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  • BAFTA 2014 style report

    BAFTA 2014 style report

    WHO were your best dressed and worst dressed celebrities on the red carpet at the Bafta Awards 2014, from Angelina Jolie to Lupita Nyongo?

    The red carpet arrivals at the BAFTA Awards 2014 in London had some truly incredible looks from the Hollywood celebrities who wowed the audience with their dressing sense. From Lupita Nyong’o to Amy Adams, the BAFTA’s saw some truly mesmerising gowns and even suits! It’s difficult to say who the best dressed celebrity at the BAFTA’s was, as everyone dressed to kill.

    And who was the worst dressed? Well there was hardly anyone who didn’t put her best feet forward.

    The surprise of the evening was Angelina Jolie who bid goodbye to her famous leg (at last year’s Golden Globes) and came out dressed in a matching black tuxedo with fiancé Brad Pitt. Angie looked smashing with an open-bow tie look that attracted all the cameras to her. “12 Years a Slave” actress, Lupita Nyong’o, was dressed to kill at the BAFTA ceremony. The actress looked flawless in her emerald green off shoulder silk gown from Christian Dior. The sexy actress completed her look with gold wrist cuffs and a matching gold belt. Check out the red carpet below for those who put their best foot forward.

  • Alder Social Media report calls for participation

    Elder Consulting, the Creative Intelligence Company is set to introduce another landmark report – the Alder Social Media Report (ASMR). The Alder Social Media Report (ASMR) is a presentation of Nigeria’s most impactful and innovative social media brands (corporate, government, institutional and personal). The comprehensive report will feature articles and analyses from local and international contributors. The polls have commenced and the final report is due in December, 2013. This is a call for the public to participate in the polls.

    This is not the first time Alder Consulting is launching a significant report. In 2001, Alder introduced the first ever brand report in Nigeria, the Alder Brand Report (ABR). The Alder Social Media Report (ASMR) will analyse the impact of social media on commerce, governance, politics, entertainment, media, religion and social welfare.

    Social Bakers, an analytics company reports that between 2012 & 2013, Facebook users in Nigeria grew from 5.5 million to 11 million, making it one of Facebook’s fastest growing markets and largest political advertising markets. Webtrendsng.com, a news website posits that there are 48 million Nigerians on social media. The Alder Social Media Report (ASMR) will provide information on the influence of mobile penetration on social media growth in Nigeria.

    Leke Alder, Principal, Alder Consulting says “The Alder Social Media Report (ASMR) will provide data for corporate planning and decision making and at the same time give social media denizens an opportunity to assess brands that use social media effectively.”

    The ranking of brands will take a crowd sourced approach, incorporating a public poll and assessment by independent social media analysts, brand professionals and academics. To participate in the rankings for the Alder Social Media Report (ASMR) and nominate brands, kindly visit www.alderconsulting.com/asmr. Nominations close on October 25, 2013.

  • ICPC introduces Law Report to aid trial

    ICPC introduces Law Report to aid trial

    UNTIL recently, sourcing local authorities for corruption-related cases was difficult. Lawyers and judges were compelled to rely on decisions of foreign jurisdictions in prosecuting corruption case.

    The situation was so discouraging that a former Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) reportedly attributed the paucity of local authorities to the fact that corruption cases were hardly concluded in the nation’s courts.

    Equally, the pioneer Chairman of the ICPC, Justice Mustapha Akanbi (retired) was quoted as observing that between 1985 and 2000, no cases of corruption were reported as prosecuted in any Nigerian superior court of record.

    But today, the situation is gradually changing with efforts of the various anti-corruption agencies in the country.

    Much as more locally decided cases now abound, they are still not well harmonised, publicised and made easily available to those who require them.

    It is in this light that the decision by the ICPC to publish a compilation of some corruption cases, which it had successfully prosecuted at the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Sureme Court, is commendable.

    The 1029-page compilation, named “ICPC Law Report, Volume One,” and is to be cited as “(2013) Vol.1 ICPCLR,” is a report of judgments in 21 cases, and in which salient legal issues in relation to the various provisions of the ICPC Act,2000 have been resolved.

    The publication is a result of the combined efforts of personnel of ICPC’s Legal Department and a private organisation.

    Speakers at the public presentation of the report in Abuja, including Justice Akanbi, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar; former Attorney- General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Kanu Agabi (SAN) and another Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Abiodun Layonu, praised ICPC’s decision to produce the Law Report.

    Akanbi noted that, at the inception of the agency, one of its constraints in prosecution of corruption cases was the dearth of decided cases.

    He said the only known local authority then was the case of “Odofin and the State”.

    Agabi said the Report would aid the court and lawyers in handling corruption cases, will serve as a ready pool of judicial authorities in that regard.

    Layonu said the publication, “will, no doubt, go a long way in aiding the prosecution of subsequent corruption cases in Nigeria.”

    ICPC Chairman, Ekpo Nta, while explaining the reason behind the publication, said it will assist the public and lawyers distinguish and recognise what constitutes elements of corruption.

    Some of the cases featured in this maiden volume include the celebrated case of the Attorney-General of Ondo State and the Attorney General of the Federation, cited as (2013) 1 ICPCLR 254; ELECHI v FRN (2013) 1 ICPCLR 1; Fagoriola v FRN (2013) 1 ICPCLR 786; FRN v Anache (2013) ICPCLR 617; Ayoade Ogunsola (2013) 1 ICPCLR 868; FRN v Bitrus Bakkat (2013) 1 ICPCLR 739; FRN v Marius Ameh No 1 (2013) 1ICPCLR 566 and Chidiebere Ude v FRN (2013) 1 ICPCLR 808.

    The AG, Ondo v AGF and the FRN v Anache cases mostly address the constitutionality of the ICPC establishment law – the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act (CPOROA), 20000.

    Particularly, in the AG Ondo State v AGF case, the Supreme Court resolved issues relating to whether the National Assembly could legislate on issues relating to the establishment and regulation of authorities to promote and enforce the observance of the Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles contained in Chapter Two of the Constitution; the mode of commencement of proceedings in the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court as provided by Order 3 Rule 2(2) of the Supreme Court Act 1985.

    The apex court also, in the case, resolved issues relating to the objective of the ICPC and how to achieve same, and whether the National Assembly can legislate on “corruption,” not being a subject under the Exclusive or Concurrent Legislative List; the interpretation of Section 15(5) of the Constitution in relation to the definition of the word “state” vis a vis the making of legislation on corruption.

    The case also addressed issues relating to whether or not, provisions of the CPOROA impinge on the cardinal principles of federalism; whether the Federal Government can undermine the legislative powers and authority of the states; whether the National Assembly has the sole power to abolish all corrupt practices and abuse of power under Section 15(5) of the Constitution.

    The apex court, also in the case, addressed the duty of the court in interpreting the Constitution; when the National Assembly may legislate on matters within the legislative or executive competence of the states and the powers of the AGF or person authorised by ICPC can lawfully initiate or authorise the initiation of criminal proceedings under the ICPC Act, in states’ courts.

    In the Elechi v FRN case, the Federal High Court’s decided issues in relation to the power of the ICPC to invite a suspect for interrogation.

    In the case marked FHC/OW/CS/163/2011 Chinedum Elechi, then Deputy Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly sued the ICPC and two others, claiming that his invitation for interrogation over his alleged involvement in a case of fraudulent cheque conversion amounted to a violation of his right to personal liberty.

    The court, as per Justice F. A. Olubanjo effectively addressed issues relating to the meaning of corruption under the commission’s Act, the powers of the ICPC to investigate individuals accused of involvement in fraud related offences. The court held that invitation for questioning by ICPC does not amount to prima facie evidence of threat to violate an invitee’s fundamental right to liberty.

    In the case of Fagoriola v FGN, the Court of Appeal, in a decision upheld earlier this year by the Supreme Court, dwelt on the meaning of no-case submission; when an accused will be discharged on a no-case submission; when a no-case submission can be made and upheld and that what a court needs to consider in a no-case submission, is whether the prosecution has made a prima facie case requiring some explanations.

    In the case of FRN v Ameh, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court per Justice M. N. Oniyangi, identified ingredients of the offence of corrupt demand by a public officer, under Section 8 (i)(a), (ii)(b)(i) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

    The appellate court also dwelt on the ingredients of the offence of corruptly receiving gratification by public officer under Section 10(a)(i) and (a)(ii) of the CPOROA 2000 and the issue of who has the responsibility of paying the expenses incurred by investigators while investigating a charge against an accused person.

    The case of FRN v Bitrus Bakkat effectively addressed issues relating to whether a person must be a public officer before being charged with corrupt offences; the jurisdiction of the High Court in corruption cases; ingredients of offence of official corruption and that any person, not only public officers can be charged with corruption offences. The Chidiebere Ude v FRN case relates among others, to whether offences under Section 22(5) of the CPOROA are strict liability offences; the ingredients of proof of offences under Section 22(5) of the CPOROA and whether the defence of claim of right and honest mistake are available to an appellant. The case of FRN v Anache cited in this report is in respect of an appeal decided by the Supreme Court on the issue of whether the CPOROA was constitutional as it relates to the National Assembly’s powers to make laws in relation to corrupt practices and abuse of office.

    The ICPC had charged Alhaji Mika Anache, Adeyemi Omowunmi, Chief Adebiyi Olafisoye and Milton Paul Ohwovoriole (SAN) before the FCT High Court on the allegation that Omowunmi, Olafisoye and Ohwovoriole offered N3.5million to Alhaji Anache and other members of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry for the Investigation of the Management of the now defunct Nigerian Airways Limited, to induce the members to show favour to Olafisoye and his company Fidelity Bond of Nigeia Limited.

    The accused persons raised an objection, challenging the jurisdiction of the Abuja High Court, an objection the trial court dismissed. They appealed to the Supreme Court, which upheld the decisions of the trial court and the Court of Appeal.

    The apex court upheld the power of the National Assembly to legislate on corruption cases.

    The Supreme Court, also in the case, addressed issues relating to the true definition of federalism and federal government; the purpose of the CPOROA; when an Act ultra vires the National Assembly; which Assembly is vested with the power to legislate on matter on the Exclusive and Concurrent Legislative lists and whether courts of law can build on hypothesis or rely on imaginaries. The ICPC Law Report, which comes in hard, glossy paper-back no doubt, comes as a handy pool of resources for lawyers, law students and judges on areas relating to trial of corruption cases.

    It is, however, expected that Nta will keep his promise of ensuring periodic production of the Report

     

  • What the report said last year

    What the report said last year

    The United States last year rated Nigeria’s human trafficking control unsatisfactory.

    The Department of State, in a report by then Secretary of State Mrs. Hilary Clinton, downgraded the country from Tier 1 to Tier 2 in its efforts to combat modern-day slavery.

    The report praised the National Agency against Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP) but said government had not done enough.

    A statement released by the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Abuja said: “Countries assessed as fully complying with the ‘minimum

    standards for the elimination of severe forms of trafficking’ set forth in the TVPA are classified as Tier 1.

    “Countries assessed as not fully complying with the minimum standards, but making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those minimum standards are classified as Tier 2.

    “Countries assessed as neither complying with the minimum standards nor making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance are classified as Tier 3.”

    America urged the Federal Government to finance NAPTIP adequately.

    The statement reads: “On June 19, 2012 U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton released the Department of State’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report in a public event in Washington, D.C.

    “In the 2012 TIP Report, Nigeria was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 status because the Nigerian government does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. While the National Agency for Prevention of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) was doing well, it could not be done without increased support and resources from the government.

    “The U.S. continues to support the work of NAPTIP and Nigeria’s return to Tier 1 status through continued collaboration and joint training programmes.

    “The Nigerian government has been urged among other remedial measures to ensure the activities of NAPTIP are funded sufficiently, particularly for prosecuting trafficking offenders and providing adequate care for victims; increase investigations and prosecutions of labour trafficking offences, and convictions and punishments of labour trafficking offences; and impose adequate sentences on convicted trafficking offenders, including imprisonment when appropriate.”

    The report added: “NAPTIP initiated 279 new investigations during the reporting period, prosecuted 15 trafficking cases, and convicted 23 traffickers. Despite identifying almost 400 forced labor victims, NAPTIP only prosecuted two forced labor cases, in comparison with 13 forced prostitution cases. All cases were tried under articles within the 2003 Trafficking in Persons Law Enforcement and Administration Act. Sentences ranged from six months’ to 14 years’ imprisonment and fines ranged from the equivalent of $63 to $316 – below the maximum fines to the equivalent of $645 to $1,250. Of the 23 offenders convicted, eight received a jail sentence with the option of a fine in lieu of time served, 13 offenders received jail time with no option of a fine, and two received both jail time and a fine. NAPTIP officials held workshops with federal and state judges to educate them on the trafficking in person’s law, the particular challenges faced in prosecuting this crime, and on the need to apply stricter penalties in trafficking cases. NAPTIP proposed draft legislation to the national assembly that would eliminate the option of handing down only a fine in trafficking convictions. The national assembly has yet to pass these amendments into law and judges continued to use fines in lieu of prison sentences. At the conclusion of the reporting period, 118 trafficking cases remained pending. NAPTIP’s funding levels have remained static for the past few years and the limited number of prosecutions indicates the Government of Nigeria needs to prioritise increased funding to the agency.”

  • The Nation’s report saves derelict school

    Community Primary School, Obuozu (CPSO), in Abia State has had its fair share of abandonment by government for about a decade.

    The pupils and teachers of the school have sad stories to tell about the consequence of infrastructural decadence on basic schools in Nigeria. However, its predicament would have remained the same but for the report by The Nation in February last year, highlighting its poor facilities.

    Shortly thereafter, the Abia State Universal Basic Education Board (ABSUBEB) through the local government area responded, giving rise to a new hope for not just the pupils and teachers, but also parents whose wards attend the school. Concerns of the school Parents’ Teachers Association (PTA) equally made some impact.

    Today, the school wears a new look with the construction of a five classroom block with toilets and offices for the staff, and another refurbished block of classrooms, courtesy of the local government with support from the state.

    The UBE has equally complemented government’s effort by furnishing the infrastructure. There is the construction of classroom blocks with offices and office equipment such as tables, chairs, desks for pupils among others. There is equally the installation of toilet facilities as a part of the development.

    A flashback to CPSO located in Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia State10 years ago simply revealed a grim picture. Children squat on the floor during classes. Whenever it rains, they would be sent home by their teachers because of the leaking roofs and rickety walls, dripping water from every corner. They usually sat under the tree whenever the classrooms were flooded. They had hard times facing school lives due to infrastructural decadence and less concern by the government of the day.

    An elder in the village, Chief Chidi Ogbonna who earlier spoke to our correspondent, said the school serves both children of Obuozu as well as outsiders

    Said Ogbonna: ”The CPSO is the only presence of the government in Obuozu community. Our children as well as other children in nearby communities come to the school because of its closeness to the people. The parents may not have the means to send their children to other schools in town so they send them down here.

    “The government places more attention on schools located on the outskirts and gives less attention on those in the interior,” said another source who did not want to be named.

    Speaking on the new development, Education Secretary of Ukwa East Local Government Area, Mr Roland Ajere said: “We thank God that the scope of teaching and learning in the school has now been widened.

    He added that the school’s library has been equipped with sufficient textbooks and instructional materials.

    The CPSO head teacher, Mrs Samson Chinyere confirmed that she received a computer set for the school. She pleaded that more should be provided as a computer cannot serve both students and teachers’ needs.

     

     

  • keshi to Eagles: Report on May 18 or forget Kenya

    keshi to Eagles: Report on May 18 or forget Kenya

    Super Eagles chief coach Stephen Keshi has given the players invited for Nigeria’s next World Cup qualifier against Kenya in Calabar on March 23, a deadline of midnight on May 18.

    The Eagles camp opened yesterday in Abuja for the players based in Nigeria and they will be joined by the Europe based ones as from this weekend. The Chief Coach of the team, Stephen Keshi is already in Abuja with his assistants and other members of the backroom staff of the team for the important match.

    In a show of patriotism and dedication, Celtic of Scotland defender, Efe Ambrose told SportingLife that he would be in Abuja next Monday for the camping exercise for the 2014 World Cup qualifying match against the Harambe Stars of Kenya slated for Saturday, March 23, 2013 in Calabar.

    “The Chief Coach has told us the deadline to arrive camp is Monday and by the special grace of God I will be in Nigeria latest that day. The match against Kenya is very important in our bid to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and we are ready to do all what it takes to get the Brazil 2014 World Cup ticket. Eagles are on the match again. We want to do everything to continue to make Nigerians laugh and happy”, Ambrose disclosed from his base in Scotland yesterday evening.

    One of the newly invited players, Michael Babatunde of Krivbas Krivij Rih also planned to hit Abuja early to show his commitment and readiness to fight for a shirt in the team.

    “I am talking to my coach to see the possibility of hitting Abuja camp earlier than the Monday (March 18, 2013) that is the deadline. I need to be in Nigeria early enough to show my appreciation to my Chief Coach (Stephen Keshi) for looking my way and giving me the chance to fight for a shirt in the Eagles that is now regarded as the best in Africa having won the last Afcon.

    “I am using this opportunity again to say a big thank you to the Chief Coach for giving me this rare privilege to don my fatherland’s green-white-green colours. I will put in my all to make him happy that he invited me. So, I hope to be in Abuja early before the dead line”, the player known as African Messi for his dribbling skills and football artistry assured.

  • Magazine’s report damaged my reputation, Oshiomhole tells court

    GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, on Friday, told a High Court sitting in Benin City how a soft-sell magazine, News of the People, published a story which damaged his reputation and plunged his family into agony.

    Testifying in Suit No B/556/2011, against Dockland Communications Limited, publishers of News of the People magazine (1st defendant) and Amzat Loye, Publisher (2nd defendant), Oshiomhole told  the court, presided over by Justice Efe Ikponmwonba, that the magazine deliberately published the fictitious story to impugn his character.

    In a question and answer session with the counsel to the magazine Mr. Yinka Muyiwa, Oshiomhole, who is seeking N250 million damages against the magazine, said one of his brother governors even called him to know if the report was true.

    The session went thus:

    Defendant’s counsel: Your Excellency, Mr Governor, presently you are not married.

    Oshiomhole: Yes.

    Defendant’s counsel: As an unmarried man, you are free to mingle,

    Oshiomhole:  I am a public officer, and as you have rightly pointed out as a governor, what I do or fail to do is important. My character is important and people’s opinion of my personal life is important. My children are still in agony. The magazine published this just a few months after my wife passed away and this publication coincided with my daughter’s wedding. A governor who I invited to the wedding asked me if I was the one going to wed or my daughter. Your image as a public officer is very important.”

    The counsel who asked the governor to show how his character was damaged and if he was referred to as a drug addict in the publication caused the governor to read a portion of the publication thus ‘one wonders if he takes enhancement drugs’. The governor explained to the court that his conclusion and that of many people who called him was that he uses drugs.

    The counsel told the governor that despite the publication he won the election, to which Oshiomhole said: “After this publication, I had very serious family crisis because my children were still in grief over the death of their mother. Yes, I won the election in spite of the publication. The votes could have been more if not for this publication.”

    The magazine had in its report in one of its publications of 2011 used the headline on the front page and page 19, thus: “Oshiomhole’s sex power exposed: Impregnates young girl six months after death of wife”, which the governor found libellous.

    Hearing in the case continues.

     

  • Enugu govt debunks Chime’s travel report

    The Enugu State Government has refuted claims that Governor Sullivan Chime has travelled again.

    A national newspaper on Sunday published a story, alleging that Chime has left the country for an undisclosed location.

    A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Chukwudi Achife, said contrary to the report, the governor is in Enugu attending to official duties.

    Achife expressed dismay at the ease with which such report was published without any verification.

    He said the governor hosted his Bauchi State counterpart, Isa Yuguda and Senator Jim Nwobodo and his wife in Udi on Saturday, whereas the report claimed that he travelled on Thursday.

    Achife said the government would not have reacted to such a mischievous report, if not for the need to douse the anxiety that it may cause among the people.

    He said: “It’s really disheartening that such an untrue report could be published without regard to the fundamentals of ethics and professionalism.

    “One would have thought that after all that happened when the governor was away, our colleagues would have learnt some hard lessons about checking the veracity of their stories before publishing.

    “This story is another ample show of disregard for such values and I don’t think it speaks well for those who published it.”

  • CAN: don’t kill crash probe report

    CAN: don’t kill crash probe report

    National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor yesterday warned the Federal Government against sweeping under the carpet the report of the investigation into the crash of a naval helicopter in which Kaduna State Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, former National Security Adviser, Andrew Azazi and others died.

    Pastor Oritsejafor, who was represented by the National Secretary, Rev. Musa Asake, on a condolence visit to the family of the late Yakowa and the Kaduna State Governor, Mukthar Ramalan Yero, said it was common for the government to abandon probe reports.

    He said: “CAN supports the Federal Government for setting up a panel of investigation. We support it and we are looking forward to the report.

    “But we have heard of panels of investigation being set up and reports submitted in the country, we hope and pray that the Federal Government will release the report of this one and take action. The Federal Government should please this time around release the report of this very crash.

    “We welcome the new governor and promise to pray with him so that the Lord will give him success. We are so happy to hear that he is going to follow the footsteps of the late governor. We pray that the Lord will help him to do exactly what he has said.

     

  • Bayelsa awaits crash report

    Bayelsa awaits crash report

    The Bayelsa State Government said it is awaiting the outcome of investigation into the navy helicopter crash that killed Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa, former National Security Adviser (NSA) Gen. Andrew Owoye Azazi and four others.

    Governor Seriake Dickson spoke yesterday in Yenagoa, where he received the investigation team from the Federal Government led by the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba.

    The governor, who described the crash as a monumental tragedy, reaffirmed his administration’s commitment and support for the investigation.

    He commended the naval chief and the team for their prompt response by visiting the state to carry out an assessment of the crash site at Tombi, in Nembe Local Government Area.

    Dickson expressed the condolences of the government and people of Bayelsa over the death of Yakowa, noting that he was a guest of the state, building relationships.

    On the former NSA, Azazi, the governor said: “Here we have lost one of our best, who means so much to the state and has contributed towards nation building.”

    Dickson described the navy pilot among the dead as diligent officers, who had served in the state during the flood period and commended their sense of duty and professionalism.

    “I condole with the entire military, as well as their families for the tragic loss. We are all mourning the loss of these great patriots.”

    The governor remarked that the navy had been a critical pillar of support to the state in the quest to ensure peace and stability.

    He said the administration had already declared three days of mourning in the state, adding that all formal government activities had been suspended.

    Dickson assured the chief of naval staff that the state government would continue to play its constitutional roles and called for more interactions from the navy to discuss issues of common interest.

    Ezeoba had urged Nigerians to remain united despite of the pain and grief occasioned by the national loss.

    According to him, “in spite all, we will continue to give thanks to God.”

    Ezeoba said that President Goodluck Jonathan had directed a detailed investigation into the crash, and gave the assurance that necessary steps would be taken to unravel its cause.

    Kano State Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso described the late Yakowa as a leader who contributed immensely for mutual coexistence in Kaduna and the entire country.

    This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Press, Malam Halilu Dantiye, in Kano.

    According to the statement, Kwankwaso made the remark while addressing supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House.

    In the statement, Kwankwaso said that the late Yakowa had always worked very hard with other Northern governors to ensure that peace returned to the Northern part of the country.

    It also described Yakowa as “a complete gentleman and a leader’’, who was committed to the socio-economic development of his people.

    The statement described the late Azazi, as a fine military officer who served his country very well.

    It condoled with the families of the late Yakowa, Azazi and the pilot, Murtala Daba, who hailed from Kano State and others who lost their lives during the ill-fated helicopter crash.