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One of Nigerian Institute of Journalism Lecturers,  Femi Osuntoki celebrates his birthday on Friday January 22. See how some students in the school gave him a surprise birthday token yesterday. Photo:

Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said anyone including former President Goodluck Jonathan if found guilty of corruption will be made to face the law. He said this in an interview with Premium Times yesterday January 21st. According to him, “There is no accord. If the corruption fight needs to get to that extend Jonathan will face the law. With this president, nobody will be protected. And I underscore it, if it needs to get anywhere, it will get there." Adesina also stated that there was no agreement prior to the March 2015 presidential election that Jonathan would not be made to face trial if corruption allegations were proven against him.

Former Coach of 3SC FC of Ibadan, Festus Allen has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for fulfilling his promise to the 1985 squad that won the maiden FIFA U-17 World Cup. Buhari at a ceremony in Abuja also honoured members of the D’Tigress team that won the African Basketball Championship and the medallists at the 2015 All Africa Games. The president honoured them for doing the country proud in their respective sports. Allen said that the president’s gesture would prompt present sportsmen and women to intensify their effort when representing the country. “It a great development and the president should be commended for fulfilling his promise, especially to the 1985 squad. “Other athletes that have done the country proud and have yet to be recognised or rewarded should not give up, their rewards will come someday,’’ he said. Banjo appreciated the president and to continue to extend the gesture to other athletes that won laurels for the country. Also a power lifting ...

The Zamfara state Governor Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari, was accused by two publications – City People and The Polity of dating 21 year old Zahra, President Muhammadu Buhari's daughter. They also claimed the Governor, who is Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, gifted her a whopping $200 million. Prompt News Online reports that the Governor, via his lawyer, Mahmud Magaji, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has vehemently denied the reports, and sent letters to both publications this week, threatening to sue them if they do not clear Yari’s name. “The above publication, no doubt, is false and defamatory, and it is intended to bring the reputation of our client to ridicule and cause odium or malignity to our client. “Since the above publication, our client has received countless phone calls and text messages from family, friends, colleagues and associates, who incessantly call to enquire about the said publication. “Consequent upon the above, it is our client’s inst...

The President of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick, and a contestant in the election for the presidency of the NFF chairman that saw Pinnick assume office, Chris Giwa, got physical during a meeting called by Sports Minister Solomon Dalung in Abuja yesterday Jan. 20th. Chris Giwa who had claimed he was the rightfully elected president of the NFF following the August 26, 2014 election, announced plans to resume office on January 12, 2016 to reclaim his mandate and chase out the Amaju Pinnick-led executive that has been in office since 2014. But in a bid to have peace and ring durable solution to the feud between both parties, Sports Minister Solomon Dalung yesterday presided over a meeting between Chris Giwa and  Amaju Pinnick, where both men turned a gentleman’s discussion to a rancorous affair; as an argument ensued, over who had eligible claim to the NFF Presidency hotseat. It gets more interesting... The NFF President Pinnick and Chris Giwa almost ...

The debate session took place on Wednesday at both the upper and lower chambers of the National Assembly in Abuja, is said to continue today Thursday, January 21. Yesterday the lawmakers in the Senate had divided opinions on the financial plan, as some opposition lawmakers in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asked questions on the financial capacity of the government to fund the budget considering the fall in oil prices and the deficit in the budget with an initial oil price benchmark of $38 per barrel. However, some legislators from the ruling All Progressives Congress hailed the budget while describing it as a ‘budget of the people’. The budget debate in the House of Representatives was approached with less passion, as it was commenced by the House’s majority leader. The debate which came after weeks of back and forth over the status and whereabouts of the budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari continues. The total budgetary allocation for 2016 is 6.8 trillio...

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