» Buhari Deserves Place In Guinness Book Of Records - NFF President «

President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Amaju
Pinnick has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is
worthy of a bold mention in the Guinness Book of Records.
The NFF boss said this on Monday in Santiago as he
boarded a flight to Buenos Aires on the way back home
from a success story at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.
According to a post that appeared on the NFF, Pinnick
said: “Yes, it is a success story as you just mentioned,
but it would not have ended that way without the great
support that the Nigeria Football Federation continues to
receive from the President Muhammadu Buhari –led
Federal Government.
“In fact, the Nigeria Football Federation is dedicating this
triumph to President Buhari. He is a man of history. He
was there when the first set won the trophy in 1985 as
military Head of State; now he is here as civilian President
when the Class of 2015 emerged victorious.
Seriously speaking, I don’t think there is any Head of State
or Government in the entire universe who has this honour,
and for this, our PMB deserves a place in the Guinness
Book of Records.”
Pinnick, whose one–year administration can now point to
successes at the African Women Championship (Namibia
2014), African Youth Championship (Senegal 2015) and now
the Eaglets’ triumph (aside qualifications for several major
tournaments), insisted on Monday that the masterstroke
for the Eaglets’ confident and determined approach was
President Buhari’s call to the team a day earlier.
“We appreciate the President for sparing time out of his
very tight schedule to talk to each and every player and
official. That was a massive motivation. At the end of the
conversation, the players told me they would go all out and
give whatever it would take to win, having been inspired by
the country’s leader.
“Football is a potent and huge tool for national unity and
the focus of the present NFF administration is to build a
sustainable football culture for our country. Triumphs are
good, but we must not overlook the sustainable culture.
” The NFF President assured that his administration would
be strongly involved in the players’ development, unlike
what happened in the past. “People have talked about
monitoring the players. We would do more than that. We
would be part of their developmental programs and
seamless transition to senior categories.
“We are very happy with this victory because it gives us
the opportunity to present to our dear PMB his first global
crown on his return as civilian President.”
Pannick, a member of the Organizing Committee for the
FIFA U-20 World Cup, and who joined the dignitaries to
hand out the medals in Vina del Mar on Sunday, hinted that
the NFF already has other targets in its immediate radar.
“Of course, we are celebrating. But I can tell you that our
focus has already shifted to the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
in Senegal. It is important that we earn
a ticket to the men’s football tournament of next year’s
Olympics in Brazil.
“We will give Samson Siasia’s squad all the support to win
the ticket. And of course, we have also concluded
arrangements to ensure the Super Eagles defeat Swaziland
in the race for the 2018 FIFA World Cup starting with the
first leg in Lobamba on Friday,” said Pinnick, as he
congratulated the U-20 women national team, Falconets,
for earning a ticket to the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World
Cup after beating South Africa’s Basetsana on Sunday.

» Man Dies Mysteriously Few Weeks After Raping His Sister's Daughter «

A 68-year-old man from Ibam Edet Community in Ini Local
Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, identified simply as
Ete Ibam , has allegedly lost his life mysteriously, few
weeks after raping his sister's daughter.
According to those in the know, Ete Ibam who lived with
his family in the Ori-Oke area of Ogudu, Lagos State, died
on Thursday, November 5, just hours after he was taken
back to the village after all medical treatment and tests
could not decipher what the problem was with him.
A member of the Ibam Edet Social Club in Ogudu narrated
how Ete Ibam met his death to Pulse.
"Ete Ibam's death is really a mystery but he led himself to
such a gory death. What actually happened stemmed from
the fact that he raped his sister's 18 year-old daughter and
the girl laid a curse on him.
The mother of the girl lives in Ikorodu but the girl decided
to leave home and go to Ogudu to live with her uncle.
According to the girl, on the night of the incident, she was
sleeping in the room when her uncle forcefully had sex
with her while holding a knife to her throat.
The girl then went Unclad and poured curses on him and
not up to a month, Ete Ibam fell sick.
He started drying up and we took him to many hospitals
but nothing was detected. It was at a church that a
prophet said it was the curse the girl laid on him and she
was told to remove the curse which she did.
People from the village who heard what he had done, told
him to come home and appease the gods but he refused
until the sickness became worse and he was taken home
but immediately he stepped into his father's compound, he
slumped and died."

» Abia Woman Sells Grandson For N100,000 To A Ritualist «

The Abia Police Command, on Tuesday confirmed the
arrest of a woman, who allegedly sold her three-year-old
grandson to a ritualist. The Command’s spokesman, DSP
Udeviotu Onyeke told newsmen that the woman was in the
custody of the police in Umuobiakwa, as investigation
continues.
He said that part of the investigation being carried out was
to determine the sanity of the woman. The woman, who
hailed from Onitsha Ngwa in Obingwa Local Government of
the state, had left the village with the child and returned a
week later to report that he was missing.
Sources in the village said that when the suspect was
questioned about the missing boy, her response triggered
suspiscion, thereby prompting the villagers to invite the
police.
The suspect, allegedly told the police that she sold the
boy for N100, 000 to a native doctor in Akwa Ibom and
wanted to use the money to buy a motorcycle before end
of the year.
The police spokesman, however, said that the woman had
since changed her statement, claiming that the boy was
with her sister in Aba. Onyeke assured that the police
would thoroughly investigate the matter to unravel the
whereabout of the three-year-old boy.