I Won’t Mind To Be Fourth Wife If I Get The Right Man – Actress Mariam

December 22, 2019

In this interview with Segun Adebayo, actress Mariam Odunola Muftaudeen, popularly known as Omo VC, has managed to stay consistent. She reveals the secrets of her success and how actresses have fared generally in the movie industry.

Which movie signalled your turnaround in the movie industry?
My first production entitled “Omo VC” gave me a turnaround. It gave producers and directors an impression about what I am capable of bringing into their projects.
How successful are you on the job?
I can’t specifically measure my success. However, I can say that being active and relevant till now in itself is a demonstration of success. I cannot dispute the fact that being consistent worked and continues to work for me.
The movie industry is getting more competitive by the day and female celebs reportedly do all kinds of things to stay relevant. What’s your take?
The truth is that every person has their respective reasons and targets for joining the industry. However, competition has been a bone in the neck for most practitioners, particularly female celebrities. They want to wear the latest designers, see the world on vacation every month, use the latest cars and gadgets. All these and more will only push people to more occupational and psychological stress, leading to feeling of low self-esteem and inferiority.
How difficult is it for an actress to get a responsible man without an ulterior motive?
Love is a relative idea. One man’s meat is another man’s poison. Being an actress or not doesn’t determine if one would have a responsible man as partner. It is just that the recent trend of uncultured actresses has cast the focused ones in a bad light. A situation where Instagram actresses are more than real practitioners is an appalling one.
How do you manage to keep your game tight knowing that there are many who want what you have?
Since I joined the industry, I have always placed my head high and focused. Despite the distractions, I chose to stick to the rules of engagement, which is being committed. I think that has worked effectively for me so far.
Would you act nude if the money is tempting enough?
I can never act nude, not even for the highest offer of millions. I cherish my body, mind and sanity. Whatever an actor does for the sake of fame, we should remember that the internet never forgets. I can’t take up a role I won’t be proud to let my children and grandchildren watch in the future.
Was there any role you wish you had taken but was given to a colleague?
I don’t think there was any.
People say the new crop of actresses are too desperate for fame.
Sincerely, I can’t speak for or about them. What I am sure about is that time will tell. If an actor or actress lacks quality training or practice ethics, they go through back doors to get roles and do unthinkable things.
Some of your colleagues say acting alone doesn’t pay the bills. How are you coping?
Acting is expected to be a lucrative job in Nigeria the way it is in other countries. Due to some circumstances, however, the industry isn’t settled enough. I can state that seven out of 10 actors don’t live on acting. They have other means of survival. And they service their acting career with the money they get from their other businesses. I am also not exempted from this situation.With the state of things and structure in the industry, do you think Yoruba movie industry is growing?

Truly, the Yoruba movie industry is growing, yet there is a lot of things that need to be done. I believe the industry will be better if the leadership can focus more on membership data/status and proper sanction for erring practitioners. An association without discipline will collapse. I have confidence in the leadership of TAMPAN led by Mr Latin. His administration has brought new touch to the industry.
As a Muslim and an Alhaja, are you in support of a man marrying as many wives as he wishes?
Marriage is a delicate topic that I am always cautious to discuss because it cuts across various faiths with personal interests and different kinds of persons involved. But as a Muslim, my religion gives room for a man to marry more than one wife with clear explanations that such a man must create balance on the home front. If a man doesn’t have the financial, mental, physical and psychological capacity to marry more than one wife, he is not expected to go into polygamy. I however don’t have any issue with polygamy as long as there is adequate care and respect among the parties involved. Personally, I like married men more than single guys because I have never been lucky with single guys. As it looks, I might end up being second, third or even fourth wife, I don’t mind as long as I am happy.
Would you quit acting if your man wants you to?
First, I can’t marry someone who doesn’t have interest in my profession. Acting is my pride and it gives me joy. Before going into relationship, my man must have been aware of how passionate I am with acting and filmmaking. So, his unconditional support is non-negotiable.
How many movies do you have to your credit as a producer?
To the glory of God, I have produced seven movies so far and I hope to do more.
Which projects are you working on?
I’m currently working on an epic movie and it will be shot in cinema standard. By God’s grace, I’ll also be changing my production company’s name from Mariam Akande Productions to Mufty Production. Mufty is from Muftaudeen which is my surname.
When are you settling down?
Settling down isn’t something that is predictable, so I’m waiting for God’s time and a God-fearing partner.

CBN Reduces Bank Charges On Electronic Transfer, ATM Withdrawal

Editorial staff

December 22, 2019

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reviewed downward charges on electronic transfer and ATM as well as card maintenance fees.

The new charges were contained in the latest Guide to Charges by Banks and Other Financial Institutions just released by the CBN

According to the CBN, bank customers will now pay N10 for electronic transfers below N5,000, and N25 for electronic transfer between N5,000 and N50,000. Only electronic transfer above N50,000 will attract N50 charge.

Previously, bank customers pay N50 charge for electronic transfers below N500,000.

Further, the CBN in the new Guide to Bank Charges slashed charges for cash withdrawal via Other bank’s ATM to “maximum of N35 after the third withdrawal within the same month” from “N65 after the third withdrawal within the same month”.

The CBN also removed Card Maintenance Fee (CAMF) on all cards linked to current accounts, a maximum of one Naira per mille for customer induced debit transactions to third parties and transfers or lodgments to the customers’ account in other banks on current accounts only,

Commenting on the new charges, Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Isaac Okorafor explained that the current NIP charges apply to use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD), purchase with cash-back will attract a charge of N100 per N20,000 subject to cumulative N60,000 daily withdrawal. Also, for cards linked to savings account, a maintenance fee has been reduced to a maximum of N50 per quarter from N50 per month amounting to only N200 per annum instead of N600.

Furthermore, he hinted that there will be no more charges for reactivation or closure of accounts such as savings, current and domiciliary accounts while status enquiry at the request of the customer (like confirmation letter, letter of non-indebtedness and reference letter) will now attract a fee of N500 per request.

On Current Account Maintenance Fee (CAMF), the Guide expressly stated that this would be applicable only to current accounts in respect of customer-induced debit transactions to third parties and debit transfers/lodgments to the customer’s account in another bank. It emphasized that CAMF is not applicable to Savings Accounts.

According to the Director, the CBN carried out the review of the Guide, which also prescribes charges permissible for Other Financial Institutions and non-bank financial institutions, in order to align with market developments.

To guard against excess, unapproved or arbitrary charges by banks and other financial institutions, the Guide stipulates a penalty of N2,000,000 per infraction or as may be determined by the CBN from time to time for financial institutions that breach any provision of the guide. The Guide also emphasized that failure by any bank to comply with CBN’s directive in respect of any infraction shall attract a further penalty of N2,000,000 daily until the directive is complied with or as may be determined by the CBN from time to time.

Consequently, the CBN directed banks to log every complaint received from their customers into the Consumer Complaints Management System (CCMS) in addition to generating a unique reference code for each complaint lodged, which must be given to the customer. Failure to log and provide the code to the customer, it added, amounts to a breach and is sanctionable with a penalty of N1,000,000 per breach.

The charges prescribed in the Guide were arrived at after extensive consultations with stakeholders and is expected to enhance flexibility, transparency and competition in the Nigerian banking industry.

This Guide, which replaces the Guide to Charges by Banks and Other Financial Institutions issued in 2017, takes effect from January 1, 2020, and maybe reviewed from time to time to reflect changes in the business environment.

The CBN, therefore, urged financial services providers and their customers alike to acquaint themselves with the provisions of the Guide and be properly guided accordingly.

UniAbuja Expells 100 Students, Rusticates 11 Over Exam Misconduct

Editorial staff

December 22, 2019

No fewer than 100 students of the University of Abuja have been expelled by Senate for their involvement in examination misconduct.

Those expelled comprise 72 undergraduate and 28 postgraduate students.
Five undergraduate students were rusticated for One Academic Session, three were rusticated for one Semester, while three had no case. Three postgraduate students were also rusticated for One Academic Session.
A statement by the spokesman of the institution, Dr. Habib Yakoob said that the Senate, at its 174th Regular Meeting held on November 6th November, considered the report and recommendations of the Central Examination Misconduct Committee, and after due diligence, approved the expulsion/rustication of the students.
Be said that among the undergraduate students expelled, 27 were in 400 Level, 19 in 300 Level, 16 in 200 Level, two students in 100 Level, five others in their 5th, 6th, and 7th Session.
Dr. Yakoob said that the breakdown also shows that 47 of the expelled students were from Faculty of Science, 23 from Faculty of Management Sciences, 20 from Faculty of Social Sciences, while 10 others cut across various Faculties.
According to him, the affected students have since been directed to handover any University property in their possession, including identity card, to their heads of department and unit. They were also advised to vacate the campus immediately.
“The University of Abuja wishes to reiterate that it is determined to ensure academic discipline among its staff and students, and that those who violate the rules and regulations of the institution would be appropriately disciplined.”

Nigeria Police Already In Christmas, New Year Mood

Greenbarge Reporters

December 22, 2019

Officers of the Nigeria police, today, December 22, embarked on the celebrations of Chrismas and New Year festivals, days before the actual dates. Happy celebrations.

Tell T. Y. Danjuma That We Have Been Sleeping Soundly, By Tony Onyima

Editorial staff

December 22, 2019

General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (rtd), a former Minister of Defence few days ago spoke himself into national news talking point. Danjuma says that “nobody in Nigeria will sleep again” if he reveals what he knows happening in Nigeria.

He spoke at the University of Ibadan during the launch of a book “70 Years of Progressive Journalism: The Story of the Nigerian Tribune” and the presentation of Tribune’s Platinum Awards. Danjuma, a former Chief of Army Staff (1975-1979) also chided the Southwest leaders for their silence over the state of affairs in the country.

His words: “In Yorubaland, everybody seems to have lost their voice, scared. And people appear not to care about what is happening. If I tell you what I know that is happening in Nigeria today, you will no longer sleep. We are in a big hole as a nation. And people who put us in this hole have continued today. So, we’ve to wake up. Only we can save ourselves. The fifth columnists’ activities going on among your people are not helping matters. May Almighty God continue to bless this country, but only we can save ourselves from ourselves.”

This is not the first time Danjuma will be threatening Nigerians about what he knows. In a newspaper interview published on Sunday, February 17, 2008, Danjuma said that his memoir will be a grenade. “You know what a grenade is – it explodes”, he said. Eleven years down the line, he is yet to drop the grenade.

But a few things will strike you after reading Danjuma. He presumes to know a lot of things happening in the country particularly at the corridors of power. Truly he may know given his background and reach. Again he assumes that he is performing a patriotic duty by alerting the nation to what’s happening. But what is it that Danjuma knows that will make Nigerians not to sleep if he reveals them? Perhaps he will tell us about the shadowy cabal behind the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Mrs. Aisha Buhari has already told us that. Will he restate the acts of impunity of this administration? People like Femi Falana and other political ‘born agains’ have been shouting about the lack of rule of law in the country. Or will he talk about the humongous level of poverty in the country? The World Bank has already warned us that Nigeria may be the capital of poverty in the next few years if we do not tackle crushing unemployment in the country. I have been wondering what else will Danjuma tell us that will make us lose sleep. As a minority Christian Jukun in Taraba State will he talk about the nepotistic appointments made by this administration? That is in the public domain. So what else? As a businessman involved in the oil industry; will he tell us about how the oil blocks were allocated to friends and cronies? Nigerians, particularly people from Niger Delta, have always known that. So can someone tell Danjuma that we have been sleeping soundly and that there’s nothing he will tell us that make will wake us up from our slumber.

But there’s something worrying about Danjuma’s statement. One is his moral authority to tell us about the “people who put us in this hole”. Haba! But Danjuma has always been part of the “people who put us in this hole”, beginning from July 29, 1966, when he shot himself into national limelight. Even as recent as the Obasanjo administration, Danjuma has been in the power loop either as a participant, adviser, kingmaker or as a wheeler dealer. Is Danjuma angry now because he is no longer part of the “people who put us in this hole” who have continued till today? My second worry about Danjuma’s statement is the historic nature of the place where he made the statement. Recall that it was Danjuma who led a group of soldiers to desecrate Ibadan when they killed Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, then Head of State and his host Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi, then Military Governor of Western Region. The Ibadan coup, historians have continued to insist, irreversibly put Nigeria on the path to civil war. Almost 50 years after the unfortunate war, Nigeria is yet to come out of the ‘hole’ Danjuma and his adventurers put the country into with their unbridled ambition. Yet, self-righteous Danjuma tells us that we cannot sleep if he reveals what’s happening in the country. I totally disagree. Please help me tell Danjuma that Nigerians have seen it all and there’s nothing he will say now that will make us lose sleep. Concluding, I will join Danjuma in his prayer for Nigeria: “May Almighty God continue to bless this country; but only we can save ourselves …” from people like Danjuma.

Onyima, a media scholar, wrote from Umuoji.

Don’t Extort, Molest Motorists In This Festivities, Police Boss Warns Officers

Editorial staff

December 22, 2019

The Inspector General of Police ( IGP), Mohammed Adamu has warned officers to desist from extorting and molesting motorists plying the roads during the Christmas and New Year festivities.

“The IGP strongly warns police operatives, especially those detailed to man the high-ways to desist from all forms of misconducts and abuse of the rights of the citizenry and to adhere strictly to laid-down rules and standard operating procedures of the Force. “He further warns that any reported act bordering on unprofessionalism, including extortion and intimidation of road users will be investigated and decisively punished.”

A statement today, December 22 by the spokesman in the Police Force Headquarters, Frank Mba quoted the IGP as having directed the Assistant Inspectors General of Police and Commissioners of Police in charge of Zonal and State Commands nationwide to ensure that no stone is left unturned towards effectively implementing appropriate crime prevention strategies before, during and after the festivities.

He was quoted also of tressing the need for effective deployment of both human and material assets of the Force in protecting the major highways, recreational centres, motor – parks, places of worship, financial institutions and Government/Private Infrastructures amongst others.

The statement said that the police boss directed the supervisory officers to ensure that they are personally on ground to monitor and supervise the officers and men under their watch for optimal performance.

The IGP expressed profound gratitude to Nigerians for their unwavering support to the Police and other security agencies throughout the year.

“He also, on behalf of the entire officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force heartily felicitates with all Nigerians as they celebrate the Yuletide and New Year.”

You Are Ignorant Of Religious Matters, Nigeria Tells US

Editorial staff

December 22, 2019

Nigerian government has described the US designation of Nigeria as a country that engages in or tolerates severe violations of religious freedom as the view of an ignorant one.

The government under president Muhammadu Buhari, stressed that the iniquitous tag of Nigeria by the US Department of State as among the countries “of particular concern” over its tolerance for violation of religious freedom stemmed from an orchestrated narrative that has long been discredited.

In a statement in Abuja today, December 22, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said that the good people of Nigeria enjoy unfettered freedom to practise their religion, and blamed failed politicians and disgruntled elements for latching on to religion as their trump card, especially in the run up to the last general elections, to oust the Buhari Administration.

He said that it is unfortunate that the US fell for the antics of the discontented and the unpatriotic few, who will not hesitate to hang Nigeria out to dry on the altar of their inordinate ambition and their dheer animosity towards the Administration.

The Minister said that the Nigerian government is acutely aware of how the political opposition in particular, had spared no resources in deriving political capital from the various security challenges in the country

”The deliberate effort to give religious coloration to the farmers-herders clashes and the Boko Haram insurgency, in particular, has undoubtedly helped to mislead the US into concluding that the government is doing little or nothing to guarantee religious freedom in the country.

”But, as we have always said, the farmers-herders clashes have nothing to do with religion but everything to do with environmental and socio-economic realities.

“The religious tag given to the clashes has no basis, but is very convenient for those who will very easily give the dog a bad name just to hang it.

“On its part, the Boko Haram terrorists are extreme fanatics who do not subscribe to the tenets of any religion, in spite of their pretence to Islamic adherence.”

Lai Mohammed said that the good news is that the government has succeeded in curbing the farmers-herders clashes through the implementation of proactive and multi-dimensional strategy, which is yielding remarkable results, just as it has largely defeated the Boko Haram insurgency.

On the El-Zakzaky issue, which was referred to in the report by the US government, he described it as purely a criminal matter, which is being handled by a court of competent jurisdiction.

The Minister said that while the government welcomes constructive criticism from any quarter, it rejects any attempt to sow the seeds of mistrust among the various religious groups in the country.

Again, Who Killed Bola Ige? By Abiodun Komolafe

Editorial staff

December 22, 2019

It is eighteen years since Bola Ige, Afenifere chieftain and former governor of the old Oyo State, departed this wide, wild world of war, courtesy of some yet-to-be identified assassins. Ige was the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation at the time of his death on December 23, 2001.

Close to two decades after the gory incident, Solemilia Court, No 8, Akinlabi Sanda Close, Bodija in Ibadan, Oyo State, where this foremost nationalist breathed his last on that fateful Sunday evening, still wears a mournful look, save for some few-and-far-between movements in and out of the compound. Credible sources revealed that the room, where the former presidential aspirant was killed, remains under lock and key, in the family’s hope that, one day, destiny will change its mind and the uncleansed sacrilege of its patriarch’s murder will be resolved in the interest of justice.

Cicero captured the mood of our predicament when he wrote: “the hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to vice.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau also dreaded its evil in the human society when he posited that “as soon as it is possible to disobey with impunity, disobedience is legitimate …” Yes, we know that Bola Ige is dead and has since been buried! However, blame the portentous naughtiness, hypocritical propensity and a bourgeoning legitimacy of impunity for providing the ingredients for our inability to find his killers and apply sanctions. And there is no other way to cure impunity than a draconian attack; for, if we don’t get that aspect of justice right, we will only be shooting in the dark; and at imaginary targets.

Dele Giwa (1986)! Alfred Rewane (1995)! Bagauda Kaltho (1996)! Kudirat Abiola (1996)! MKO Abiola (1998)! Barnabas Igwe and Abigail, his wife (2002)! Marshall Harry (2003)! Aminosari Dikibo (2004)! Hassan Olajoku (2005)! Ayodeji Daramola (2006)! Funsho Williams (2006)! Dipo Dina (2010)! Olaitan Oyerinde (2012)! Funke Olakunri (2019)! As a game or a trade, Nigeria is in dangerous times and all eyes can see it! More to the shock of Nigerians, dear country has couched euphemistic names for reckless killings in the land; and it is as if the gods are angry! In Katsina, Governor Aminu Masari is now at the forefront of negotiations with bandits for “peace to return to” President Muhammadu Buhari’s home state. Curiously, other states are fast catching the bug! Elsewhere in Kaduna State, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) paid more than “N300m as ransom” within two years “to free over-500” of its members from the kidnappers’ den; and it is as if God has left the Church. And, in what could be described as half cup of much bigger problems in this poignant portrait of vanity and falseness, the usual band of four hundred prophets continue to hang around Ahab and Jehoshaphat, even, as the kings march on Syria!

For a fact, societal cohesion comes as a result of the interconnectedness of little-yet-important ties. However, whenever those ties are ruptured, the consequences are always grave. That security is a global problem is a fair and general argument! But, where a dog kills a lion, the society needs to beware! Amidst what looks like faint promises of recovery from those elected and paid to protect us, Leah Sharibu has added to the number of Nigerians wasting away in Boko Haram’s custody even as the police hierarchy now allegedly pays ransom to kidnappers in exchange for freedom for its seized officers, Yet, it does not appear as if the people are ready to do something concrete about this tragic manifestation of the statelessness of the Nigerian state. Instead, everybody keeps going about his or her daily activities as if nothing is amiss!

Very recently, Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka wrote a letter to the National Assembly on the controversial Hate Speech Bill currently before the Red Chamber. In the letter, Soyinka asked, rhetorically, if it’s “now cool to kill” Nigerians. Going by the contents of the letter, it’s obvious that the 85-year-old elder statesman was frustrated. Hence, he wanted to know if it’s now normal to turn Nigeria into a series of accidents. Well, if this is now the way to go, then, Ige’s assassination is a warning to the rich and the powerful that they should not sleep and close their two eyes because they can die anytime; and nothing will happen! Again, the implication is that, even, if the president is murdered in his sleep, it will also be seen as normal!

In Jane Mayer’s view, “nothing predicts future behavior as much as past impunity.” While conceding that some government efforts are noble, fact remains that the foundational structure of those efforts in Nigeria are on a shaky and porous ground. Unlike other climes, where people are sure of getting justice when homicide is committed, our ‘Rule of Law’ is in glaring contrast to justice! Little wonder: as some people are trying to make the country proud, others are working at bringing it down. Take for instance a state like Osun, where the government is crying out that people should come and do business in the state. For God’s sake, how do you expect people, who could be killed and nothing would be done, to come and invest their fame and fortune in an unsafe country? And what manner of the ‘Rule of Law’ is it that has not been able to fish out the culprits in the assassination of ‘Uncle Bola’, eighteen years after?

Back to the issues surrounding our situation, Ige has been killed and there is nothing we can do about it again! But then, his gruesome murder, which also led to the sudden death of Atinuke, his wife; and destabilized his family, is a sad trajectory that won’t go away, no matter how hard we try to cover the smoke. As a matter of fact, this country will neither know peace nor press the pedal of acceleration towards development and progress until the stress and the strain of this malady are addressed. If they like, let the birds of passage continue to row on a boat of pretence with their hollow and sequined glint as if nothing happened at ‘Solemilia Court’ on December 23, 2001!

Again, who killed Bola Ige? Or, is it yet another in the series of ‘eni to ku, tie lo gbe’ murders?

O ma se o!

May the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world, continue to rest the souls of all the faithful departed!

*Komolafe wrote in from Ijebu-Jesa, Osun State, Nigeria (ijebujesa@yahoo.co.uk)

Omodele Arowolo, A Female Engineer With Distinction By Mary Ayodele

Greenbarge Reporters

December 22, 2019

When the Nigerian Society of Engineers conferred the Fellowship of the Institute on Omodele Adesola Arowolo on December 12, 2019, they confirmed by accolade her standing as one of the foremost engineers in Nigeria. It was recognition of a life of service and application to best practices in engineering and management.
Engineering is one of the most diversified disciplines of the modern world with applications across sectors. Omodele Arowolo started in electrical/electronics engineering at the University of Lagos. Since that foundation in 1988, Engr Arowolo has spent time contributing and growing her expertise in aviation and aerospace engineering. Her career has taken in many aspects of aeronautics, aviation safety, regulation, communication, networking and surveillance.
The pursuit of excellence has been the guide for Mrs Arowolo’s post-graduation engagements, from professional service to further studies. She decided to distinguish herself as a manager when she enrolled a few years into her career for the Masters in Business Administration at the University of Ilorin. She then excelled in several other pursuits.
Omodele Arowolo earned a distinction in the Diploma in Aviation Security Aerodrome Operations from the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria. She made another distinction as she sought certification of her competence in Air Traffic Safety Electronics Personnel License (ATSEP Licence 2005).
The run of distinctions continued as she earned a post-graduate diploma in Electrical/Electronics Engineering and a further Masters in Electrical Engineering all from Bayero University, Kano. Engineer Arowolo will soon crown these efforts with the doctorate in radio space propagation back at the University of Lagos where the journey started.
Her career trajectory speaks to competence, commitment and continuity. She has served with consistency and dedication at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority since 1994 following an initial two years with Deutsche Aerospace, Lagos.
Since March 2011, Eng Arowolo has served as Deputy General Manager, Directorate of Aerodrome and Airspace Management at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. She had been Assistant General Manager, Air Navigation Safety Inspector 1, and Regional Manager, Kano. Other positions have included Assistant then Chief of Communication, Navigation and Surveillance.
She served for three years as Operations/Aviation Security Officer in the Directorate of Safety Regulation and Monitoring of the Federal Ministry of Aviation.
Engineer Arowolo is conscientious. She is an engaged professional who also finds time to network with colleagues in professional groups and to contribute to their development.
She has served in several aviation committees. They include serving as National Coordinator, Aviation System Block Upgrade Methodology Implementation Committee, on the National Performance-Based Navigation Committee and the Technical Advisory Committee to the National Frequency Management Council to World Radio Communication Conference 2015. She was also a member of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations Committee and served in the Development of Aeronautical Telecommunications Manuals of Standards.
True professionals practice under the leading of noblesse oblige; to whom much is given, much is expected. They develop themselves and then offer service to society from the perch of acquired skills and higher competences. They are ethical, responsible, kind and act with compassion and integrity.
Engineer Arowolo belongs to and renders service to no fewer than ten professional associations, local and international. She is a council member of the Council for Registered Engineers in Nigeria (COREN). Her memberships include the Nigerian Society of Engineers, the Nigerian Institute of Management, the Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineering and the Institute of Electrical Engineers, UK.
Her services to engineering extend to developing the field in the area of gender interest. She is a member of the Association of Professional Women Engineers (APWEN), a trustee of Women in Aviation Nigeria and member of the American Society of Women Engineers.
She also belongs to the Women In Aviation International and the National Association of Air Traffic Electronics Personnel.
Mrs Omodele Arowolo, a professional engineers attracts good things everywhere she goes.

She deserves the cap of fellow of engineering in Nigeria.

Policeman Kills Colleague, Injures Another, Kills Himself In Abuja

Greenbarge Reporters

December 22, 2019

A police inspector, whose name was given as John Markus, has killed his colleague, injured another one and killed himself in Dutse area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The incident occurred in the early hours of today, December 21 at the Dutse Police Divisional Headquarters.

John Markus who was said to be on duty as a station guard fired a round of ammunition into the air. He was reported to have been called to order by a police corporal, Mathew Akubo, but the inspector turned to his subordinate and shot him in the head.

Thereafter, a Superintendent of Police Abdullahi Ovanu came out from the office to inquire what happened but the inspector also shot him in the arm.

A few minutes after the incident, Markus shot himself through his mouth.

The remains of the inspector and the corporal have been deposited at the mortuary in Kubwa General Hospital while the superintendent of police was taken to the hospital for treatment.

The Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Bala Ciroma has confirmed the incidence.

Source: Channels Television.

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