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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Saturday said that contrary to the view held by most people, recession was not a crime but a period that calls for government at all level to rearrange its expenditure and give more priority to capital expenditure. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd left); being presented with books by Prof. Oshiotse Andrew Okwilagwe (right), while former Minister of Information, Prince Tony Momoh (left); President, Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Mrs. Funke Egbemode (middle) and Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria & representative of Minister of Information & Culture, Mr. Bayo Onanuga (2nd right), watch during the NGE 2017 Biennial Convention with the theme A Nation in Recession: Whither the Nigerian Media? at the Airport Hotel, Ikeja, on Saturday, April 29, 2017. Governor Ambode, who spoke at the opening ceremony of the Biennial Convention of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) held in Ikeja, Lagos with the theme, "A Nation in Recession: Whither the Nigerian Media?" sighted example of the steps the former U.S President, Barak Obama took few years ago to save the ailing American economy, saying that Nigeria must be ready to toll such line.
The Governor said, "Recession is not a crime, it's just a notice to say that you rearrange the way you do your public expenditure. That's what President Obama did. Yes, there was a burst in 2008 and 2009 but he was very bold enough to put public money into General Motors and even the airlines and that is what is missing in this country.
"You need to increase the capital expenditure to help companies, to help other people and even help the government to get the system out of recession. That's the only template that works." Governor Ambode said the State stood in the gap for Nigeria during the period of the economic recession, assuring that his administration would continue to show leadership, demonstrate capacity and be relentless in its pursuit of excellence despite the daunting challenges.
He said the current recessionary climate not only taught some hard lessons but presented a new challenge as well as an opportunity to think outside the box to change Nigeria's story from "business as usual" to "business unusual".
He said with the recession, the rate of unemployment soared as a result of the economic outlook, lay-offs and shut-down of businesses stating that the national unemployment rate rose to 13.9 percent in 2016 from 10.4 percent in 2015; while the unemployment rate in Lagos State increased from 18 percent in 2015 to 27 percent in 2016.
But the Governor said that his administration took definite steps to arrest the trend, recalling that on assumption of office, he created new ministries while some while realigned in a bid to fashion out ways of creating job opportunities for residents.
Besides, Governor Ambode said what his administration did in the last two years was to commit huge resources to capital projects, premised on the fact that the nation had no choice but to spend its way out of recession and create platforms that will stimulate job creation and decidedly reflate the economy.
"Today, with our GDP at US$136billion, Lagos is Africa's fifth largest economy just because we have been prudent and resilient as well as taking on board the useful opinions and analysis that the vibrant media have ceaselessly provided.," the Governor said.
Governor Ambode also said that despite the shortfall of federal transfers occasioned by the dip in oil prices, his administration made conscious decisions to partner with the private sector through Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) to bridge the funding gap to deliver key/strategic infrastructure projects especially the Fourth Mainland Bridge; Oshodi Transport Interchange; Badagry Deep Sea Port; Lekki free trade zone, and Lagos Smart City projects, among others.
While commending the Guild of Editors for its outstanding accomplishments and contributions to the growth and development of the media and free speech in Nigeria, Governor Ambode tasked the media to live up to its major responsibility of advancing the cause of good governance.
"Your role in this pursuit of resilience, therefore, is to lend the needed support in bringing our noble efforts to public consciousness. With your vital partnership, we are hopeful that other governments can borrow a leaf from the Lagos Model and translate same in their respective domains to promote good governance to the greater benefit of humanity," he said.
He assured that the State Government would not rest on its oars, but would continue to initiate and execute programmes that will make Lagos the investment haven of Africa and the tourism destination of the Continent.
Earlier, President of the NGE, Mrs. Funke Egbemode, said the Convention afforded members to rub minds and fashion out strategies that would help to stabilise the nation's economy, but also the media industry in business.
The event which attracted the who's who in the Nigeria Media Industry also saw the Guild conduct elections into various offices.
…FG commences review of pricing template By Michael Eboh
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, weekend, hinted that the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, is rising above the current pump price, but that there might not be an upward price review because the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is currently absorbing the differences in the prices.
In a podcast posted on his social media account, Kachikwu, however, stated that the Federal Government would undertake another review of the pricing template for petrol, to remove several multi-layered charges and costs that affect the pump price of petrol at retail stations.
Kachikwu stated that due to the rising cost of PMS, also known as petrol, a number of oil marketers had stopped importing the commodity, leaving the NNPC as the major importer of majority of the product into the country.
He said, "The environment has since changed. When we did all these, pricing for crude was more in the $25 to $30 per barrel; today, it is in excess of $54, which is fantastic because it means that our revenue stream is improving.
"But, it is a twin window, whenever the price of crude goes up, obviously the price of refined petrol goes up and we begin to have systemic challenge in terms of the pricing on the local base. So that gap has begun to return and today what you find is that the NNPC continues to import massively on behalf of the Federal Government. It has gone back to about 90-95 per cent for the whole country and therefore its books are absorbing some of the cost implications of this.
“The second is that once this happens the marketers begin to shift backwards. Participation by individual marketers to help us continue the normal business and marketing cycle that should be what you expect is no longer existing. Most of them are not importing."
On the Federal Government's plans, Kachikwu stated: "One of the things we are doing is that we are looking at our existing template position, and what we are doing with that is first addressing some of the soft ends of things that affect pricing.
"We are removing too many multi-layered charges on importation. We are working with the ministry of transport to reduce those to what was initially approved by the president, and as such, we should take away a good chunk of the expenses. We are working to see how the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, can provide us with a fairly subsidised foreign exchange, FX, for products priced in dollars."
He further stated that the Federal Government is considering a situation whereby over a period of time, marketers would take over the responsibilities of the Petroleum Equalisation Fund, PEF, of funding trucking and keeping prices stable across the country.
He also disclosed that in the long run, the NNPC would have to reduce its presence in the country's petroleum downstream sector because of the cost on its books, adding that the NNPC would have to begin to operate as a profit entity.
He assured that there is adequate quantity of petrol in the country to prevent a recurrence of fuel scarcity.
He said, "There isn’t fuel scarcity, we are not short of products, but yet the downstream and midstream sectors continue to remain challenged. And what we are going to do is to analyse what we have done so far and begin to throw solutions to some of these challenges.
"We had issues of pricing efficiency and governance, for at that time the prices we were selling at were so ridiculously below what the sustainable prices are. And you find a situation where basically marketers disappeared from the industry. So, we had massive shortages, queues and everything seem to be breaking down. We’ve since come out from that.
"First we have moved from a fully subsidy based sector to a partially liberalised sector. I say partially because we haven’t quite achieved the template to have a fully liberalised sector. What that has done for us is that it had reduced consumption from 50 million litres to 37 million litres a day.”
Former Minister of Aviation, Corps Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Osita Chidoka, has said administration after administration Nigerians have failed to build a modern Nigeria.
Osita made this known in an opinion tiled ‘My Thoughts on Nigeria’
Osita Chidoka
He said that at independence our leaders failed to define the qualities of an exceptional country so diverse yet so similar that other African countries can discern a Nigerian no matter the ethnic origin.
Read full opinion below
At independence our leaders failed to define the qualities of an exceptional country so diverse yet so similar that other African countries can discern a Nigerian no matter the ethnic origin.
The emphasis was on replacing the colonial masters and enjoying the benefits of a distributional and extractive governance philosophy primarily designed to enrich the home government of the colonialist.
In adopting that philosophy without the administrative competence of the colonial administration it was only a matter of time before the vacuous organising principle of the new state led to Africa's worst pogrom and civil war.
The end of the civil war offered an opportunity for the wining coalition to redefine the organising principle of the Nigerian state and propose new ideals upon which, a state exceptional in its combination of three strong and many other small ethnic groups that had overcome a civil war, can be founded.
Yet again we missed it. Administration after Administration we have failed to build a modern Nigeria based on ideals that derive from our essence and quest for nationhood.
Today, confronted by a dire economic situation; antagonised by separatist agitations and religion inspired terror; and challenged by weakening subnational governments and global hostility another opportunity presents itself to redefine the essence of the Nigerian State.
This redefinition is not all about restructuring (if we can agree on the definition) but may include it, it is not all about governance structure and distributional formula, though it may be an aftermath, it is principally about a union freely founded on ideals of respect for individual rights, freedom to achieve individual potential and respect for multi-cultural, multi-ethnic union that allows for unity in diversity indeed.
The Nigerian state so redefined and freely subscribed to by a majority would definitely endure and overcome all the challenges that plague any nation so constructed.
Bayern Munich were crowned Bundesliga champions for the fifth straight season on Saturday after Robert Lewandowski scored twice in a 6-0 thrashing of 10-man Wolfsburg.
Bayern’s team celebrates with a mock-trophy becoming the new German champion after the German first division Bundesliga football match between VfL Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich on April 29, 2017 in Wolfsburg, northern Germany. Bayern Munich won a fifth consecutive German league title. / AFP PHOTO
After second-placed RB Leipzig were held to a goalless draw by Ingolstadt, Bayern wrapped up the title with a thumping away victory that left them 10 points clear with three games left.
“Five times in a row, that’s unbelievable. We completely deserve to be champions,” Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told Sky.
Carlo Ancelotti has delivered a 27th league title in his first season as Bayern’s head coach.
“I am very happy, this win was important and it’s a fantastic experience,” said the Italian.
Ancelotti has now won four national league titles after also lifting the Premier League with Chelsea, Serie A with AC Milan and Ligue 1 with Paris Saint Germain.
“I want to thank this great club,” he said. “We deserved the title and have played good football, now is the time to celebrate.”
Lewandowski’s brace leaves the Polish predator on 28 goals this season, one more than Borussia Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the race to be the league’s top marksman.
The league triumph is consolation for Wednesday’s 3-2 German Cup semi-final defeat at home to Dortmund, which denied Ancelotti the chance of emulating predecessor Pep Guardiola with the domestic double in his first season.
It also goes a small way towards making up for the disappointment of going out in the quarter-finals of the Champions League to Real Madrid.
Bayern were barely made to work for their win as David Alaba drilled home a trademark free-kick on 19 minutes to put the visitors 1-0 up after a foul on Thomas Mueller.
Lewandowski doubled the lead on 36 minutes when Kingsley Coman’s cross was flicked on by Mueller and the Poland hot-shot fired home.
He bagged his second and Bayern’s third just before the half-time whistle after Coman delivered another cross from the left wing.
The floodgates opened late on as Arjen Robben netted on 66 minutes before Wolfsburg’s Luiz Gustavo, a former Bayern player, was sent off for a second booking on 78 minutes.
Bayern exploited their numerical advantage as Mueller banged home Lewandowski’s pass before Joshua Kimmich sealed the rout.
– Leipzig slip up – Bayern’s latest comfortable title win was made possible by Leipzig’s draw at the Red Bull Arena, where Ingolstadt defender Alfredo Morales was sent off with four minutes to play.
Dortmund, who face Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Cup final on May 27, hold on to third place, which would mean a direct Champions League place next season, despite their goalless draw at home to Cologne.
Both Aubameyang and Cologne’s Anthony Modeste, who has 23 league goals, drew blanks at Signal Iduna Park.
Hoffenheim, coached by Julian Nagelsmann, 29, the youngest coach in Bundesliga history, can leapfrog Dortmund if they beat Eintracht in Frankfurt on Sunday.
Werder Bremen’s remarkable finish to the season continues as they earned a 2-0 win to home to Hertha Berlin to stay sixth.
Bremen remain on course for a Europa League place having risen from bottom in September after losing their first four games.
Werder striker Max Kruse’s dream April continued as he netted Bremen’s second after Fin Bartels’s opener for his eighth goal in six games this month.
Bremen are unbeaten in their last 11 games.
Mainz remain just a point from the bottom three after Japan striker Yoshinori Muto scored their consolation goal in a 2-1 home defeat. Lars Stindl and Nico Schulz scored for Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Plucky bottom side Darmstadt again delayed their relegation with a 3-0 win at home to Freiburg.
Torsten Frings-coached Darmstadt picked up their third straight victory thanks to goals by Felix Platte, Jerome Gondorf and Sven Schipplock.
Darmstadt are still eight points from safety with three games left.
Stuart Attwell’s final whistle confirmed that Sunderland FC will not continue their run as a top-flight club having stayed 10 consecutive seasons in the Premier League.
Sunderland relegated
A late goal from Joshua King sealed Sunderland’s fate in a 0-1 loss to AFC Bournemouth.
David Moyes’ side’s campaign has been woeful partly because of wrong players recruitment and injuries. Their last win was a 0-4 victory over Crystal Palace on the road in a week 24 game.
The club Chairman in a statement made bare what the future holds for the Club. He said ” Like any supporter, my initial reaction is one of sadness, disappointment, anger and frustration. After 10 consecutive seasons as a top-flight club, the second longest in our 138-year history, it is hard for everyone to take.
"It is an especially cruel blow for our supporters, who have shown tremendous faith in the club. They backed the team, home and away, in huge numbers throughout the season and it is fair to say this season they have once again been relentless in their support. I am truly sorry that we have not been able to retain our top-flight status for them.
"I acknowledge that during my ownership mistakes have been made, particularly in the area of player recruitment, and as a result we have found ourselves struggling to survive in recent seasons. We had massive disruption during the summer transfer window and an unprecedented number of injuries throughout the season. These are difficulties which we have been unable to overcome and we are paying the price for that now.
"We need to improve, both on and off the field, and despite the bitter disappointment of today there is a strong determination to do so throughout the club. There is significant work to be done over the summer and when the season is concluded, we intend to share our plans to move forward with our supporters".
Sunderland will hope to follow the footsteps of neighbours Newcastle United who immediately gained promotion back to the Premier League after getting relegated last season.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has reiterated his declaration that the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris plans to kill or silence him politically because of the political directives that the police chief has received.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wik
He further declared that the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has concluded plans to plant guns and other incriminating items at his Asokoro Extension Residence in Abuja.
Addressing journalists at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Saturday, Governor Wike said that the Inspector-General of Police on Friday approved the raid of his Abuja residence.
According to the governor, the Police will be in court to get a search warrant on Tuesday. He said information available to him indicated that but for the May Day Public Holiday, the Police would have obtained the search warrant on Monday .
He said: “All attempt is being made so that they will go and plant either AK47 or one million dollars in the governor's house. They can even plant costly wrist watches as a propaganda tool.
“I said I have to let Nigerians know that this is not the way to go about in democracy. Rather, this is an attempt to truncate democracy. That someone differs on issues does not mean you have to go after the person’s life”.
Governor Wike said this is the latest in the series of planned propaganda by the police to sow devilish information against him.
He said because of the unconstitutional nature of the raid, the police refused to indicate that the house to be raided belongs to the Rivers State Governor.
“Nigerians should be aware that should they raid my house in Abuja and claim they found anything, it is incorrect. I have not been going to Abuja, but I will be in Abuja to wait for them to see how they plan to plant guns in my house”, Governor Wike said.
While maintaining his position that the Inspector-General of Police is after his life, Governor Wike stated that this recenta plot is aimed at silencing him because the Rivers State Government claimed the Ikoyi Billions, which was reportedly left there by the former Rivers State Governor.
He decried the pattern that has been adopted in the nation's democracy, saying that it will negatively affect the growth of democracy.
“Our democracy cannot survive if we continue with this line of action. If the Inspector-General of Police wants to play partisan politics, let him remove his uniform and join us in the arena. He should not continue to wear uniform and do the bidding of politicians like a stooge”, he said.
The governor added: “I want to reiterate, the Inspector-General of Police is after my life”.
He regretted that security agencies have adopted the unwholesome method of planting guns and cash when the owners of the houses are not at home, simply for political reasons. He cited the case of Former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam and Senator Danjuma Goje.
On the Ikoyi Billions, Governor Wike maintained that Rivers State lawyers are working on the matter, stating that the money belongs to the Rivers State Government.
Factfile on Bayern Munich after they were crowned Bundesliga champions on Saturday:
Full name: Fussball-Club Bayern Munchen e.V.
Nicknames: Die Bayern (The Bavarians), Stern des Sudens (Star of the South), Die Roten (The Reds)
Founded: February 27, 1900
Ground: Allianz Arena
Capacity: 75,000
President: Uli Hoeness
Chairman: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Coach: Carlo Ancelotti
Shareholders: FC Bayern Munich (75 percent), Adidas (8.33 percent), Audi (8.33), Allianz (8.33)
Squad:
Goalkeepers – Manuel Neuer, Tom Starke, Sven Ulreich
Defenders – David Alaba (AUT), Jerome Boateng, Mats Hummels, Javi Martinez (ESP), Juan Bernat (ESP), Philipp Lahm, Rafinha (BRA), Holger Badstuber (on loan at Schalke)
Midfielders – Kingsley Coman (FRA), Douglas Costa (BRA), Joshua Kimmich, Thomas Mueller, Renato Sanches (POR), Franck Ribery (FRA), Thiago Alcantara (ESP), Arturo Vidal (CHI), Xabi Alonso (ESP)
The police on Saturday said they had arrested six suspects in connection with an assassination attempt on Sen. Dino Melaye in his home in Kogi on April 15
Lagos – Malam Kabiru Yusuf, Chairman, Daily Trust Newspapers, on Saturday called on editors, journalists and media owners to work together to bring the nation and the media out of recession.
Yusuf made the call at the Biennial Convention of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) in Lagos.
The Convention Chairman said that the media industry began to experience recession long before it hit the nation's economy.
He lamented that newspaper readership was on the decline and called on stakeholders to adopt strategies to save the print media.
Yusuf, however, noted that the social media was not responsible for the decline, as according to him, the decline started long before the advent of the social media.
He urged the stakeholders to collaborate to rekindle the interest to read newspapers again in Nigerians, in order for the media to continue to remain relevant.
He said that due to the decline in the purchasing power of the Naira, Publishers now published fewer copies and scrambled for adverts to survive.
"I look forward to a time when these organisations can work together,'' Yusuf said. He urged the NGE and other stakeholders to place the interest of readers above that of the political office holders, who they had a tendency to want to impress.
Mr Ronald Kayanja, Director, United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), Lagos while delivering his goodwill message, urged the NGE to promote ethical journalism standards.
Kayanja said that the priority of the UN was to help Nigeria achieve its agenda 2030 and urged the NGE to attend a UNIC programme coming up in New York in July.
"I will like to request the NGE to take the issue of Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030 seriously.
"We know that you editors should be the ones that know about this programme because you are the gate keepers and we, therefore, request that you set aside a session to discuss the sustainable development goals and the UN will work with you on that,'' he said.
Earlier, the NGE President, Mrs Funke Egbemode, in her opening speech, urged media practitioners to be resilient as the nation was depending on journalists for its rapid development.
Egbemode said that the progress the nation had achieved so far was due to the devotion of journalists and appealed to editors to put the NGE first by upholding high ethical standards.
"This nation has come this far and will go very far because of the thoroughbreds in this room,'' she said.
Egbemode urged editors to continue to unite in the passion for nation building.
"Our nation is depending on us because of the power we wield with finesse and ethical maturity. Let us use those same qualities to nurture what is ours,'' she said.
The NGE president said that considerations were ongoing to conclude the ongoing review of the NGE constitution, to give the organisation a better legal framework for its activities. (NAN)
Global Youth Peace Empowerment and Development Initiative (OGYPEDI) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to step down to enable him concentrate on his failing health.
Buhari
The National Coordinator oft the group, Mr.Japhet Omene made the statement yesterday in Osogbo during the organisation's emergency meeting on state of the nation.
His words:”Since the President came back to the country from his medical leave abroad he has been inactive and silent which is a bad omen for the country. It is very glaring and conspicuous that the President needs rest to recover well, but we advise him to resign on health issues.
“The President needs to address some issues facing the country that made Nigerians lose faith in him. Nigerians are still waiting for the change he promised.
Also speaking, Mr.Mark Ayasal, North West Coordinator of the group, said Nigerians need a strong, active and healthy president who can tackle the problems of the country.
His words:”Let us not forgot we are currently facing a lot of problems ranging from economic downturn,herdsmen menace,uprising from different angles in the country and high level of unemployment. We advise the president to step down in the interest of Nigerians who voted for him and wanted change.
“If the President should resign, he will always be remembered and celebrated for solving one of the country's problem. We urge Nigerians to continue to pray for our leaders and the country at large, they should also maintain peace in all circus and make love reign irrespective of party and religious affiliations.”
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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it had so far registered 1.5 million candidates for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) across the country.
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this in an interview with the newsmen on Saturday at side line of activities marking the pre-JAMB mock examinations.
It will be recalled that the JAMB mock examinations earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday May 8 had been postponed to ensure smooth conduct of the exam.
Oloyede said: "So far, it has even been better than our expectation, it was a mock, the intention was to test the technology and it proved to be perfect.
"I think from what we are seeing, we are more than ready for the main examination.
"At least 90 per cent of the examination centres have reported positively, there have been proper downloading and preparation; even after the exam we had uploaded responses of 80 per cent.
Cross section of candidates during an exam
"We have done it to show that what works elsewhere across the world should work in Nigeria; we believe we can do it efficiently; we will continue to do our best.
"We have registered over 1.5million candidates in less than five weeks; we believe that the reality we have put in place is good enough.''
Oloyede said that 633 centres were used to conduct the mock examination for 153, 000 candidates across the country.
In separate interviews, some of examination centre coordinators and candidates lauded JAMB for the mock initiative geared towards equipping the candidates to do better in the main exam.
Mr Abdul-Aziz Olasoyinka, Technical Research Officer of Digital Bridge Institute, commended JAMB for the mock examination.
He said it was apt in terms of preparation for future exams.
Olasoyinka said: "Mock is a good experience because it will help the candidates to adequately prepare for the forthcoming examination.
"It helps to evaluate how well the candidates have prepared and to improve themselves ahead of time."
Mr Olajide Adisa, Director of Outstations at JAMB, said although there were 230 capacities at the Computer Based Test (CBT) centre, plans were on to upgrade to 250 them before the main exam.
"Even with that our specification is that at least we should have 10 per cent of same capacity as back-up in case of any breakdown.
"We have already put measures in place to test them in the course of the mock examination, they will be ready before the main examination," Adisa said.
A candidate, Miss Hadiza Abdullahi, told NAN that the mock examination had improved her level of confidence ahead of the main exam.
She described the examination as encouraging, adding that she expects to sit for the main examination well-equipped.
Abdullahi, however appealed to the board to put measures in place to enable candidates wanting to register for future exam to do so with ease.
Neswmen report that the mock examination held in three sessions, including the JAMB headquarter and CBT centre in Kogo community.
Bwari – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it had so far registered 1.5 million candidates for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) across the country.
JAMB candidates
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this in an interview with the newsmen on Saturday at side line of activities marking the pre-JAMB mock examinations.
It will be recalled that the JAMB mock examinations earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday May 8 had been postponed to ensure smooth conduct of the exam.
Oloyede said: "So far, it has even been better than our expectation, it was a mock, the intention was to test the technology and it proved to be perfect.
"I think from what we are seeing, we are more than ready for the main examination.
"At least 90 per cent of the examination centres have reported positively, there have been proper downloading and preparation; even after the exam we had uploaded responses of 80 per cent.
"We have done it to show that what works elsewhere across the world should work in Nigeria; we believe we can do it efficiently; we will continue to do our best.
"We have registered over 1.5million candidates in less than five weeks; we believe that the reality we have put in place is good enough.''
Oloyede said that 633 centres were used to conduct the mock examination for 153, 000 candidates across the country.
In separate interviews, some of examination centre coordinators and candidates lauded JAMB for the mock initiative geared towards equipping the candidates to do better in the main exam.
Mr Abdul-Aziz Olasoyinka, Technical Research Officer of Digital Bridge Institute, commended JAMB for the mock examination.
He said it was apt in terms of preparation for future exams.
Olasoyinka said: "Mock is a good experience because it will help the candidates to adequately prepare for the forthcoming examination.
"It helps to evaluate how well the candidates have prepared and to improve themselves ahead of time."
Mr Olajide Adisa, Director of Outstations at JAMB, said although there were 230 capacities at the Computer Based Test (CBT) centre, plans were on to upgrade to 250 them before the main exam.
"Even with that our specification is that at least we should have 10 per cent of same capacity as back-up in case of any breakdown.
"We have already put measures in place to test them in the course of the mock examination, they will be ready before the main examination," Adisa said.
A candidate, Miss Hadiza Abdullahi, said that the mock examination had improved her level of confidence ahead of the main exam.
She described the examination as encouraging, adding that she expects to sit for the main examination well-equipped.
Abdullahi, however appealed to the board to put measures in place to enable candidates wanting to register for future exam to do so with ease.
The mock examination held in three sessions, including the JAMB headquarter and CBT centre in Kogo community.
By Dennis Udoma UYO – Fresh trouble erupted again on Saturday as armed youths, from Ikot Offiong in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State, reportedly killed scores of fishermen during another attack of Ikot Ada Akpan Community in Oku-Iboku, Akwa Ibom State on Saturday.
Dr. Demson Ekong, an indigene of the area told Vanguard that, the attackers came in six speed boats from Ikot Offiong in Cross River and opened fire on the fishermen.
Though, the death figure could not be ascertain at the time of filling this report but, the source said, "Some fishermen have been killed as the actual number of casualties are yet to be determined.
"There is a serious attack on Oku-Iboku this morning. The attackers came in six speed boats but, were repelled by the military.
But the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Akwa Ibom State police Command, Mr Chukwu Ikechukwu, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent said ''No death was recorded''.
''What I know is that, the youths from Ikot Offiong went to Ikot Ada Akpan community again and opened fire on the people and went back'', he said.
However, his counterpart in Calabar, Cross River State, Irene Ugbo told our correspondent on the telephone that, Cross River State Police Commissioner, Mr. Hafiz Inuwa had met with Odukpani community leaders and youths yesterday, warning them to desist from further troubles in the area again.
It would be recalled that, Governor Udom Emmanuel had visited the area last Sunday to caution the youths to be law abiding, while government was working on finding a lasting peace to the age-long communal dispute involving the communities in Akwa Ibom and Cross River States.
David Moyes would not confirm whether he will remain Sunderland’s manager next season following their relegation from the Premier League on Saturday.David Moyes
Sunderland’s relegation to the Championship, after 10 years in the top tier, was confirmed after they lost 1-0 at home to Bournemouth and fourth-bottom Hull City drew 0-0 at Southampton.
“To think about it and talk about it now is just too quick,” Moyes said when asked about his future by a television reporter at the Stadium of Light.
“They’re questions for a week or two down the line. I’m not sure it’s for now. I’d like to make sure we get Sunderland back in the Premier League.”
Moyes, sacked by Manchester United after just 10 months in charge in April 2014, was appointed Sunderland manager last July.
He inherited a team who had narrowly avoided relegation under Sam Allardyce and quickly found himself facing an uphill battle.
Sunderland have been in the bottom three since September and have propped up the table since January.
“I’m really disappointed,” Moyes added. “I feel for the supporters. They put their heart and cash into the team and my thoughts are mainly with the supporters.
“It’s a collective thing from top to bottom –- it’s wrong to blame any individual. Clubs are much stronger than any one individual.”
Sunderland captain John O’Shea said the close season would provide an opportunity for the northeast club to take stock.
“There’s going to be changes in the summer,” said the former Manchester United defender.
“I’ve never been in this situation before in my career. It’s obviously disappointing, but it’s a chance for the club to take stock of everything and bounce back and give the fans what they want: Premier League football.”
David Moyes’s sorry Sunderland were relegated from the Premier League after a 1-0 home defeat by Bournemouth at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.
Allied to Hull City’s 0-0 draw at Southampton, the result left Sunderland 13 points adrift of safety with only 12 points to play for this season.
“I’m really disappointed,” said Sunderland manager Moyes. “I feel for the supporters. They put their heart and cash into the team and my thoughts are mainly with the supporters.”
Josh King scored the goal that condemned Sunderland to the Championship, converting a pass from Ryan Fraser after a sweeping counter-attack in the 88th minute.
Southampton had a chance to give Sunderland a stay of execution, but Dusan Tadic’s stoppage-time penalty was saved by Hull goalkeeper Eldin Jakupovic.
Ask if he will remain in his post, Moyes replied: “To think about it and talk about it now is just too quick.
“They’re questions for a week or two down the line. I’m not sure it’s for now. I’d like to make sure we get Sunderland back in the Premier League.”
Sunderland have been in the Premier League since 2007, but their return to the second-tier Championship has long appeared only a matter of time.
They have been in the relegation zone since September and have not moved off the foot of the table since January.
“The league table never lies,” said Sunderland captain John O’Shea. “Performances and results are the obvious thing that have brought us down.”
Victory effectively secured Bournemouth’s safety, catapulting Eddie Howe’s side up the table to 10th place, 10 points above the relegation zone.
Hull’s draw at Southampton left Marco Silva’s side three points clear of danger, ahead of third-bottom Swansea City’s trip to Manchester United on Sunday.
– ‘Finish on a high’ –
After a forgettable encounter at St Mary’s, Southampton were awarded a penalty at the death when Alfred N’Diaye was penalised for holding Maya Yoshida.
Tadic drilled his spot-kick towards the bottom-right corner, but Jakupovic plunged low to his left to turn the ball away and condemn Sunderland to the drop.
“It’s a really important moment. If they had scored, they would not deserve it,” said Hull manager Silva.
“It is a good result. You want more, but it’s a good point.”
With Stoke City and West Ham United also drawing 0-0, the only other goal in the four afternoon games came in outgoing champions Leicester City’s 1-0 victory at West Bromwich Albion.
Jamie Vardy settled the game in the 43rd minute, rifling home his 15th goal of the season from Shinji Okazaki’s pass down the inside-right channel.
After an arduous season for Leicester, last season’s fairytale champions have now reached the 40-point mark that usually guarantees survival.
“I want Jamie Vardy to finish on a high,” said Leicester manager Craig Shakespeare, whose side sit 11th. “He’s scored quite a few of late and I want that to continue.
“It will be a difficult end to the season and we have to try and win every game we can.”
Burnley, two points above Hull, visit Crystal Palace in Saturday’s late game.
Leaders Chelsea travel to Everton on Sunday looking to preserve their four-point lead over second-place Tottenham Hotspur, who host Arsenal in the last north London derby at White Hart Lane.
An Igbo socio-cultural association, Nzuko Umunna, has warned against the further abuse of the rights of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Independent People of Biafra, IPOB even as it expressed satisfaction that Kanu has been released after a protracted detention by the federal government.
In a statement signed by the association's Coordinator, Ngozi Odumuko, and the Secretary, Paschal Mbanefo, the group lamented the stringent conditions attached to the bail conditions of the IPOB leader and expressed happiness that it was eventually met.
It thanked all those who made this possible but was also very quick to add that unless the three others, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, charged alongside Kanu were released, and all charges against all of them dropped, justice would still not have been seen to have been done.
It therefore urged the federal government to take the necessary steps to respect the rights of Kanu and his colleagues and ensure that the issues fuelling agitations in the South Eastern part of the country are addressed urgently rather than attempt to suppress such agitations with brutal force.
Nnamdi Kanu
Below is the full text of the press release.
"With great sense of responsibility, Nzuko Umunna join other well-meaning Nigerians to welcome the smooth perfection of the bail granted the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, despite the stringent conditions attached to the bail which havealso been questioned by many Nigerians and some of which have the semblance of infringement of fundamental human rights of Mazi Kanu.
"As we welcome Kanu's bail, we wish to state clearly that bail should be extended to his colleagues too, Chidiebere Onwudiwe, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi, as has been previously granted by the court.
"We also wish to commend the efforts of Kanu's legal team and all those who have been steadfast and supportive in the call for the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu and his colleagues.
"Nzuko Umunna salutes the timely response of the South East Caucus of the Sneate especially Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe and also the two others who signed the bail bond for the release of Kanu, Tochukwu Uchendu and Jewish Chief High Priest, Immanuel-El Shalom Oka-Ben Madu.
"We appreciate the various groups and leaders who showed and have continued to show solidarity to kanu and others in the course of this trial.
"Finally, it will be recalled that Nzuko Umunna has earlier called for the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu and his colleagues and we are not reneging on that until justice is seen to have been done.
"We wish to reiterate our stand that the rights of Kanu and his colleagues must be respected and that the government should as a matter of urgency look into the numerous issues that have given rise to the unprecedented upsurge in agitations in the South East part of the country instead of using brutal force to suppress peaceful protests, an action which would always be counterproductive."
The former governor of Anambra state, Mr. Peter Obi said he is happy over the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, by a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday and ask the federal government to consider other Biafra detainees languishing in prison custody.
He made this known to journalists yesterday through a statement issued by his media aide. According to him, "I wish to appeal to the Judiciary and the Federal Government to equally consider the other Biafra detainees for bail and release since, to the best of my knowledge, they have never resorted to violence in their agitation.
Nnamdi Kanu
While expressing his concern for the unity and peace of the nation, Obi said that the federal government should engage in dialogue with Biafra agitators. He pointed out that tension will be high in the South East zone over the continued detention of other Biafra activists and the release of Kanu. "As I counselled previously, the Federal Government should engage the Biafra agitators in dialogue. Every agitation in the world is resolved through dialogue, he said.
However, Obi, expressed his happiness over Kanu’s release, thus states that the federal government has listened to the voice of reason. Furthermore he appreciated the effort people rendered in ensuring the release of Kanu. According to him, “I am happy that the Federal Government this time listened to the voice of reason.
"I congratulate Kanu on his release and wish to commend all those who played one role or the other to ensure that he met his tough bail conditions and was actually released.”
As Kanu regains freedom, recall that there are more four conditions given to him by the presiding Justice Nyako Binta of a federal High Court in Abuja, to keep. These conditions are:
*Must not attend any rally or grant an interview
* Must not be in a crowd exceeding 10 persons
* To surrender his Nigerian and British passports
* Must be available for trial at all times
Though he has regained freedom but should be careful of his actions to avoid breaching courts order, Vanguard reports.
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