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Uyo –Â Senior Apostle John Okoriko, Founder of Solid Rock Kingdom Church, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has said that whoever emerges the next president of the country will be largely determined by the attitude of Nigerians.
Okoriko said that God would appoint a wicked leader for Nigeria if majority of the people are wicked, a corrupt leader if majority of the people of this generation are corrupt and a decent leader if majority of the people value decency.
Addressing a press conference in Uyo on Wednesday as part of the activities to mark his 70th birthday, Okoriko said that President Muhammadu Buhari was Godâ€
s answer to the outcries of Nigerians against the evil of corruption.
The cleric, who has for over three decades been noted for his unique preaching style in Ibibio language, said that Buhariâ€s integrity, passion and commitment to the fight against corruption, which had ravaged the socio-economic and political lives of Nigerians, earned him overwhelming victory in the 2015 presidential election.
He maintained that a people deserve the kind of government they yearn for. “I have a lesson that I teach my church that certain people deserve the government that rules them; beginning from the villages.
“If there is a particular village that is corrupt, God will put a corrupt leader there, unless they want change. There are people who want change and God will give them a person that will bring the desired change.�
“I believe that President Buhari may not be the best, may not be the holiest but just because there was so much cry about corruption; that is why he picked corruption as his major campaign thrust.
“He promised he was going to tackle corruption; that is what gave him overwhelming votes because corruption in the country was too much and embarrassing. God just gave Buhari for that purpose.
“The integrity that he has gave him the votes when the issue of corruption was so bad. That is my belief. If we are free from corruption and we look for something else that is not found in Buhari, God will put another person because He is involved in human governance�, he said.
He advised religious leaders to play positive roles in providing sound admonition and values to guide political leaders in the country.
The preacher, who refused to completely align with other clergies who go about predicting the outcome of yet-to-be-conducted elections in the country, stressed the need for the will of the people to determine outcome of elections.
On the proliferation of churches in Akwa Ibom State, he said: “You would not expect me to say that we should have more drinking joints, more hotels, and more brothels than churches�.
Okoriko urged Nigerians to get their permanent voter card (PVC) to enable them make the right choices of leaders in next yearâ€s general elections so that the country can continue on the path of sanity and socio-economic progress.
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Nigerians Will Get President They Deserve – Cleric
Former Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has told the Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, to grow up and shed his toga of unbridled hatred for him.
Shut up your mouth, stop behaving like coward, Fayose telles Ekiti CJ
Social media enjoyed a banter filled day yet again following the renewed war of words between rappers Cardi B and Nicki Minaj.
It all started when Nicki Minaj made several accusations on her Beats 1 Queen Radio show, making statements concerning their physical altercation at a Fashion Week party in September, which led to a tirade of video responses from Cardi B on her Instagram page.
Even though the duo have tried to call for peace 24hours after, choosing to focus on 'positive things,' social media had a filled day as the incident immediately became a trending topic, with fans on both divide taking sides and throwing major shades at the artists.
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The governorship candidate under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, has blamed the State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, for the persistent traffic congestion daily experienced by Lagosians. Agbaje said the governor lacked the authority to mandate the required agencies to fix the roads and manage traffic. He also attributed the situation to […]
Jimi Agbaje carpets Ambode over traffic congestion in Lagos, offers solution
Jimi Agbaje carpets Ambode over traffic congestion in Lagos, offers solution
The organisers of the African International Film Festival (AFRIFF), have released the list of 140 films that will be screened at the 2018 edition of the one week-long event.
The festival founder, Chioma Ude said “The Many Faces of Woman� is the theme for its eighth edition and will hold between Sunday, November 11, 2018, and Saturday, November 17, 2018.
This list includes an:
Opening film – 1; Closing film – 11; Documentary – 12;Â Panorama – 9; Shorts competition – 22; Shorts (outside competition) – 31;Â Student shorts competition – 22;Â Animation selection – 8; Animation (out of competition) – 15; Kwazulunatal Film Commission (KZNFC) special showcase – 4; American Embassy showcase – 1;Â Institut Francais/French Embassy showcase – 4.
See list of films below (as published on AFRIFF website):
SEW THE WINTER TO MY SKINÂ directed by Jahmil X.T Qubeka (SouthAfrica)
1. NIGERIAN PRINCE directed by Faraday Okoro (Nigeria/US)
2. WHERE IS KYRA directed by Andrew Dosunmu – (Nigeria/US)
3.TOKOLOSHEÂ directed By Jerome Pikwane (South Africa)
4. FAREWELL ELLA BELLAÂ directed by Lwazi Mvusi (South Africa)
5. AZALIÂ directed by Kwabena Gyansah (Ghana)
6. EL CONCURSANTEÂ directed by Carlos Osuna (Columbia)
7. TAFU CHAFU directed by Novartus “RrahC� Mugurusi (Tanzania)
8. THE DELIVERY BOY directed by Adekunle “Nodash� Adejuyigbe (Nigeria)
9. T – JUNCTION directed by Amil Shivji (Tanzania)
10. KASALAÂ directed by Ema Edosio (Nigeria)
11. POISONOUS ROSESÂ directed by Ahmed Fawzi Saleh (Egypt)
1. MARIE-MADELEINE: A FEMALE CHIEFÂ directed by Florence Ayisi (Cameroon/UK)
2. STRANGE FISHÂ directed by Giulia Bertoluzzi (Tunisia/Italy)
3. THE POETSÂ directed by Chivas DeVinck (Nigeria/Sierra Leone/US)
4. TAKE LIGHTÂ directed by Shasha Nakhai (Nigeria/Canada)
5. RAMOTHOPO THE CENTINARIANÂ directed by Riaan Hendricks (South Africa)
6. NOT IN MY NEIGHBOURHOODÂ directed by Kurt Orderson (South Africa)
7. CANTADORAS. MUSICAL MEMORIES OF LIFE AND DEATH IN COLOMBIA directed by MarÃa Fernanda Carrillo Sánchez (Mexico)
8. SONG OF OSSOBOÂ directed by Silas Tony (Portugal/Sao Tome & Principe)
9. WAITHIRAÂ directed by Eva Munyiri (South Africa/Kenya)
10. GALSEN – El lenguaje de las almas directed by Sergio Aparicio Olivas (Spain)
11. REVENIRÂ (Ivory Coast / Australia) directed by David Fedele/Kumut Imesh (Ivory Coast/Australia)
12. FAHAVALO directed by Marie Clémence Andriamonta-Paes (Madagascar)
1. WHEN THE STORM FADESÂ directed Sean Devlin (Canada)
2. A THOUSAND GIRLS LIKE MEÂ directed by Sahra Mani (Documentary from Afghanistan)
3. IN THE CLAWS OF A CENTURY WANTINGÂ directed by Jewel Maranan (Documentary from the Philippines)
4. LETTER FROM MASANJIAÂ directed by Leon Lee (Canada)
5. AYAZÂ directed by Dersu Yavuz Altun (Turkey)
6. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTEIÂ directed by Antonio Andrisani/Pascal Zullino (Italy)
7. MY SHORT WORDSÂ directed by Bekir Bulbul (Turkey)
8. NOSOTROS directed by Felipe Vara de Rey (Spain)
9. LOGNDAGENÂ directed by Yaghoob Keshavarz (Sweden)
1. JUNK YARD directed by Karima Guennouni (Morocco)
2. 7 MAJORSÂ directed by Terver Malu (Nigeria)
3. I AM SUPERMANÂ directed by Rodrigo Batista (Brasil)
4. HELLO, RAINÂ directed by C.J. Obasi (Nigeria)
5. CÃO MAIOR (CANIS MAJOR) directed by Marcelo Leme (Brasil)
6. THIRSTÂ directed by Franck Onouviet/Marc Tchicot (France)
7. ONIÂ directed by Diogo Hayashi (Brasil)
8. ALES directed by Faiçal Ben (Morocco)
9. THIS CITY OF MINEÂ directed by Danielle Russell (Jamaica)
10. WASTELANDÂ directed by Latifa Said (France)
11. THE PROPHETESSÂ directed by Sylvie Weber (Germany/Congo D.R.C)
12. COAT OF HARMÂ directed by Stanlee Ohikhuare (Nigeria)
13. TOLUÂ directed by Nadine Ibrahim (Nigeria)
14. CLOSEDÂ directed by Tolu Ajayi (Nigeria)
15. 7 in 1Â directed by Joel Caetano (Brasil)
16. THE RIGHT CHOICEÂ directed by Tomisin Adepeju (UK)
17. THE HOUSEWIFEÂ directed by Jituboh Franklyn (Nigeria)
18. THIS IS LAGOSÂ directed by Ibikunle Ibitayo (Nigeria)
19. A SINGLE STORYÂ directed by Bolanle Olosunde-Jenrola (Nigeria)
20. VAGABONDSÂ directed by Amartei Armar (Ghana)
21. SMOKEÂ directed by Clare Ezeakacha (Nigeria)
22. LOSING MY RELIGIONÂ directed Damilola Orimogunje (Nigeria)
1. FINISHÂ directed by Saeed Naghavian (Iran)
2. WHOLE TO PARTÂ directed by Vahid Hoseyni Nami (Iran)
3. SNAKE DREAMINGÂ directed by Nicolas Balma/Nicolas Spanoudis (France)
4. NEWTONâ€S FOURTH LAW directed by Mehrshad Kheradmandi (Iran)
5. BEHIND THE CLOUDÂ directed by Baer Xiao (France)
6. FALLOUÂ directed by Sy Alassane (United Kingdom)
7. THE GIFTÂ directed by Murat Akser (United Kingdom)
8. KARMAÂ directed by Arshia Zeinali (Iran)
9. HYPNOTISMÂ directed by Arshia Zeinali (Iran)
10. UNDERWATERÂ directed by Masud Ahmed (Bangladesh)
11. U ME I directed by Nosa Igbinedion (United Kingdom)
12. THE RETURNÂ directed by Nesli Ozalp Tuncer (Turkey)
13. MY KABUKABU LIFEÂ directed by Peter Okojie (Nigeria)
14. A WAY TO HOMEÂ directed by Muhammad Rizky Kurnia (indonesia)
15. WA SALMAÂ directed by Obada Dmoor (Jordan)
16. MAY DAY directed by Olivier Magis/Fedrik De Beul (Belgium)
17. ATQILI KISHI (A MAN WITH A SCARF)Â Amir Golshani (Iran)
18. MY MOTHER directed by Fernanda Cruzeiro de Medeiros/Nêga Lucas (Spain)
19. SALVATION RAIN directed by Veysel Çelik (Turkey)
20. DOPDI directed by SHIVANI SHARMA (India)
21. PRUEBA (CASTING)Â directed by Stanlee Ohikhuare (Nigeria)
22. OBLIVIONÂ directed by Fatemeh Mohammadi (Iran)
23. INDIFFERENT (COMME CI, COMME CA)Â directed by Femi Awojide (Nigeria)
24. TABLE FOR TWOÂ directed by Olayinka Johnson (Nigeria)
25. TIME BOMBÂ directed by Charles Bonja Archibong (Nigeria)
26. CUL DE SACÂ directed by King Kgosi (South Africa)
27. THE INTERVIEW (LE ENTREVISTA)Â directed by Akinnayajo Babatunde (Nigeria)
28. ENOÂ directed by Yemi Filmboy Morafa (Nigeria)
29. WALK WITH MEÂ directed by Kwame Asante Ofori (Ghana)
30. HATUA KWA HATUA (STEP BY STEP)Â directed by Judith Albrecht (Tanzania)
31. RELATIONSHIP GOALS_WORD OF GODÂ directed by Brian O. Wilson (Nigeria)
1. FIREWOODÂ directed by Khorshid Alami/Sara Malekian (Iran)
2. COLD STOVEÂ directed by Yasin Farrokhi (Iran)
3. DIARY OF BOLANLEÂ directed by Virginia Blatter (Nigeria/US)
4. FIRST CLUEÂ directed by Tal Galon (Denmark)
5. WHITESK directed by Amir Akhavan (Iran)
6. NEW/BEFOREÂ directed by Miguel Arciga (Philippines)
7. BLACK directed by Yavuz Üçer (Turkey)
8. DOCTOR directed by Yavuz Üçer (Turkey)
9. PASSENGERÂ directed by Adriano Gomez (Brazil)
10. ON MY OWNÂ directed by Nikola Polic (Serbia)
11. TIME OF ASHESÂ directed by Tony Batchler, Jr. (United States)
12. CUT TO BLACKÂ directed by Tony Batchler, Jr. (United States)
13. WINGSÂ directed by Tony Batchler, Jr. (United States)
14. WAVESÂ directed by Justin Bailey (United States)
15. WHEELHOUSEÂ directed by Charlie Ozburn (United States)
16. JAVEDÂ directed by Tariq Bashir (Pakistan)
17. PAPER KADHALÂ directed by Bharath Kumar (India)
18. LANDED FISHÂ directed by Min Hyuk Park (Korea Republic)
19. NOT RICH YETÂ Cyprien Kodjo (United States)
20. RED ZONE PARAMEDICSÂ directed by Leanne Brady (South Africa)
21. IMFURAÂ directed by Samuel Ishimwe (Switzerland)
22. INVISIBLE WOMENÂ Pablo Cruz Villalba (Mexico)
1. RACE OF LIFEÂ directed by Francis Y. Brown (Ghana)
2. A KALABANDA ATE MY HOMEWORKÂ directed by Raymond Malinga (Uganda)
3. THIRSTÂ directed by Eguvwe Majomi Yugbovwre (Nigeria)
4. AJE Vs KPAKO – A VISIT TO HELL directed by EGUVWE YUGBOVWRE (Nigeria)
5. TEJUMADEÂ directed by Adebimpe Adebambo (Nigeria)
6. BAE N BOOÂ directed by Omoyefe Majoroh (Nigeria)
7. TALES OF SHAA – UMI AND NANDIS ADVENTURE directed by Rodney Tapfuma Masanga (Zimbabwe)
8. WATER WAHALAÂ directed by Brian Olaolu Wilson (Nigeria/United Kingdom)
1. BELLY FLOPÂ directed by Jeremy Collins/Kelly Dillon (South Africa)
2. AAZARÂ directed by Alberto Rodriguez/Alice Labourel/Fabian Riquejo/Ignazio Acerenza/Jose Luis Herrera/Juan Gonzalez (Spain)
3. SHUFFLEDÂ directed by Markus Helmersson (Sweden)
4. CROC & ODILEÂ directed by Antoine Marchand (France)
5. BATTLEDREAM CHRONICLES: A NEW BEGINNINGÂ directed by Alain Bidard France
6. TIFFANYSÂ directed by Sean Esser/Caitlin Chiusano/Zhara Honore (United States)
7. MOSHON directed by Danylova Elena/Danylova Dana (Ukraine)
8. SLEEPLESS directed by Breno Guerreiro/Débora Pinto (Brazil)
9. THE CLIFF HOUSEÂ directed by Jin Yao Wong (Malaysia)
10. ALPHABETÂ directed by Kianoush Abedi (Iran)
11. ORIENT CITY: RONIN & THE PRINCESSÂ directed by Ryan Colucci/Zsombor Huszka (United States/Hungary)
12. PROXYÂ directed by Haidi Marburger/Nina Hoffmann/Ramon Arango (Switzerland)
13. HUNGRY (HABIENTO) directed by Pablo González Diéguez/Julian Andres Conde Martin/Ivan Patricio Torres Salvador/Gianpierre Yovera Infanzon (Spain)
14. MEMORIALÂ directed by Natchapat and Natthawat Jamtaksa (Thailand)
15. HER BIRTHDAY NIGHTÂ directed by Farshad Mohiti (Iran)
1. ASINAMALIÂ directed by Mbongeni Ngema
2. BEYOND THE RIVERÂ directed by Craig Freimond
3. FRAGEMENTS OF IMPERFECTIONÂ directed by Tressure Njabulo Zaca
4. GRACIEÂ directed by Liana Hassim
1. BLACKKKLANSMAN directed by Spike Lee
1. THE TEACHER (LES GRANDS ESPRITS)Â directed by Olivier Ayache-Vidal
2. WALLAYÂ directed by Berni Golblat
3. TAXI 5Â directed by Franck Gastambide
4. CUSTODY (JUSQUâ€Ã€ LA GARDE) directed by Xavier Legrand
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‘Coat of Harm’; ‘Kasala’; ‘Aje Vs Kpako’ | See list of 140 films to be screened at 2018 AFRIFF
AWKA –Â A political pressure group, United Anambra Youth Assembly (U-AYA), yesterday passed a vote of confidence on the national chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Oye for his performance during the just concluded party primaries across the 36 states of Nigeria.
The President/General Overseer of the group, Chinedu Obidigwe who stated this after a review of the state of the party and the leadership the national chairman called on all party members, especially the aggrieved aspirants, friends and well wishers to shit their sword and continue their support for the national chairman to ensure total victory for the party in 2019 general elections.
Obidigwe, who is also the party flag bearer for Anambra East/West Federal Constituency for 2019 election said: “the entire organs, leaderships and other stakeholders of the United Anambra Youths Assembly (U-AYA), on Monday 31th of October, 2018 at a symposium in Tourists Garden Hotel, Aguleri, Anambra state to mark the celebration of the U-AYA and Ebelechukwu Obiano Ladies Movement Day, unanimously passed a ‘Vote of Confidence†on the party, the All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA, under the Chairmanship of Chief Victor Oye, for meeting up INEC deadline for party primaries and the peaceful, fair and credible manner he conducting the process�.
According to him, the Vote of Confidence took place after the group leadership reviewed the state of affairs of APGA in her just concluded primaries and the pragmatic and focused leadership that the partyâ€s national chairman is demonstrating.
“The event had the following stakeholders in attendance: members of the U-AYA, led by the National President, Hon. Chinedu Obidigwe, members of the Ebelechukwu Obiano Ladies Movement led by the National Coordinator Mrs Amara Nwadialor, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Health Kate Edozieh and other party stakeholders.
“The membership of the United Assembly is made up of seasoned politicians mostly youth, are charged with the responsibility to chart effective way forward for the better 2019 General Elections.
APGA has been battling with image problems after its primary election across the states of the federation prompting the national leadership to set up a five- man reconciliation committee to pacify aggrieved aspirants that took part in the elections.
U-AYA called on all Party members nationwide, supporters, friends of the party, and the general public to continue to support the NWC of the party in their concerted effort towards strengthening APGA to attain international best practices.
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APGA Primaries: Group Passes Vote Of Confidence In Oye
Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell talk about the moments when they knew they had made it in the NFL.
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Popular actor turned politician, Yul Edochie, veteran actor, Peter Edochieâ€s son, strongly believes that if Nigerians can come together to fix the countryâ€s problem, then just like President Donald Trump is proud of his country, the United States, someday, Nigerians too can boast of being a proud citizen.
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The Federal Government Wednesday, said it was not in a hurry to sign the controversial African Free Trade Agreement (AFCFTA). The FG cited its implication on the nationâ€s economy as the major reason for the delay. Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters, Dr Adeyemi Dipeolu, disclosed this in Ibadan at the 60th anniversary […]
Nigeria not in hurry to sign African free trade agreement – Buhari govt
Nigeria not in hurry to sign African free trade agreement – Buhari govt
A man in South Florida was caught on camera calling a Baskin Robbins employee the N-word.
-Baskin Robbins store in Miami Beach, Florida. The man can be seen and heard repeatedly shouting the N-word at an employee there.A man was captured on video verbally attacking an employee inside a Dunkin'-Baskin Robbins store in Miami, Florida on Monday.
The unidentified man can be seen and heard on video shouting the N-word at the employee, and making obscene gestures with his hand.
It is not entirely clear what set the man off, but a witness told the local ABC affiliate WPLG that the man had gotten upset after being told by the only employee on duty that he had to wait to be served. That employee had apparently been busy with another customer at the time, the news report said.
The incident is the latest example of racist attacks that have been captured on video in recent years.
A woman in North Carolina was fired from her job after drunkenly accosting two African-American women.
Dunkin' released a statement to WPLG about the Monday incident in its store:
"We are aware of the video and the situation that occurred at the franchised Dunkin' restaurant located in Miami Beach. We're disappointed by the behavior exhibited by the guest in this video. Dunkin' and its franchisees remain committed to our shared goal of providing a positive restaurant experience for all guests and restaurant employees."
It was four weeks ago. A scanty crowd of workers carried out a tame protest in front of the Lagos office of the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR. Their grouse was with Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics, LADOL.
But they work for Samsung Heavy Industries, SHI. So, why would any group of workers leave where they collect their salaries to protest against another company without inscriptions of their names anywhere?
No minimum wage, No vote in 2019 – C-River NLC declares ADVERTISING This is the intricate story of SHI and LADOL partnership. An alliance that held immense and historic possibilities, the LADOL/SHI partnership, at infancy, was chequered, perhaps, by acute infidelity to contract. ADVERTISING This inconstancy became a bad omen of things to come. The protesting workers’ fate is one of them. By the action of their protest, however, they seemed, sadly to be treating the effect of a problem. But the cause actually is their headache. They, therefore, need to dissect the root cause of their problem to be sure they are not mere pawns in the hands of a cynical corporate player.
So, what was the grumble of SHIâ€s workers? What do they want? They say they are about to lose their jobs at SHI because of an alleged termination of a sublease agreement that SHI Mega Construction and Integration Free Zone, SHI MCI-FZE, had with LADOL. They, therefore, want the quick intervention of DPR as the regulator of the oil and gas sector in order to save their jobs.
They are of the opinion that LADOLâ€s purported action, that is the termination of the sublease contract, poses a threat to Samsungâ€s continued operation in the zone and by extension the source of their livelihood. In fact, Samuel Samidotun, the Assistant Manager, General Affairs department at SHI considers LADOLâ€s alleged act arbitrary and wants DPRâ€s strong intervention to resolve the lingering dispute.
However, there are close observers of the SHI/LADOL partnership since their parts intersected in 2010 and culminated in a partnership that won the bid for Totalâ€s Egina Floating Production Supply Offloading, FPSO, with LADOL as the Local Content Partner, a partnership that SHI needed as the law required for that success to happen.
Two of these observers who preferred to be anonymous did not share the sentiments of the protesting SHIâ€s workers. As one of them put it, the fate of SHIâ€s workers lies in SHIâ€s wry, double-edged approach to the partnership with LADOL.
“They were not transparent; every step they took seemed to show a mindset to short-change LADOL and possibly edge them out of the partnership. Did you not read of all the issues Samsung created when the whole thing just started and how it terminated the agreement unilaterally as if there are no laws in this country�. He added; “You must have heard of the outcome of the Senate Public hearing on the FPSO. It has been revealed that some US$214 million paid by Total for the upgrade of the fabrication and integration facilities at LADOL was hidden by Samsung and still they made LADOL cough out some good money for the facilities while losing a lot of their shares.
So, what I am trying to say is that if Samsung had started the whole business in good faith, this issue of termination of their sublease agreement would not have arisen. It would have been a matter of simple discussion and an agreement easily reached�, he concluded.
LADOL has, however, come out to debunk the claims of both SHIâ€s protesting workers and some publications it alleged were sponsored by SHI. According to the logistics company, its affiliate, Global Resources Management Limited. GRML, terminated SHI MCI-FZEâ€s sublease on September 5, 2018, for three reasons, “First unremedied and material breaches of lease covenant. Second, denial of its landlordâ€s title by inter alia asking the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, the head lessor, to carve out a part of GRMLâ€s leased land and grant a direct lease in favour of SHI MCI-FZE, so that SHI MCI-FZE could deal directly with all government regulators without needing to go through GRML or the Zone Managementâ€�.
LADOL added that although GRMLâ€s sublease agreement provided for upward only rent review, SHI MCI-FZE, in anticipation of NPAâ€s approval of a direct lease in its favour made several statements at various government agencies affirming its decision to unilaterally crash its rent from US$70 per square meter to US$5 per square meter (a reduction of more than 90%) on the expiry of its sublease in June 2018. For GRML, SHI MCI-FZEâ€s renunciation of the upward only rent review was an anticipatory breach of the sublease contract. It was therefore left with no choice but to terminate the contract since it was, in any case, entitled to do so as a matter of law.
But the LADOL Zone management understood the pivotal importance of the Egina FPSO as a strategic national project with regard to Nigeriaâ€s local content and technology transfer quest.
And so when Samsungâ€s operating licence was about to expire the first time, it granted SHI MCI-FZE a two month licence extension on July 2, 2018, to enable Samsung to complete its work on the Egina FPSO. Job completed, the Egina FPSO sailed away on Sunday, August 26, 2018, to the Egina oil field in OML 130. And at midnight on September 2, 2018, the two-month extension of SHI MCI-FZEâ€s operating licence expired. Since SHI MCI-FZE did not renew its operating licence and did not indeed meet the conditions for renewal such as payment of licence fee, provision of information and documents requested by the Zone Management in addition to failure to pay all outstanding amounts and fees, SHI MCI-FZEâ€s licence could not be renewed.
And so everything about LADOL/GRML and SHI MCI-FZE came effectively to an end. So, you ask, why were the SHI MCI-FZE workers protesting? What were they protesting for? And why are they blaming LADOL over their fate? Another close observer of the LADOL/ SHI MCI-FZE face-off provided an answer. In his words, “those workers need to go back to their organization and seek an audience with their employers.
The truth is, they will soon find out that Samsung is just using them against their own country and sooner or later will dump them with the flimsy excuse that LADOL is the cause of their problem�. Continuing he added, “See, all over the world, Samsung is known for lack of transparency in its operations. It is presently in major legal battles in South Korea, its own country for withholding crucial information on chemicals its many sick workers were exposed to at its computer chip and display factories that led to those sicknesses. Those sicknesses include leukaemia, lymphoma and other dangerous ailments.
Now, add this to the declaration of May 1, 2018, as the International Day of Action Against Samsung by a coalition of human rights bodies in Europe, Asia and the United Stated to protest health, labour and human rights violations of Samsungâ€s factory workers everywhere by the corporate giant. So, the summary of what I am saying is that Samsung should call his workers back to its office and sort out their issues. They should be open to their staff and tell them in truth that their business with LADOL is overâ€�, he concluded.
Zik Zulu Okafor is an award-winning writer, Zik Zulu Okafor wrote from Lagos.
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IT was a night of celebration of creativity, excellence, originality or what one can describe as the birth of a new dawn for art in the coal city, as the art community again witnessed the presentation of prizes to the winners of 2018 edition of Life in My City Art Festival, LIMCAF one of the most consistent art competitions in the country for Nigerian youths, held last Saturday in the Enugu State capital, Enugu .
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LIMCAF transforms coal city to art city
(FILE) An injured victim of a female suicide bomber arrives in an ambulance for medical attention at a Maiduguri hospital in northeast Nigeria on August 15, 2017.<br />Boko Haram female suicide bomber detonated her explosives killing 28 people and leaving over 80 others injured at a market in the village of Konduga on the outskirts of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER
Islamic extremists killed no fewer than 360 defenseless civilians, including 260 Christians and 100 Muslims in the country in the month of October 2018.
A report, released yesterday by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, was signed by its board Chairman, Emeka Umeagbalasi and Head, Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Obianuju Igboeli.
The report showed that jihadists perpetrated the killings in the Middle Belt Region of the country, particularly in Kaduna, Plateau and Benue, as well as in Adamawa and Borno states.
It also lamented the response of the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and the Nigerian Army to the killings, saying it was distasteful.
The breakdown of the over 360 deaths, revisited and evaluated by Intersociety, showed that no fewer than 135 Christians were killed in Kaduna State in October; specifically between October 18 and 21, 2018.
Over 53 Christians were killed in Jos, Plateau State in the past 30 days and not less than 30 (16 Christians and three Churches and 15 Muslims) in Lafia-Lamurde and Mamsirmi communities in Adamawa State on October 23, 2018.
The report also disclosed that in Benue State, no fewer than 14 Christians were killed in Agena and Agbaaye communities of Ukum and Okpokwu local government areas of the state.
In Borno State, along Maiduguri-Damboa Road and Molai Village in Jere Local Government Area, Boko Haram terrorists slaughtered 38 civilians, many of them Christians.
“Therefore, with the loss of no fewer than 260 Christians in the past 30 days, the total number of defenseless Christians killed by herdsmen, jihadists and their collaborators in the Middle Belt in the past 10 months of 2018 has risen to at least 2,262,� it stated.
Meanwhile, the Journalists for Democratic Rights (JODER), has disclosed that at least 10 people are killed every month in Plateau, Nasarrawa, Benue and Kaduna states.
It also pointed out that over 200 people are being held at various security formations without trial, warning that the lingering ethnic crisis in some Northern states could snowball into a major national disaster that may affect the 2019 polls.
The National Working Group on Peace and Conflict Prevention (NWGPC) pioneered by JODER stated in its report yesterday that government and communities in Plateau, Nassaraw and Kaduna States were key to the resolution of the lingering crisis in the states.
It had submitted a comprehensive peace roadmap to governors of Kaduna, Plateau and Nassarawa states where ethnic conflicts had claimed several lives.
The report signed by Abukar Onalo, Chief Digifa Werenipre and Adewale Adeoye noted that the state governments and people were underestimating the crisis in Kaduna, Plateau and other Northern states.
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