EKO FASHION WEEK DEBUTS

HON LOLA AKANDE

The  Eko  fashion week was held recently on the 15^th of December 2015 at the Veromyke event center in lagos, It was an event meant to showcase the dress sense ,of an  Eko indigene in its creativity, accessories, and beauty in totality, the Eko fashion week is a medium used to train various individuals in skills relating to fashion and design, and for existing designers to showcase their talent and creativity ,this includes creativity in hair making make up and clothing.

The fashion in cake making was not also left out, this event is annual and will be used to attract various designers from all over the world. The organizers multi devices communications ltd ,has stated that the event will be used to showcase all aspects of fashion in the country as a whole

The event will be a brand to reckon with when it comes to creativity in fashion, we look forward to staging shows like the New York Fashion Week and others ,are the words of the project Manager of the event Chukwumah Emmanuel.

HON.AUGUSTINE ADEOYE

PROJECT MANAGER CHUKWUMAH EMMANUEL

There was need to recognize some note able individuals in the public who have contributed towards the growth of fashion and skill development in lagos state ,among those recognized was the Commissioner for  women affairs and poverty alleviation in lagos stateHon. Dr Mrs Lola Akande ,Hon Augustine A. Adeoye,the Chairman of Agbado Okeodo LCDA . According  to the organizers the event will boost tourism with the western region of the country

‘Rigorous process responsible for low online trading’

“A number of hindrances that limits the number of participants in on line market is the process of opening account, the Know Your Customer (KYC), providing KYC on line is very challenging, almost impossible.

Operator unveils investment game to investors

Meristem Stockbrokers Limited has identified issues associated with opening of account as a major factor limiting investors’ participation in online trading in the Nigerian Capital Market.

The group stressed the need for the process to be made less rigorous for an increased patronage on the platform.

The Group Managing Director of the company, Wole Abegunde, while addressing participants during the unveiling of MeriGame investment game on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, in Lagos on Wednesday, explained that it takes three months to complete an account opening process in an on line trading platform.

He argued that on line trading in the market may not record any boom, unless the account opening process becomes easier for more investors to participate.

“A number of hindrances that limits the number of participants in on line market is the process of opening account, the Know Your Customer (KYC), providing KYC on line is very challenging, almost impossible. It takes you three months to open an on line account, that problem must be solved before we can see the boom in online trading.

“Again, there is no wide spread availability of inter net connection even on the phone so you may not be able to trade on the phone do these are some of the limiting factors limiting increased participation in online trading.”

On the MeriGame investment game, he explained that the game is a platform where investors that have shallow knowledge of investing in the market can experiment trading in stocks on the NSE, using virtual fund that would subsequently be transferred into the investors account.

“You need not to fear the market provided you trade the market with knowledge and information and meriGame is providing, it is a platform that you can use to experiment trading in stocks on the NSE with virtual money, which means you are not going to lose any money and when you now get the knowledge in full, you then transfer the virtual money into trading into your money”, he added.

He noted that stock trading by oneself is generally perceived to be scary and doubt-ridden, adding that MeriGame would demystify the process while setting users up to trade real-time confidently.

According to him, the platform is the exact replica of MeriTrade platform giving access to trade all available stocks on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

He added that users get funded with virtual funds to simulate financial capacity in real life trading as well as regular tips and recommendations to guide them in making choices on stock trading.

The Manager in charge of the investment game, Abisoye Oludipe explained that the platform has an ongoing championship game tagged ‘MeriGame Championship’ which rewards the top three winners financially with One hundred and fifty thousand at the end of each conclusive period.

“The winners of this game are the top three traders with the highest returns on the platform. The game even gets more interesting with a referral system that allows users refer people and get more virtual funds in return to increase their purchasing power on the platform.

“MeriGame also has a community forum that allows users and admin relate and get further clarifications about the platform and market trends amongst other general issues even lifestyle issues. Users get to practice how to buy stocks under real market conditions without burning a finger or finance while standing a chance to win financial reward.”

Atiku’s son remanded for contempt of court

For disobeying a court order, Aminu, the son of a former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was on Wednesday remanded in the transit cell of Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.

Aminu was alleged to have disobeyed an order made by Chief Magistrate Kikelomo Ayeye on Oct. 11 over the custody of six-year-old Amir Abubakar, who he was alleged to have taken away from the custody of his enstranged wife, Fatimo Bolori.

Ayeye had earlier ordered the respondent in the suit marked FCL/29/2017, between U. F. Bolori Vs M. A. Abubakar to produce Amir Abubakar at the first hearing of the case. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that when the case came up on Wednesday for the discharge of “Emergency, Evacuation/Protection Order” made by the court, the court was informed that the parties were planning to settle out of court.

In response, Bolori’s lawyer, Mr Nwabuzor Okoh, denied receiving any notification from the respondent to settle out of court.

Consequently, Chief Magistrate Ayeye cited Atiku for contempt for disobeying court order issued on October 11. She ordered that the respondent should be remanded in transit cell and the case stood down pending when he would produce the boy.

NAN also learnt that both Fatimo and Aminu had divorced in 2011.

The children were living with their mother, Fatimo, with an arrangement that they should be allowed to spend their vacation with their father.

However, when the children were on holidays in 2013, Aminu requested that they should be released to him to travel abroad for vacation and thereafter, refused to let them return to their mother.

Tagging IPOB terrorist organization embarrassed Nigeria globally – Prof. Nebo

A former Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, has joined other millions of Nigerians in condemning the Federal Government for branding the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a terrorist organisation.
He lamented that such tag truncated the global respect Nigeria had been battling to redeem in the recent past.
Prof. Nebo spoke at the inaugural lecture series organised by the Institute of Security Studies of the Department of State Services (DSS), in Abuja, on Wednesday, expressing disappointment over the ranking of Nigeria highest among the top terrorist countries in the world.
Delivering a lecture on the topic, “Leadership and Nigeria’s developmental challenges”, Prof Nebo said: “Nigeria is popularly labeled as the giant of Africa only in terms of population because all other indicators of a prosperous and heathy nation don’t exist in Nigeria.
“In fact, according to Global Peace Index, Nigeria ranks top among the most corrupt and most dangerous countries to live in Africa. It is also rated as one of the most corruption endemic countries in the world.
“In addition, recent ranking of Nigeria in the Mo Ibrahim governance indices is painfully worrisome. In terms of prosperity, economic dominance, life expectancy and so on, Nigeria does not even make the list among the top ten in Africa.
“Nigeria is also ranked highest among the top terrorist countries in the world because of Boko Haram (third deadliest) and Fulani herdsmen (fourth deadliest)terrorist organizations according to Global Terrorism Index – all operating and resident in the northern Nigeria.
“To make matters worse, Nigeria recently branded IPOB a terrorist organization, which means that by our win admission, Nigeria now houses three terrorist organizations in the world, perhaps the only country to so qualify. It is no virtue at all. Thus is a very dangerous record which is capable of truncating the global respect Nigeria has been begging to redeem of recent,” he said.
Speaking further, the former Vice Chancellor of University of Nigeria (UNN) argued that the link holding the north and south is still very fragile, declaring: “Nigeria is not yet a failed nation. But Nigerians should not hold on to the erroneous notion that the nation is indissoluble and indivisible without ensuring certain prerequisites as safety nets.”
“Fact is: the link between north and south Nigeria is still fragile and sadly so 57 years after independence. When the northern youths issued a quit notice and later suspended without withdrawing it, this fact became quite obvious once more. In addition, the use of denigrating, insultive and unprintable language by the leader of IPOB has made an already bad situation much worse.
“The weak link between the regions of the country seems to be only economy. Then I asked myself; if oil is found in commercial quantities in the northern troughs and basins or crude oil suddenly loses its value in international market, will north and south Nigeria still have enough motivation to continue as one nation? This is a question that I would rather urge each and every one of us to answer,” he said.
Narrowing leadership on the victory President Buhari recorded against President Goodluck Jonathan, he argued that the ability of President Buhari retaining power after 2019 Presidential election would depend on his personality.
He continued, “In the absence of any known formula for prescribing the best leadership for Nigeria, all that is left is the space to outline how the best (exceptional leaders) can emerge, how the nation can minimize the chances of toxic leaders emerging.
“From this postulation, you can easily see the nexus between people and their leadership: the people partly form the situation and directly influence the kind of leaders they get. If we use the 2015 general election again as an example, it was the clamor of the Nigerian people for change that produced the crest that Buhari rode on to get back to power.
“This interconnection also proves to a substantial extent the assertion that the people get the kind of leaders they deserve or desire. Plato captured this condition and leadership preponderance most beautifully when he said: “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors”.