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Daily Newswatch tuesday, February 19, 2013 News 5NATIONAL

The bid by want-ed Chairman of Presidential Pension Reform Task Force Team

(PPRTT Alhaji Abdul-rasheed Maina to stop his arrest by the police, yester-day met another brickwall, following the refusal of the Federal High Court, Abuja to grant his application for “status quo” to be main-tained pending the deter-mination of a suit he insti-tuted against the National Assembly, the Inspector General of Police and six others.

In a suit before Justice Adamu Bello, Maina is seeking an order seĴ ing aside the warrant of arrest by the Inspector General of Police against him on the 2nd of February, 2013 “as same constitute a violation of his rights as guaranteed

Again, court refuses to shield Maina from arrestPASCHAL NJOKU, Abuja under section 35(1) of the

Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).”

But ruling on the appli-cation fi led by M.A Magaji on behalf of Maina, Jus-tice Bello averred that he cannot grant the applica-tion for “status quo” to be maintained.

“I think the issue of whether or not this court can grant the oral appli-cation for status quo to be maintained does not arise. The point which has not been controverted is that this court on February 15, gave a ruling based on ex parte application brought by the applicant by refus-ing to grant an order for the maintenance of status quo” Bello stated.

AdmiĴ ing to the objec-tion of the prosecuting counsel, Ken C. Ikonne to the application for status quo by Magaji, Justice Bel-

lo added that, “I agree with the learned counsel for the respondents (NASS and co) and therefore I cannot sit on appeal over my own order, only the Court of Appeal can upturn my re-fusal to grant the motion”.

However, Justice Bello said it would not be out of place to tell the court that parties who take any ac-tion when a case is pend-ing under the jurisdiction of the court stands the risk of their action being set aside at the appropriate time.

He therefore adjourned the maĴ er to February 26 for adoption of all address-es for and against the main motion.

The trial judge gave three days to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 8th respond-ents to respond to the ap-plicant’s main motion just as he gave three days also to the applicants to reply

on point of law if any.Specifi cally, Magaji had

made an oral application for status quo to be main-tained by both parties pending determination of the maĴ er.

On his part, the pros-ecuting counsel for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 8th as well as that of the 6th and 7th objected to it.

Ikonne told the court that the trial judge had last Fri-day dismissed an ex parte motion brought by the ap-plicant, arguing that the same judge cannot sit on appeal over his order.

Earlier, the court had granted Ikonne his appli-cation for extention of time to enable him fi le a counter aĜ davit, wriĴ en address and memoranda of condi-tional appearance.

Other respondents in the suit are the Senate Presi-dent, the Clerk of the Sen-ate, the Senate CommiĴ ee

On Establishment & Public Service, the Senate Com-miĴ ee State & Local Govt Administration, Senator Aloysius Etuk (The Senate CommiĴ ee on Establish-ment & Public Service) and Senator Kabiru Gaya (The Senate CommiĴ ee State & Local Govt Administra-tion).

Minister of In-terior, Com-rade Abba Moro has said that

genuine businesses men and women would be welcome to establish and run their business in Nigeria and pro-vided the necessary protec-tion to conduct their aͿ airs without fear of insecurity.

The minister told news-men in Abuja that despite the challenging security problems confronting Nige-ria, President Goodluck Jon-athan’s administration has pursued development with single-minded determina-tion to prove that the regime would do anything for the development of the country.

He said given the scenario on the ground and the unre-lenting passion with which the current administration deals with development re-lated matters, there are clear indications that Nigeria has become the next destination for business in Africa.

Comrade Moro said sev-eral government agencies have been encouraged by government to establish bi-lateral relations for transac-tions with foreign compa-nies in every sector of the economy around the world.

The Minister said even though “At the moment while we cannot beat our chests and say that we do not have confl icts in some areas of the country today, Nigeria is a land of peace. By all standards, the Nigerian Government has taken steps with great determination to ensure that there is security for Nigerians and residents in Nigeria

Comrade Moro said fur-ther, “I can say that the in-tensity of attacks and cries in Nigeria has reduced recent-ly. This is a result of Govern-

Abba Moro assures foreign investors of safetyCYRIL MBAH, Abuja ment ‘s determination and

eͿ orts in continuing to deal with the consequences of these crises and confl icts and taking steps to address some of the basic issues that have given rise to the problems in the fi rst place.”

He assured that the Inte-rior Ministry has taken steps to enable it acquire appro-priate modern technology for the Nigeria Immigration

Service to enable the agency improve its surveillance of the nation’s borders.

“We hope to combine hu-man and technological ele-ments in order to secure our borders,’’ the minister said assuring that the Ministry of Interior would play its role well by assisting the Fed-eral Government’s eͿ orts of ensuring that the country becomes the next business

destination in Africa.Comrade Moro also said,

“More importantly, the Ni-geria Immigration Service has established zonal head-quarters, especially around the north to ensure that peo-ple who have found their way into the country are properly identifi ed, profi led and screened.

“When we have absolute

Dr Olubunmi U s i m - Wi l -son, a phi-lanthropist has urged

government at all to em-ulate the USA govern-ment on their struturised humanitarian procedure that is channeled toward s helping the less privi-leged.

She added that in-stead of government at all level to help the less

Emulate US on humanitarian services, FG urged privileged, so that they can also benefi t from the dividence of democracy they will rather match on them and fl aunt money on girl friends.

Dr Usim -Williams the founder of Life Interna-tional Foundation Inc made this known in an interview with Daily Newswatch in Abuja at her residence in Maitama said that we must be seri-ous humanitarian servic-

es because all of us can-not be rich ,even the Bible say so.

She explained that: “when I was on my sec-ond journey to US, some-body gave me a bounced checked and with that I became very poor up there, so I was able to learn the suͿ ering of the people and was able to see how the US have a struturised humanitar-ian procedure from the

evidence to believe that criminals who found their way into the country have become part of the security problems we are facing in the country, we would ease them out. I think that ad-equate steps are being taken to ensure that we provide the peaceful environment in Nigeria that will encourage investment.”

top federal to state to lo-cal government they are all equipped to help the poor”.

She added that:” the poor will also be there what are we doing to re-lief them because I got my own relief, am no more poor but am telling you I was poor, they helped me up, but in Nigeria, if you are poor you better remain poor because the rich are going to match

on you and they will not give you the opportunity to grow, Today am okay, am contended with what I have that is why am giv-ing to others”.

Dr Usim-Wilson said that the vision of her NGO is to establish a Food Bank in every state of Nigeria; our goal is to reach out to every community in Nigeria through our food bank projects.

L-R:Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF),Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, Deputy Governor of Niger State, Hon. Ahmed Ibeto, International Director, International Road Assessment Programme, Dr. Kit Mitchell and the Corps Marshall and CEO/ Federal Road Safety Commission, Osita Chidoka , at the 25th Anniversary and Conference of the Federal Road Safety Corps, held in Abuja...yesterday Photo:Wale Adenuga

Except urgent steps are taken by each coun-try to stem the scourge of can-

cer, deaths from cancer worldwide are projected to continue rising, with an estimated 13.1 million deaths in 2030, informa-tion obtained from the World Health Organisa-tion (WHO), has said.

It also said not less than 84 million people may die by 2015. While Nigeria has the high-est cancer death rate in Africa.

WHO said over 10, 000 Nigerians are killed by cancer yearly.

Cancer is a generic term for a large group of diseases that can aě ect any part of the body. Other terms used are malignant tumours and neoplasms.

According to experts, one defi ning feature of cancer is the rapid crea-tion of abnormal cells that grow beyond their usual boundaries, and which can then invade adjoining parts of the body and spread to other organs.

This process, they added, is referred to as metastasis, which they also said are the major cause of death from cancer.

Cancer accounted for 7.6 million deaths (around 13 percent of all deaths) in 2008.

“Tobacco use, alcohol use, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity are the main cancer risk fac-tors worldwide. Chronic infections from hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and some types of Human Papil-loma Virus (HPV) are leading risk factors for cancer in low- and mid-dle-income countries. Cervical cancer, which is caused by HPV, is a lead-ing cause of cancer death among women in low-income countries,”WHO said.

13.1m may die of cancer by 2030 –WHODELE ALAO

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