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Amaju Pinnick Fires Back: ” I Am Not Under A Travel Ban, NFF Account Transparent”

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By Michael Effiong

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick has refuted reports that he has been slammed with a travel ban and is being investigated for fraud

He was reacting to the story in some online publications that the President has ordered his probe by the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission  ( EFCC ) over $16million FIFA funds and also placed him on a travel ban

In a series of tweets, the man who has been adjudged as the most successful President of Nigeria’s football governing body in recent times said that while the stories were making the rounds he was in Ghana!

Accordingto him” I am in Ghana for a meeting between the Nigeria Football Federation and CAF Partners , AITEO, I also have official engagements coming up in Senegal. In other words, no such ban is in place and no security agency has gotten in touch. The @nff recently published its audited accounts

” In Thisday Newspapers and Daily Trust on Thursday December 20, 2018 and on Tuesday  the 25th of December  2018 in the Vanguard Newspapers. In effect, our finances are open  for everyone to see. All incomes  from the  Federal Government, FIFA & CAF since 2014 are reflected.

” Before my appointment  into the FIFA Committees, I had to pass through intense integrity and eligibility tests. I was not found wanting. Two years ago, FIFA handed @nff a clean bill of health in our financial management. Our accounts are audited by Pwc.T he same firm that audits FIFA. So it is quite laughable whenever these stories come out. And they  come out, without fail, and from the same sources .Well I’ll be talking to my lawyers  to see what legal redress I can get but it will be nice

“If our media houses investigated these things before publishing.  I might not know every journalist in Nigeria but I do know a few in just about every media in the country.When these unfounded stories hit, it is our football that suffers.

NFF 2nd Vice President, Shehu Dikko, NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, NFF 1st Vice President, Seyi Akinwunmi & Femi Otedola

” Sponsors and prospective sponsors become wary of and about doing business  with us. Surely we can be more responsible in our reports? I’m hoping the more responsible media outlets will disregard these reports while assuring our partners and prospective partners that we are serious about taking our football upwards.”

 

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Identity Saga: Tinubu Pleads with Court to Release Only His Certificate, Not Academic Details

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President Bola Tinubu has reluctantly allowed a federal judge in the United States to give his university certificate to his political opponent Atiku Abubakar.

But the Nigerian leader pleaded with Judge Nancy Maldonado to block all other details, especially the gender, and admission records, among others, of the person who owns the certificate from being disclosed.

Mr Tinubu’s prayers on Monday morning came as part of the ongoing legal battle unfolding at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago.

The case was brought by Mr Abubakar, who has been on a judicial quest to establish that Mr Tinubu was not eligible to be Nigerian president despite his election in February 2023.

He won the election by 36 per cent of the vote after Mr Abubakar and Peter Obi, who was his running mate in the 2019 election, fell out, subsequently dividing their potential votes into at least two parts, paving the way for Mr Tinubu’s victory with the slimmest margin in Nigerian presidential election history.

Mr Tinubu’s acceptance that his certificate could be released came after he narrowly escaped full disclosure on September 21 by pleading severe harm to his life in order to obtain a stay of a magistrate judge’s order on September 19.

“There is harm in allowing discovery on issues and documents outside the diploma,” Mr Tinubu’s lawyers said in their full briefing to the court seeking a review of Judge Jeffrey Gilbert’s order by Ms Maldonado, a district judge.

The identity of who was admitted into Chicago State University in the 1970s has been a hot issue after college transcripts emerged that indicated the school admitted a female Bola Tinubu from Southwest College Chicago in 1977.

Source: People’s Gazette

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Sanwo-Olu Floors Jandor, Rhodes-Vivour As Court Dismisses Petitioners’ Application

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The Lagos Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, on Monday, dismissed the petitions brought by Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the Labour Party, and Olajide Adediran, also known as Jandor of the Peoples Democratic Party, challenging the victory of Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 governorship election.

The tribunal therefore, affirms the election of Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the March 18 Lagos State governorship poll.

Jandor and Rhodes-Vivour had contested the results, challenging the victory of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Dr. Obafemi Hamzat.

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Supreme Court Building Catches Fire

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A portion of the Supreme Court is on fire.

The fire, according to source, engulfed a side of the judges’ chamber of the apex court.

Details about the incident are still sketchy as of the time of filling this report.

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