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  • Lagos NUT holds election May 25

    Lagos NUT holds election May 25

    The Local Government Area Branch Delegates Conference/Election of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Lagos Branch, holds at the designated venues on May 25.

    In a statement, NUT’s Assistant State Secretary Comrade Gbenga Ayetoba urged contestants to pick their nomination forms at the association’s secretariat in Ilupeju. The forms, he added are free.

    He said the closing date for the submission of forms for chairman, deputy chairman, secretary and treasurer is May 19. That for other offices is noon May 25.

  • Institute holds peace awards in Ondo

    The  founder, World Institute for Peace (WIP), Dr Lamina Kamiludeen, has pledged the determination of the organisation to partner with the United Nations Organisation (UNO) in the propagation of message of peace across the world.

    He stressed the need for peace in the society, even as he said the peace advocate group under his leadership would continue to employ the use of persuasive method to communicate its message to manufacturers of lethal weapons, to guard against further production and use to settle conflicts.

    He spoke at the Adeyemi College of Education (ACE) Ondo during the award ceremony organised for eminent personalities by the institution.

    The recipients of the award were selected from various countries in recognition of their contributions to humanity in their various endeavours.

    According to him, the event was organised to create an avenue through which citizens, especially youths could play more active role in nation-building.

    In a lecture delivered at the occasion entitled “Democracy and Role of African Youth in Good Governance, by a university lecturer, Prof. Muhhammad Shanazar, pointed out that people should make wise decisions when voting for those to represent them, saying they should elect people with good character, vision and integrity.

    He stressed the need for representatives of the people to always place national interests above personal well-being in the discharge of their duties. He also advised them to abstain from acts such as greed, nepotism and corruption. Muhammad noted that it was through this development, which the masses can benefit maximally from their representation.

    He also advised political office holders to always show commitment, utmost sincerity and integrity in the service to their fatherland, saying anyone who exhibits these attributes, would remain in the hearts of the people forever.

    Prof. Muhammad said governments in African should always accord recognition to youths by allowing them to play active role in the eradication of poverty, hunger and ignorance.

    He advised the youth to show more interest in science and technology and keep abreast of events happening in global politics and industry, saying that would enable them to update their knowledge and become globally competitive.

    Also speaking, Dr. Jeznail Singh Anand, Secretary-General, World Parliament of Literature (WPL), stressed the need for African youths to be given proper education, adding that the step would enable them to make positive contributions to the development of their countries.

    On corruption and poverty in Africa, he advised leaders in the continent to evolve some development strategies that would help in reducing the menace.

    In addition, the WPL scribe emphasised the need for people in position of authority to have passion and exhibit patriotism in national service.

    The programme organised by WIP in partnership with the College Directorate of International Linkages and Research under the leadership of Dr. (Mrs.) Bridget Itunu Awosika, was held at the Centre for Educational Technology (CET) of the institution.

    The Provost of the College, Prof. Olukoya Ogen praised the founder of WIP, Kamiludeen for collaborating with the college in organising the programme.

    Ogen said the initiative would spread the message of peace across the world.

  • COSON holds digital music summit

    COSON holds digital music summit

    The Federal Government has been urged to implement the provisions of the Copyright Order, 2012 to compensate right owners for the private copying of their works.

    The call was made at the Nigerian Digital Music Summit held on Tuesday at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

    Convened by the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) with the theme; Establishing the Basic Rules of Engagement in the Digital Environment, the two-day event provided an opportunity for key players in the production and distribution of music to engage with copyright experts from around the world to deliberate on the rules of engagement in the digital environment so as to ensure that practitioners who are involved in the value chain in Nigeria get a fair deal and to guarantee the stability and sustainable growth of the Nigerian music industry.

    Papers were presented by experts on various topics, including: Understanding How the Digital Music Business Works in Nigeria by Mr. Audu Maikori; Aggregating Music for the Digital Market Place by Mr. Lawrence Wilbert; The Digital Music Market Place and Copyright by Mrs. Tarja Koskinen-Olsson; Digital Music Licensing: Current Issues by Mrs. Inger Elise Mey; Monetization of the Digital Exploitation of Musical Works and Sound Recordings as it Affects Creators and Publishers, Performers and Record Companies by Mr. Rob Hooijer; Employment Opportunities in a Structured Music Industry by Mr. Yunusa S. Labaran; and Monetising Music in the Internet Age: The CAPASSO South Africa Experience by Ms. Nothando Migogo.

    At the end of the summit, a fifteen point resolution was adopted by the participants. The resolutions which cover a wide range of issues that affect the music industry, among other things, urged the Nigerian Copyright Commission to take into cognizance the emerging platforms and the challenges of exploitation in the digital environment and provide a clear, simple and functional licensing regime on these platforms.

    Participants at the Summit included musicians, music producers, label owners, copyright administrators, rights managers, music aggregators, telecommunications companies, legal practitioners, advertising practitioners and government officials.

  • Group holds inaugural monthly breakfast

    A group, Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria (PRCAN), the umbrella body of PR firms in Nigeria, has announced plans to host the inaugural edition of its monthly Breakfast Meeting.

    The event, which comes up  next Tuesday, will feature Mr. Kufre Ekanem, Corporate Affairs Adviser of Nigerian Breweries Plc. as special guest speaker.

    He will be speaking on “Culture: The next PR frontier”.

    Its President, Mr. John Ehiguese,  said:“The PRCAN Monthly Breakfast Meeting was conceived as a forum for our members to interact and share ideas with senior executives on the client side. “As PR consultants, we invariably work for clients, and there are issues in client relationship, which come up from time to time, and which may not be adequately addressed in the course of our day-to-day work.”

    The meeting provides a platform for such issues to be discussed in a quasi-formal atmosphere, and in such a way that enables us, not only to see things from the client’s perspective, but also to learn from each others’ experiences.

    The meeting will be attended by senior agency executives, and will feature a guest speaker who has the liberty of choosing a topic to speak on.

    Afterwards,  there will be a discussion.

  • Ondo FA Cup final holds on Saturday in Akure

    Ondo FA Cup final holds on Saturday in Akure

    The final of the 2015 Ondo State FA Cup for both men and women will hold this Saturday at the Ondo Sports Complex, Akure SportingLife has been informed.

    Sunshine Stars will face Peace Makers formerly known as Police Machine FC in the final after both teams defeated their semi final opponents respectively.

    The Akure Gunners eliminated Redeemed Christian Church of God FC 2-0

    through the goals of Newman Musa and Tunde Adeniji in the semi final while Peace Makers stopped Rising Stars of Ondo 5-4 on penalties in the other last four tie after the full time had ended goalless.

    The final of the women’s FA Cup final will hold first by 2pm on Saturday between Rising Queens and Sunshine Queens who were the only two teams that registered for the competition in the women’s category.

    In Abia State, Abia Warriors are through to the final of the state FA Cup after they sent packing Enyimba Feeder 3-1 in the semi-final played on Wednesday.

    The Ochendo Boys got their goals through Chisom Chikatara who got a brace and Ndifereke Effiong who added the third before Enyimba Feeder consolation goal from Luis Okoro.

    They will await the winner of the second semi final between Enyimba FC and Abia Warriors Feeder as the game is still on hold because of the People’s Elephant’s continental club tie this weekend.

     

  • School holds Career Day

    School holds Career Day

    Legacy Schools, Akowonjo, a Lagos suburb, held its Career Day last week with participants encouraging one another on how to develop and discover their potentials, and developing same into a lifelong career.

    Unlike in previous editions where motivational speakers were invited by the school management to challenge pupils on their aspirations,  this year event which held on Tuesday saw pupils who were both speakers and participants, sharing their passion from childhood as well as telling their contemporaries what subject combination could see them through to their choice discipline in tertiary institutions.

    One after the other, the pupils mounted the podium to share personal experiences and enquired on grey areas with respect to their career.

    Aside food and drinks, there was also a dance presentation by pupils, who kept guests and colleagues applauding almost to no end.

    The school Principal, Mr Sunkanmi Vaughan, said this year’s concept was to inspire the ‘do-it-yourself’ culture among pupils.

    “We had in the past invited different motivational speakers, but this year we decided to change the game. This time, we want them to know how they can do it themselves. We asked them to share their passion, future career, and what subject combinations would get them there. Besides, the idea is to also let those among them, who are weak in certain subject necessary to their course, learn to gird their loins.

    “For example, some of them, who want to study Law in the university, did not realise that a credit pass in mathematics is compulsory, and this is because some of them give little or no consideration to Mathematics. But, this event is an eye opener not only in Maths, but in other subjects which others probably needed to master before they write their school certificate examination,” he said.

  • NIM holds youth forum Friday

    The Nigerian Institute of Management will hold on Friday hold its second Corporate Breakfast Forum in Lagos.

    In a statement, NIM President and Chairman of Council Dr. Nelson Uwaga, gave the theme as Youth Empowerment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

    Senior Adviser/Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Africa Business Roundtable Dr. Nelson Olatunji Olaniyi is the guest speaker. The event will be chaired by Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Dr. Christopher Kolade.

    The Institute, Uwaga said, chose the theme because of its concern about the rising unemployment. The statement reads: “The dearth of employment opportunities has led to a serious inertia on the part of the youths in terms of their innovative and entrepreneurial capabilities”.

  • EFCC holds ex-minister’s former son-in-law over N750m scam

    EFCC holds ex-minister’s former son-in-law over N750m scam

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is now probing how a former governorship aspirant in Delta State, Ndudi Elumelu who allegedly lost N750million to a former son-in-law of an ex-minister.

    Elumelu allegedly advanced the whopping cash to the suspect in the expectation that he would help to actualize his dream to be the next governor of Delta State.

    The suspect is now in custody of the EFCC having been arrested last Friday.

    Seized from his high brow Maitama District, Abuja residence were several posh cars valued at millions of naira.

    The arrest was triggered by a petition to EFCC by Elumelu.

    An EFCC source  confirmed the development and said: “The Abuja based multi millionaire was arrested in the evening of January 9 when he turned himself in after the anti- graft agency raided his Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja home in the early hours of same day and executed a search warrant on the property.

    “The EFCC had on December 23, 2004 invited the suspect who is a business associate of a National Vice-Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party to the Commission for questioning, following a petition from Ndudi Elumelu, Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Health, who until recently was governorship aspirant in Delta State.

    “The petitioner claimed that the suspect fleeced him of N750million under the guise of helping him to actualise his dream of emerging the flag bearer of the PDP in Delta State.

    “The suspect who allegedly flaunted his connection to bigwigs of the PDP at national and state levels, told the petitioner that he needed the money to “persuade the executives of the party”, to support his ambition.

    “He however failed to deliver on his promise as the complainant lost the ticket

    “The suspect was supposed to report to the EFCC on December 24, 2014 but failed to do so.”

    Another source close to the investigation team claimed that the suspect had pleaded for time and promised to report on January 8.

    The source added: “When we waited for him on January 8 and he did not report we decided to act, having already secured a warrant for his arrest.

    “Several incriminating documents as well as five exotic cars were recovered during the operation that lasted for about two hours.

    The suspect was still being grilled by investigators at the Idiagbon House, home of the Operations Department of the EFCC at press time.

    No official of the EFCC was willing to speak on camera on the arrest of the suspect as at press time.

    Prodded to speak in confidence, one of the top officials said: “It is true that we have arrested the suspect.”

    In what appeared a twist of fate, the EFCC had in 2009 arraigned Elumelu for trial before an Abuja High Court on a 157-count charge bordering on alleged N5billion fraud at the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).

    Other suspects put on trial were the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Power, Senator Nicholas Ugbane, the Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Power, Mohammed Jibo; the Chairman of the House Committee on Rural Development, Mr. Paulinus Igwe; Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Power, Dr. Aliyu Abdullahi; and the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Mr. Sam Gakpe.

    Others were the four directors of REA including Simon Nanle, Engr. Lawrence Orekoya; AbdulSamad  Jahun; and Kayode Oyedeji.

    But  after a four-year trial, Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi (now of the Court of Appeal) on July 26, 2013 discharged and acquitted all the suspects.

    He held that the proof of evidence filed by the anti graft agency did not disclose any prima facie case against the lawmakers as there was no nexus between them and the alleged crimes.

    He also flayed the leave granted to the EFCC upon which the charge was filed.

    He said such judicial discretion ought to be granted within the ambit of the law which presupposes that there ought to be a nexus between the alleged crimes and the accused persons before they would be called to take a plea.

    The judge held that there was no basis for the leave initially granted the EFCC to arraign the lawmakers.

  • Lions Club holds health walk

    Members of Lions Club 404B-2 led by their district Governor, Abiodun Adediji, have held its last fitness walk for the year. It was tagged Lions Walk for Life.

    The exercise which lasted about three hours commenced at Yabatech Staff School and ended at Rowe Park, Yaba on Lagos Mainland.

    The coordinator of the monthly exercise, Lion Nkoli Ogunubi-Johnson, said that it is the desire of the club to ensure that its members stay fit “because we have a lot of work to do to humanity and if we are not fit physically, we won’t be able to carry out our responsibilities to the public. This walk also serves as an avenue to create awareness and encourage people to join us.”

    Adediji, the pioneer governor of the district, also explained that the exercise goes beyond walking around as it also serves as an opportunity to showcase the organisation to the public.

    “This was introduced because wellness is fitness and fitness is wellness. We decided to walk for life and in doing that we encourage people to join us so we can do more for the society. We really want to do more but we need more people to work with us so we can serve people better. This is an aggressive way of mobilising people to join us,” Adediji said.

    Lions Walk for Life holds every third Saturday of the month. A monthly activity, the walk attracts members of the service club across the district and, according to its management, is meant to encourage a healthy lifestyle and attract more membership from the society.

  • FirstBank holds SME seminar in Jos

    FirstBank holds SME seminar in Jos

    As part of its ongoing initiative for the sustained development of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sectors of the Nigerian Economy, FirstBank through its SMEConnect platform recently organised a SMEConnect forum in Jos, Plateau State.

    The Seminar series with an overriding theme of “We can help with that”, structured into a one-day workshop across each region, was designed to provide practical help on relevant challenges faced by small businesses and focuses on capacity building, business plan writing, marketing products and services as well as accessing bank loans and documentation.

    Speaking at the event in Jos, the Group Executive, Retail Banking North, FirstBank, Abdullahi Ibrahim said “We believe that the SMEs are at the heart of national development, contributing greatly to the gross domestic product of our country. It is on this premise that we introduced the Open Seminars which is conducted in partnership with the Enterprise Development Center (EDC) of the Pan Atlantic University a centre renowned for the development and entrepreneurial skills acquisition of small business owners, budding entrepreneurs as well as reskilling of established entrepreneurs”. The Jos Edition is the sixth in the SMEConnect seminar series which has held previously in Port Harcourt, Kano, Kaduna, Ibadan and Aba.