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1 . TRIBUNAL JUDGMENT : Presidency fumes at media report, says Buhari did not retract anything The Presidency on Saturday condemned what it said was “a twisted story with malicious intent” which was published in a Nigerian Media platform on Saturday with the headline; “Tribunal: Buhari retracts, confesses he was under tension.” The report was taken from what the President said when he received the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors, who had come to felicitate with him at State House, Abuja on Friday. According to a statement on Saturday in Abuja, by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, the newspaper was being mischievous by trying to link up what the president said in an earlier statement (on the judgment) with his remarks during the Friday visit. 2 . Buhari’s ex-minister, Alhassan decamps to PDP Jummai Alhassan, a former Minister of Women Affairs has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from United Democratic Party (U

Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard, has issued warning to striker, Tammy Abraham following his hat-trick in the Blues’ 5-2 victory over Wolves in the Premier League on Saturday. Lampard warned Abraham that he will be tougher on him going forward because the 21-year-old has shown what he can do. “Abraham needed to show it in pre-season and at the start of the season, hence he started at Manchester United,” Lampard was quoted by Goal as saying. “I have competition up there. I definitely don’t want to down-talk Giroud and Batshuayi because we need them as well and Batshuayi looked sharp when he came on and Oli always gives something of a high level, so it was up to Tammy to show it. “I’ve got confidence in him and I’m prepared to give him chances, but even more now I’ll be tougher on him because he’s shown what he can do. So the moment he wants to come off that and think that goals will just drop at his feet will be a moment when maybe he will be rested, so it’s important he makes

The first batch of 187 Nigerians in South Africa returned to Nigeria after the xenophobic attacks Wednesday night. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the returnees were aided by the Federal Government with the assistance of a Nigerian carrier, Air Peace. The B777 aircraft, with registration number 5N-BWI, which departed Thambo International Airport, Johannesburg, landed at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at 9.37 p.m. The returnees included adults, children and infants, who expressed joy on returning home safely and sang the Nigerian National Anthem. They were received by the Chairman of Nigeria Diaspora Commission, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Air Peace Chairman, Mr Allen Onyema, and the representatives of government which included the National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA), Nigeria Immigration Service and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. Dabiri-Erewa told newsmen that over 600 Nigerians had indicated interest

Once again, negotiations between the Federal Government and the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) on the new minimum wage has been rescheduled for September 16. Government and the JNPSNC were initially billed to meet on September 4th, but the meeting was suspended. Mr Alade Lawal, JNPSNC Secretary-General said the meeting was rescheduled at the instance of the officials. The Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress have been in conflict over the implementation of the new minimum wage which was signed into law by President Buhari on April 18. Negotiation between the government and the JNPSNC, representing labour in the technical committee set up to negotiate the consequential adjustment of workers’ salaries as a result of the new minimum wage, had broken down due to unresolved differences in their proposals. While the Federal Government proposed 9.5 per cent salary increase for employees on grade levels 07 to 14 and five per cent for th

Former Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, has said Neymar’s exit from Paris Saint-Germain this summer, would have sparked an exodus from the French club. The 27-year-old had been strongly linked with a move away from the Ligue 1 club, with both Real Madrid and former club Barcelona coming close to signing him. But after a drawn-out saga involving the player, Neymar will now stay with the French champions. Speaking to BeIN Sports, Wenger said: “I think that he is one of the best players in the world and I am happy that he is staying at PSG. “Because when you lose one of your two or three best players in the world, the law in our world is that the following year you lose the other. “It is very difficult to have players who make a difference, even when you have a lot of money. “When you have them, you must keep them,” added the former Arsenal manager. “When you want to keep a player, it is better to convince him how important you are to him, rather than to give him zero chance