donates Basketball Court to Loyola College

    As part of his continued  effort to keep giving back to the society and as well stay connected to his roots, the captain of Nigeria’s senior basketball team, D’Tigers, Olumide Oyedeji, has built a standard basketball court for Loyola College, Ibadan, his alma mater. The basketball court will be commissioned on Saturday, August 2.

    According to Oyedeji, donating the basketball court was his contribution to the concerted effort to uphold the legacy of the school that prepared him for the future. Loyola College, he maintained, laid in him the foundation upon which he built his career in basketball. It became pertinent therefore to give back to the school.

    “I started playing basketball in Loyola College. The school, as a matter of fact, laid the solid foundation for my basketball career. It gave me hope and prepared me to become who I am today. The basketball court is my own way of giving back to the school and being part of the effort to sustain its legacy,” Oyedeji explained.

    Dignitaries to grace the event which is part of week-long activities to mark the 60th anniversary of the school include the Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Hon. Umar Farouk Alao and Oyo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Hon. Gbade Lana, among others.

    Oyedeji, who is the most decorated Nigerian basketball player, further said his penchant to give back to the system informed the establishment of the Olumide Oyedeji Youth Foundation which exists primarily to help underprivileged, troubled and at risk youths create a brighter future, using sports as a platform.

    The Annual Olumide Oyedeji Basketball Camp is one of the foundation’s initiatives used in achieving these. The 15th edition of the basketball camp, which has empowered many youths and produced many young talented players, is scheduled for middle to the end of August this year in three cities in Nigeria – Lagos, Asaba and Calabar.

  • AAUA VC donates conference allowance

    AAUA VC donates conference allowance

    Vice Chancellor of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, Prof Femi Mimiko, has promised to donate part of his allowance from participating in the national conference to the indigent students’ scholarship scheme.

    Mimiko was the only serving Vice Chancellor delegate to the conference that lasted four months.

    At a reception to welcome him back to the university, last Friday, he said he decided to endow his allowance to sustain the scholarship fund.

    “There is a particular programme that is so dear to my heart. I know that there are so many indigent students on our campus. Under the University Advancement Office, we had thought of floating a scholarship scheme into which we will put funds from everywhere. And I can see that in the future the funds will be so big that every student that has the need will be able to draw from it. I had decided before I left Abuja to donate part of my allowance to the scheme’s account as a seed fund to support indigent students of AAUA,” he said.

    Aside the scholarship scheme, Mimiko promised that the university would pay attention to issues that are important to students.

    He praised the workers and students for maintaining law and order during his absence, urging them to continue in that light.

    On the poor power supply to the Akungba community, where a large percentage of students resides, Mimiko promised to intervene.

    The VC also pledged to upgrade facilities, construct bus shelters, and equip the clinic, among other projects.

    “We would seek ways of working with the community to intervene in the electricity situation in town. We would keep upgrading our infrastructure. As a matter of fact, we may be able to have a few more classrooms for use during the upcoming Semester examinations.

    Prof. Mimiko, was received by members of the University Community made up of the principal officers, professor, deans, departmental heads, senior officers, and students.

    The Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. Rotimi Ajayi, who held the fort for four months, thanked the VC for the confidence reposed in him for the period, and for his counsel.

    “Let me, particularly, thank the Vice Chancellor for not leaving me alone in the saddle as he was always providing the needed guidance for me whenever I asked for it even from Abuja,” he said.

  • Dangote donates N30b

    Dangote donates N30b

    Africa’s richest person and the continent’s top donor, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said he is increasing his philanthropic gestures in Africa, with charity beginning from his home country, Nigeria.

    A statement by his group of companies, which has made several donations across Africa, said: “Africans must begin to take responsibilities by shaping the condition of its people.”

    The statement said the Dangote Group, through its foundation, spent about N30 billion on humanitarian gestures in two years.

    “This is including the Dangote Academy, worth about a N1 billion, through which manpower is developed across various disciplines,” it said.

    Last month, Dangote Cement in Ibese, Ogun State, through the group’s foundation, gave scholarship to 50 students of Yewa (Egbado) origin in various secondary and tertiary institutions.

    The group also donated $500,000 to victims of explosion in Republic of Congo.

    The Dangote Foundation contributed $2 million (about N330 million) to flood victims in Pakistan and N120 million to cushion the effect of famine in Niger Republic.

    Two years ago, the company donated N2.5 billion to flood victims in Nigeria, the single highest donation by a private body in the nation’s history. It also donated N430 million to flood victims, unemployed youths and women in Kogi State in the same year.

    Three years ago, the Dangote Foundation donated about N1 billion for the economic empowerment of women in Kano State.

    Recently, the foundation donated N540 million to vulnerable women, following insurgency in the Northeast.

    The group spent N1 billion on the rehabilitation of some Nigerian universities, as part of its contribution to the Education sector.

  • Olajumoke donates building to Scouts on 70th birthday

    Olajumoke donates building to Scouts on 70th birthday

    Senator Bode Olajumoke has donated a four-bedroom apartment to the Lagos State Scout Council as part of activities marking his 70th birthday.

    The building, located inside the Baden Powell Training Centre at Ibeshe, Ikorodu, is for the use of Lagos State Disabled and Special Scouts.

    Dr Olajumoke said he was giving back to the society, especially to the physically challenged, to give them a sense of belonging.

    He said: “This land was donated by Justice Adeoba 10 years ago. It has been lying fallow. So, I decided to build the four-bedroom chalet to help the disabled Scouts in Lagos to have a place to live whenever they come for training in the institute.”

    Lagos State Scout Council Commissioner, Chief Joseph Tawose, thanked Olajumoke for the donation and his assistance for the growth and development of the national and Lagos State Scout Council.

    The Chief Commissioner of Scout in Nigeria, Olori Omo Oba Olusoga Sofolahan, hailed Dr Olajumoke for his sundry philanthropic gestures.

    She urged other wealthy personalities to emulate the senator, adding that wealth would not be taken to heaven.

  • China donates to Nigerian Navy

    As part of efforts to strengthen the ties between China and Nigeria, the Chinese Navy at the weekend disclosed that China has donated a boat to the Nigerian Navy (NN) to assist in its fight against sea criminals.

    The Commander of the Chinese TaskGroup, Senior Captain Li Pengcheng made the disclosure at the weekend in Lagos during a courtesy visit to the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Western Naval Command (WNC), Rear Admiral Sanmi Alade.

    Details of the boat, which is an addition to two others NN ordered from China could not be gotten from Pengcheng, though he stated that it would be at no cost to Nigeria.

    Pengcheng, who led the TaskGroup comprising three ships and over 1, 000 crew on a four-day visit to Nigeria, told reporters his men and NN personnel would engage in joint counter-piracy, formation and maneuver as well as search and rescue exercises.

    “We believe we would learn from each other through these exercises and the outcome will be beneficial for regional peace and security,” said Pengcheng.

    He added that his team would readily share the experiences learnt at the Gulf of Aden (GOA) and Syria with their Nigeria counterpart, adding that Nigeria’s economic potentials in Africa and the world cannot be underestimated.

    In his remark, Alade, who commended the Chinese Navy for visiting Nigeria for the first time, said the gesture was evidence that the relationship between both military forces was going beyond trainings.

    Alade said adequate plans have been made to ensure that the vessels are properly maintained, adding that NN personnel are in China, where they are being trained to master the vessels’ technology.

    “The problem with Nigeria and other developing nations in maintenance is mastery of technology or technology transfer. As I speak with you, adequate plans have been made to ensure that the vessels are properly maintained.

    “Our personnel are in China and some have gone since the keels to the vessels were laid. They are mastering the technology and so, maintenance would not be a problem,” he said.

  • Borno donates N10m to victims

    The Borno State government yesterday donated N10 million to victims of last week’s suspected Boko Haram attack in Limankara village, Gwoza Local Government Area.

    Governor Kashim Shettima, represented by the Commissioner for Commerce and Investment, Dr Asabe Vilita, said he was touched by the incident.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the cash were made during a sympathy visit to the community.

    “I have been directed to present a N10 million cash donation on behalf of the government to the victims of the unfortunate attack.

    “The governor would have loved to present the donation personally but could not because of his numerous official engagements,’’ the commissioner said.

    Vilita, however, presented assorted food stuff as her personal donation to the victims of the attacks.

    Receiving the donation, Mr Baba Lawan, the District Head of the community, thanked the government for the gesture, and pledged to be fair in the distribution of the money.

    Lawan said about 80 per cent of the houses in the community were burnt by the insurgents in addition to some places of worship.

    He appealed to the government to beef up security in the area to enable residents who fled to neighbouring communities in Adamawa to return home.

    The district head also appealed for the reconstruction of the damaged bridge linking Borno and Adamawa.

    The bridge was blown off by the suspected insurgents.

  • ECO Bank donates N3m for Okpekpe race

    ECO Bank donates N3m for Okpekpe race

    Two days to the second edition of the Okpekpe international 10 kilometres road race, ECO Bank yesterday presented a cheque of N3million to the Edo State Ministry of Sports and Social Mobilisation as part of their contribution to the race and sports in the state .

    Presenting the cheque to the Commissioner for Sports and Social Mobilisation, Chris Okaeben in his office on behalf of the management of the bank, Area Manager, Benin zone Adedeyi Adekunle  said it is their little way of partnering Edo State in sports development.

    While saying that the bank will fully participate in the Okpekpe international 10 kilometres road race, Adekunle  also promised to actively participate in the monthly walk for life programme recently introduced by  Okaeben.

    Responding, Okaeben thanked the bank for partnering with the ministry.

    Okaeben, therefore, called on other banks and corporate bodies operating in the state to emulate Ecobank in order to return the state to it enviable position in sports. He said a lot of sports programmes are open for sponsorship and partnering including the youths scheme acquisition centre.