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President of the Nigeria Football Federation Amaju Pinnick has been appointed the President of the Organising Committee for the Africa Cup of Nations, a position previously occupied by ex-Confederation of African Football president, Issa Hayatou. The appointment was announced on Monday at the inaugural meeting of the new CAF Executive Committee in Manama, Bahrain, where the 67th FIFA Congress begins on Tuesday. It is the first time in CAF’s 60-year history that a Nigerian would head AFCON’s LOC. Pinnick was also named the president of CAF’s Media Committee, which was vacated by Benin Republic FA boss, Anjorin Moucharafou, who the Nigerian floored at the CAF elections in Ethiopia in March to become a CAF Executive Committee member. President of the Zimbabwe Football Federation, Philip Chiyangwa, is the deputy president of the AFCON committee. Also on Monday, Ghana FA boss, Kwesi Nyantakyi, was named CAF Executive Committee’s 1st vice-president, with Omani Constant Selemani (

Abuja – Constitutional Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome has posited that it will be the proverbial ‘8th wonder of the world’ for 28 out of 42 ministers of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), to be mustered to secure a two-third majority and declare President Muhammadu Buhari unfit to govern Nigeria. Ozekhome Ozekhome noted that since President Buhari has transmitted to the National Assembly his desire to proceed on medical vacation, as demanded by section 145 of the Constitution, he can stay for as long as his medicals necessitate, until he transmits a contrary declaration to the NASS, to the effect that he resumed duties. Speaking on ‘The Legal Implications of President Buhari’s Fresh Medical Trip Abroad’, Ozekhome said “It is therefore premature for pundits to suggest that section 146 of the Constitution can be invoked to ensure the President’s removal. In a statement made available to Vanguard, he said, “Section 143 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, at the plenary on Tuesday read a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari informing the legislature of his medical vacation in the United Kingdom. Buhari said the leave was indefinite. While the President said in the letter that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would “coordinate” the governance of the country during his absence, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa criticised the letter as not naming Osinbajo as Acting President and should be disregarded. The letter read, “In compliance with Section 145 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), I wish to inform the distinguished Senate that I will be away for a scheduled medical follow-up with my doctors in London. The length of my stay will be determined by the doctor’s advice. While I am away, the Vice President will coordinate the activities of the government. Please accept, the distinguished Senate President, the assurances of my highest consideration.” But Ohuabunwa, while raising a point of order,

A 37-year-old woman in Uganda has found herself in the history books after it was discovered she gave birth to 38 children. Mariam Nabatanzi Babiryeho nicknamed Nalongo Muzaala Bana which means ‘the twin mother who produces quadruplets,’ was said to have started having babies at the age of 13 when she was given out in marriage by her poor parents. And over the years, she has created a record of having six sets of twins, four sets of triplets, three sets of quadruplets and two single births. In an interview with reporters who discovered her, Babirye said her own father had 45 children from different women and the children came in multiple births. “My father gave birth to 45 children with different women and they all came in quintuplets, quadruplets, twins and triplets.”

Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan came under attacks yesterday over his claims in Against the Run of Play, a book by ThisDay Editorial Board Chairman Olusegun Adeniyi. Jonathan, in the book, accused immediate past Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Prof. Attahiru Jega of disappointing him. Jega’s Special Assistant, Prof Mohammed Kuna, disagreed with Jonathan’s belief that the wide margin between the presidential election and National Assembly results in Kano State was a reflection of a flawed election. The former President said it was strange that the state recorded 1.8 million votes in the presidential poll and 800,000 in the National Assembly election on the same day. But Prof Kuna, in a section of the book, said: “There is nothing particularly special about the Kano result; it is a general trend as many votes were more interested in the presidential election than in other elections. That was what happened across the country and you can go and do the tabu

Former Nigerian minister of education, Prof Babalola Borishade is dead. He died in London on Wednesday after a brief illness at 71. He was initially rushed to Reddington Hospital in Lagos, last week from where he was taken to London. The cause of death was lung and heart –related. Borishade was born in Usi- Ekiti on March 7, 1946 into the Ebi Ilotin family. He served as a minister for four times, between 1999-2011. The electrical engineer was also a teacher and a political strategist. Between February 2001 and May 2003, he served as the Minister of Education. In recognition of his contributions to Education in Nigeria, Africa and the World at large, Borishade was elected the Vice- Chairman of the E9 Group of the United Nations, President of the UNESCO International Conference on Education, as well as Chairman Education for All (EFA) Forum of African Ministers of Education. In 2004, Borishade was appointed as Minister of State, Power and Steel. He initiated the ‘Gas t

The Nigeria Police Force says it has launched a manhunt for one Inusa Saidu Biu, a riot policeman, who threatened to kill 200 persons if ailing President Muhammadu dies. READ: If Buhari dies, I promise to kill 200 people – Police officer The police stated that it had commenced investigation into the content of his post on the social media, with a view to identifying the policeman and taking necessary actions. Biu took to his Facebook timeline on Tuesday, claiming that some persons he tagged as enemies of the President were orchestrating his (Buhari) death. He rained curses on the so called enemies and threatened to take 200 lives if Buhari died from the illness. He wrote, “After they poisoned him, God did not let him die; Buhari, the cat with nine lives. Now they want him to resign so that they would continue to steal our ‘yam’ (treasury). No way; your enemies will die like mosquitoes before you, including those who are commenting negatively. Shege ya buro uba, Zamu ci uwak