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  • 23 aggrieved PDP Reps threaten to defect to APC

    TWENTY-THREE House of Representatives members under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may soon defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), it was learnt yesterday.

    The lawmakers are aggrieved by alleged plans by their state governors to substitute them with “anointed candidates”.

    The soon-to-be-defectors became uncomfortable with alleged manipulations by the governors in their states to block them from returning to the Green Chamber after the expiration of their tenure next year.

    A source said the aggrieved lawmakers are set to announce their defection immediately after resumption.

    The lawmakers have vowed that though they may not be able to contest as nomination and expression of interest forms have closed in the APC, they would be satisfied with bringing their teeming supporters to the ruling party.

    The states mostly affected by nomination crises are: Enugu, Ekiti, Anambra and Cross River, Gombe, Benue and Kogi.

    The source said the handling of nominations in the identified PDP states, was frustrating sitting lawmakers from returning to the parliament.

    Also, a committee overseeing smooth nomination of all PDP candidates across the states has failed to resolve the crisis.

    Some affected lawmakers from the Southeast states have also aligned with their angry colleagues, saying they might defect if their governors refuse to change their position.

    A source close to one of the lawmakers said: “We want to leave not because is our wish but the governors have pushed us to the wall and we are all moving

    “We have fought both physically and mentally to defend PDP and democracy and despite our commitment to the party and democracy see what the governors are doing to us.”

    Because of the situation, the lawmakers are allegedly demanding an early resumption against the background of speculated postponement of the resumption to October.

    “We are insisting that the National Assembly should resume early, to enable us perfect our defection strategy for good,” the source added.

    Efforts to the reach House Leader Femi Gbajabiamiila to ask if he was aware of the proposed move failed.

    The Deputy Minority Leader, Chukwuma Oyema, could also not be reached for reactions on the issue.

  • Police threaten to arrest Fani-Kayode

    The police have threatened to arrest former Minister of Aviation Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, for deciding to turn down the invitation of Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris to appear for an interview today.

    Last week, the police invited Chief Fani-Kayode to appear at the Force Headquarters today, but in a response dated August 27, his lawyers, Kayode Ajulo and Co, said the invitation from the Inspector-General of Police was ‘too vague and ambiguous’, adding that he could only honour it by September 5.

    Responding to The Nation’s enquiries yesterday, police spokesman Moshood Jimoh said by such affront, the former minister had set himself up for arrest, since he had rejected a courteous approach, adding that the police would arrest him.

    “He was given a courteous invitation and expected to come; his decision not to come and honour the invitation and then fix a date of his own is not known to any procedure or law.

    “We have given him the benefit of doubt by inviting him and by not going directly to effect an arrest.

    “Anybody accused of an offence must report at the police station when he is invited.

    “So, if he fails to report, we are going to arrest him.

    “We will effect appropriate processes within the law to get him arrested.

    “Besides, if he wants the particulars, including the details of who made allegations of the said offences, we are giving him the benefit to come and state his side of the issue.

    “So, he must be at the police station where he is being expected,” Jimoh told The Nation.

    Chief Fani-Kayode said he would not be able to honour a police interview scheduled for today.

    Last week, a letter signed by CP Habu Sani, the Commissioner of Police in- charge of the IGP Monitoring Unit at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, alleged criminal conspiracy, defamation, inciting publication, injurious falsehood and conduct likely to cause a breach of public peace and urged Fani-Kayode to report for an interview.

    In a letter dated August 27 and addressed to the Inspector-General of Police through CP Sani, Fani-Kayode’s lawyers from Kayode Ajulo & Co. Castle of Law in Abuja said the date was not suitable and that they required the particulars of the alleged offences.

    “However, it is essential to unequivocally state that the invitation letter under reference appears vague and ambiguous in its form.

    “Your office, for reasons best known to them, did not mention the name (s) and person(s) complaining against our client and on what particular subject matter his presence is required.

    “Therefore, in view of the short notice apparent in your letter under reference, our client is constrained to politely request for a rescheduling of the interview date and also that he be furnished with essential particulars of the purpose of his visit to your office so as to adequately prepare for the said ‘interview,’” Fani-Kayode’s lawyers said.

    According to the former minister’s lawyers, his response does not imply an unwillingness to meet the police.

    “Our client is in receipt of your letter of invitation under reference, but respectfully requests for a rescheduling of the date slated for the interview.

    “Recall that your letter of invitation is dated 20th August 2018; however, same was delivered to our client only on the 24th day of August 2018.

    “The said letter has requested that our client appears before a named officer on the 28th day of August 2018 for what you described as a “fact finding” discussion.

    “We have our client’s instruction to inform you that he will honour the said invitation and possibly respond to questions on all facts, which may be limited to his knowledge,” they said.

    According to Chief Fani-Kayode’s legal team, the need to attend the ongoing Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Conference is among reasons why the former minister would prefer a new date in September.

    “Our client shall in the circumstance be requesting that the appointment be rescheduled to either the 4th or 5th day of September, 2018, subject to the convenience of your office and officers.

    “This request is necessitated by the fact that our client already has earlier scheduled programmes that border on some urgent and crucial matters already lined up for this week, including the ongoing Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Conference, which conference our client is participating in and hosting a number of delegates.

    “These might make it difficult or rather impossible for him to honour the invitation on the scheduled date.

    “It is in the light of the foregoing that we most respectfully crave your indulgence for a rescheduling of the date slated for the interview to afford our client the opportunity to attend to his pressing engagements,” the lawyers said.

  • Insecurity may threaten 2019 polls, security chiefs warn

    Insecurity may threaten 2019 polls, security chiefs warn

    Top security chiefs have warned that insecurity around the country should be brought down because it is capable of threatening the 2019 general elections, it was learnt yesterday.

    The security chiefs according to sources, told participants at the just-concluded national security summit organised by the Senate in Abuja.

    They were said to have cautioned that stringent and decisive measures should be taken to address the situation in the interest of the country.

    The security chiefs briefed senators and other stakeholders behind closed doors at the Nigeria Air Force Conference Centre venue of the Summit.

    Insiders at the secretive briefing said that the security chiefs painted a bad picture of the evolving scenario and warned of dire consequences if nothing was done urgently to arrest the situation.

    One of the sources noted that the point was made clear that unless decisive action was taken to arrest the worrisome clashes between “farmers and herdsmen, kidnappings, terrorism and other social vices, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) might be hindered in its plan for the elections.

    He said that the security chiefs made it clear that the support of stakeholders in the country was required to salvage the situation.

    “It was a frank talk. Heads of all the security agencies briefed us. You know it was a closed-session and many things were said which I cannot relay to you. We were scared about some of the things we heard. They were indeed scary and must be taken seriously.”

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who inaugurated the summit last Thursday highlighted measures government is taking to restore peace and order in the country.

    Osinbajo specifically decaled it was no longer realistic to police a country as huge as Nigerian from the capital city of Abuja.

    Senate ad-hoc committee led by the Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, is expected to submit resolutions of the summit to the Senate in plenary. Discussion on the way forward is likely to be held in camera.

  • Workers: bad roads threaten $10b investments

    Workers: bad roads threaten $10b investments

    How can Apapa roads be restored? Hand them over to the  Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), say Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), terminal operators, residents truck drivers and others.

    They said the bridges leading to the ports from Western Avenue, were under threat because of the huge number of trucks parked on them daily.

    Over $10 billion investments at the Apapa and Tin Can Island ports, they said, are threatened by bad roads.

    The roads, according to them, needed urgent attention to protect the bridges, save lives and reduce revenue losses at the ports.

    MWUN President General Comrade Adewale Adeyanju lamented that a large number of dockwor-kers were facing redundancy because vessels no longer  found the ports attractive for business.

    He said if the situation continued, the union would withdraw its services from the ports.

    “We have given an ultimatum, but it is not about ultimatum anymore, it is about total show down. If you go inside the port now, you can hardly see two vessels there, at ENL where we normally have up to six vessels, it is only one that is there, so there is diversion of vessels to other countries close to us and this is affecting our members, it is equally affecting the revenue drive of the terminal operators and the NPA

    “When the ships are not coming, the management may think otherwise, and to stop this, we have decided to come out and cry to the whole world that enough is enough

    “If the rain should start any moment from now, you will not see any vessel again in the port,” he warned.

    A senior Customs officer who pleaded not to be named, said it was difficult to evacuate cargoes from the ports, adding that this is reflecting on the revenue of many agencies like NPA.

    A senior official of a terminal, said: “Your paper reported last week that terminal operators owed the Nigerian Ports Authority several billions of naira, but you have forgotten that our own investments, which are over $10 billion, are in danger because of the perennial gridlock on Apapa roads.

    “Part of the agreement we had with the Federal Government before the ports were concessioned to us was that the government would fix the infrastructure and we shall invest in the port by bringing in modern equipment, which we have done but the government is yet to fulfil its own part and that is affecting our business and our returns to the government.

    “As sensitive and people-oriented government, there is need for President Buhari and the Federal Executive Council to direct the Minister of Works, Power and Housing Mr Babatunde  Fashola to hand over the roads  to NPA and end cargo divert to ports of neighbouring countries because of the gridlock on the road,” he said.

    He said many operators had abandoned Apapa, Mile 2 and Ijora roads, going to the ports via water.

    “But that has increased the vehicular traffic on the Third Mainland Bridge because we would first drive to CMS before taking boats to Apapa.

    “The implication of that to the economy of Lagos State is high because many truck drivers have abandoned the Oshodi/Apapa Express road and are now using the Western Avenue and the bridges along this corridor are suffering and if we allow one of them to collapse, the cost of re-fixing it would be huge for the government and higher than the cost of fixing the roads currently’’.

    Investigation showed that, the gridlock on the road has become endemic because of pot holes.

    Adeyanju said the state of the roads was affecting cargo dwell time and ports revenue.

    The National Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Dr Kayode Farinto, said ships’ waiting and turnaround time and cargo dwelling time were affected by the deplorable roads.

    “Fashola must be directed to hand over the roads to NPA. By the time that is done, our groanings and the hardship we are facing on these roads would be over. This is a government of the people and we have no doubt that it will listen to our hopes and aspirations. At the moment, NPA is handicapped because the roads fall within the purview of the Federal Ministry of Works, but I am sure that the government is a listening government.”

     

  • 2019: Ijaw leaders threaten to reject anti-restructuring candidates

    2019: Ijaw leaders threaten to reject anti-restructuring candidates

    After hours of deliberation, Ijaw leaders rose from a meeting at the Kiagbodo country home of Chief Edwin Clark with a definite position on the raging call to restructure the country – to support pro-restructuring candidate in next year’s presidential election.

    They resolved that any candidate without sincere belief and genuine commitment to restructuring should perish the idea of seeking their ballot in the election.

    The meeting was attended by Clark; Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson; Delta State Deputy Governor Kingsley Otuaro; former Aviation Minister Alabo Graham Douglas and former Police Affairs Minister Broderick Bozimo

    Others include: Ambassador Godknows Igali; Prof. Dagogo Fubara; Prof Nimi Briggs; Prof Joe Ajienka; Prof C. Dime; Prof Steve Azaiki; Dr. Pius Sinebe; Chief Wellington Okrika and Bayelsa State Commissioner for Culture & Ijaw Affairs, Dressy Dressman.

    They include: Dan Ekpebide; Chief PY Baipara; Joel Bisina; Chief David Pere; Chief Robinson Ogunkoru; Pastor Imeleye Emmanuel; Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) President Rowland Pereotubo; Bishop Godwin Soroaye; Chief Francis Doupkolagha; Chief TK Okorotie; Justice Francis Tabai; government functionaries, National Assembly members, royal fathers and other leaders of thought. Governor Dickson, who briefed reporters after the meeting which lasted four hours, Dickson said that the leaders took a critical look at restructuring and took further steps to reaffirm their position that the issue remained a matter of survival to the Ijaw people.

    A statement signed by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, said the leaders vowed to reject anti-restructuring presidential candidates.

    It said the decision was unanimously taken at the meeting in Kiagbodo, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State.

    Dickson was among the leaders, who attended the meeting.

    The leaders urged President Muhammadu Buhari to demonstrate the political will and ensure the restructuring of the country before the 2019 elections.

    They insisted on a “restructured country within the context of a corporate, united and peaceful Nigeria that guarantees equal right for all.”

    According to them, only restructuring could guarantee peace in the country.

    The statement quoted Dickson as saying that the 2019 election would be a referendum on restructuring with its derivatives of resource control, devolution of power, state police and fiscal federalism.

    He said: “Restructuring is about our existence as a people, it is not about APC or PDP. We as Ijaws, want a Nigeria that is fair, just and equitable and this is what restructuring represents.”

    According to Dickson, the leaders commended the Governor Nasir El Rufai-led All Progressives Congress (APC) Committee on Restructuring for making far-reaching recommendations on the burning issue.

    He said the leaders, called on the APC and President Buhari to show the requisite courage to ensure the implementation of the committee’s report before the 2019 elections to proof their sincerity.

    The governor said that the leaders urged Buhari to show statesmanship and the courage to commence a process of legislation to implement the party’s position on restructuring.

    The leaders also set up a committee to present a coherent position on the restructuring from the Ijaw point of view.

    The committee which has five representatives each from the three Ijaw zones of the west, the central and the east was given three weeks to submit its reports.

    The statement said: “Leaders of Thought of the Ijaw Nation held an emergency meeting at the country home of Ijaw National Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, Kiagbodo.

    “We have discussed a lot of issues ranging from the need for peace and stability in the Ijaw communities, the Niger Delta and the Nigerian Federation.

    “We have also examined the subject matter of restructuring. People shouldn’t play politics with the issue of restructuring. It is about the survival and well-being of our people, it is about the stability of Nigeria. It is far more beyond politics. The Ijaws are passionate about it.

    “We commend all Nigerians from wherever they come from who are in support of his issue of restructuring.

    “Concerning the recommendations of the APC committee; we call for sincere commitment; we call on the President to lead the charge to restructure the country which will lead to an equitable just and fair Nigeria.

    “A high powered committee had been set up on this issue of restructuring, the APC report and other matters.”

    Clark said the issue of restructuring was beyond politicking, insisting that any presidential candidate opposed to restructuring would face rejection in Ijaw land during the election.

  • Killings threaten Nigeria’s sovereignty, says Buhari

    Killings threaten Nigeria’s sovereignty, says Buhari

    The killings across the country threaten Nigeria’s nationhood, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday.

    He promised to ensure they are stopped and those indicted brought to justice.

    The President spoke in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, yesterday during the Ninth  Assembly of the National Council of traditional rulers. It was with the theme:‘Community Policing as a Catalyst to Crime Prevention – The Role of Traditional Rulers.’ He was represented by Minister of Interior Abdurahman Dambazau.

    Buhari said: ”We were seriously heaving a sigh of relief over the degradation and dismantling of Boko Haram, but we are now witnessing increasing cases of kidnapping, cultism, ethnic militia activities and herdsmen/ farmers’ conflicts.

    “I am saddened and very worried over the persistent killings and kidnapping across the country, especially the wastage of innocent lives in different parts of the country,  by whatever name, it is sad and particularly condemnable. I have  therefore directed that no efforts should be spared in identifying and bringing to justice,  all those who have been involved  in these killings.

    “I have earlier directed the Army to relocate to Borno state to ensure that the activities of Boko Haram is brought to an end,  likewise, I have directed the Inspector General of Police to relocate to Benue state to ensure that the herdsmen incessant  killings are not only contained but the culprits are brought to justice.

    “These actions amount to declaration of war on our peaceful co-existence and a deliberate attempt to undermine the authority of the Nigerian State and threaten her sovereignty and territorial integrity.

    “As a responsible government, we will never tolerate or condone all trouble makers, criminals and killers; they should be ready to face the consequences of their acts. While the Federal Government is doing everything possible to tackle the root cause of violence and crime in Nigeria, we expect citizens to respect and obey the laws governing our society.”

    The Chairman of NCTRN and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar, said: “As we are meeting, if what is happening is failure of governance, we will discuss it in details and come up with an appropriate report to help government and the Nigerian society.

    He said the traditional rulers are capable of saying things the way they are without sentiment. “We existed before 1914, so we have seen it all. We are there permanently unlike the political office holders that have tenure.

    “We must close ranks as traditional rulers to help build Nigeria;

    “Let us build the comradeship we have among us down to the communities and let’s mean what we say, and say what we mean.

    “Our coming together is unique. It implies that nothing can divide us. So, let us reduce the tension in the country because this is the time for statesmen to work for Nigeria.

    “Let us stand and face the people that want to destroy our country,” he added.

    The Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, said “some sections of Nigeria are aggrieved and some feel oppressed; let us come together and take up this challenge so that no one will blame us.

    “Let us put politics aside, engage in peer review, apply sense of right and wrong, and speak the truth.

    “The responsibility lies on our head; we must stop the blame game and stop talking the talk but walk the talk.”

    King Dandeson Jaja, the Amayanabo of Opobo and Chairman, Local Organising Committee, said Nigerians were eager to hear from the traditional rulers.

    Jaja urged the federal government and the royal fathers to rise above ethnicity and sentiments to tackle the challenges in the country.

    “The Federal Government should tackle the economic challenges and deteriorating security situation in the country,” Jaja said.

    River State Governor Nyesom Wike said it would be ungodly for traditional rulers to maintain silence while killings are going on in the country.

    “Indeed the Nation is fast becoming a country in shambles,  with the numerous multi- dimensional crisis it is facing, traditional institutions must wake up to their responsibilities by lending their voices to the national agitations for true federalism,  resource control, greater delineation of power, as well as stated and community policing and good governance in the country.

    “At a time like this,  it will be ungodly for mean men to remain silent while nation is dangerously shamble…

    He called on the Federal Government to decentralize policing, adding that the security of the nation would be achieved if the governors are given charge to control the security of their states.

    He said: “The Benue killings have exposed the weakness of our system centralization of policing, because the states governors do not have the right to take charge of the security.”

    Inspector General of Police Ibrahim Idris, in his keynoted address noted that the issues of community policing were relevant to the security challenges and in line with President Buhari’s resolve to provide adequate security to the nation.

    Idris noted that effected policing of the nation cannot be achieved easily without the assistance of the traditional rulers, adding that they (traditional rulers) command the respect of their subjects.

    He called for a synergy between the traditional rulers and the security agencies, adding that the rulers know their citizens know their subjects and can help in provision of useful information that would help the police achieve its mandate.

  • Don Waney’s boys threaten to attack Imo community

    Don Waney’s boys threaten to attack Imo community

    Imo State riverine community Awara in Ohaji-Egbena Council is living in fear of likely attacks.

    This followed threats by militants from Rivers State to attack the villagers for divulging information that led to the killing of notorious kidnap kingpin Johnson Igwedibia (Don Waney).

    The militants were also reported to be angry with the Imo community (Awara) which shares a common boundary with Rivers State for assisting the military with information that led to the successful raiding of their camps by the Orashi River.

    The village is almost deserted as most of the people have abandoned their homes and relocated to neighbouring villages.

    The Nation also gathered reliably that most of the repented militants from Imo state were trained and armed by the late Igwedibia in his Orashi camp.

    According to the confessions of one of the late Don Wayne’s boys after his arrest in Abuja, the New Year’s Day attack on worshippers in Omoku Rivers State which left over 17 people dead was planned at Awara.

    It was also gathered that after each deadly operation, majority of the militants in Rivers State often used the forest that surround Awara as a hideout.

    One of the villagers who pleaded for anonymity said: “The Militants usually cross the Orashi River into Awara to meet with some of their colleagues in the community. Some of them come with bullet wounds and are camped and treated in the community. It is not hidden, we know them but no one can dare report to the Police or Army otherwise they will wipe out your entire family”.

    The source who has taken refuge in Owerri, said the community has been under hostage by the militants who have armed youths in the community to fight the few oil companies operating in the area, “Awara used to be a peaceful community but it is no more so. We are under bondage. In the last two years no fewer than 50 people have been brutally murdered in the community and most people have abandoned their homes and are yet to return. We were about settling down after the state government disarmed the militants and granted them amnesty before this latest threat by the Militants from Rivers state”.

    Another villager said village is no longer safe after the news of the latest threat filtered into the community, “since Don Wayne was killed and some of his boys arrested, we have been apprehensive because our community is vulnerable to attacks by the militants who come through the Orashi River. We are appealing to the military to sustain the raid on the forest to clear it of the remaining terror camps erected by the militants and other criminal elements”.

    The source also added that, “though the Army is trying but more should be done because Awara especially is now the hideout of notorious and most wanted criminals in the Niger Delta and beyond because of the large expanse of forest that surrounds it. If you check, most kidnap victims in the state are either rescued or found dead in one of the forests in the community. For now there is tension in the community”.

  • Warmer weather, others threaten oil market

    Global oil demand growth looks likely to increase more slowly over the coming months, as warmer temperatures cut consumption. This may tilt the market back into surplus in the first half of next year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said yesterday.

    In its monthly oil market report, the Paris-based IEA cut its oil demand forecast by 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) for this year and next, to an estimated 1.5 million bpd this year and 1.3 million bpd next year.

    Geopolitical tension in the Middle East and intermittent supply outages in the likes of Nigeria and Iraq have pushed oil above $60 a barrel for the first time since 2015, while global inventories have fallen, prompting many market watchers to raise their price forecasts.

    IEA said: “Does it mean the market has found a ‘new normal’ where the accepted floor might have moved from $50/bbl to $60/bbl? This might be a tempting view, assuming supply disturbances will continue and tensions in the Middle East will not ease.”

  • Kogi poll: Faleke’s supporters threaten to sue INEC, APC

    Kogi poll: Faleke’s supporters threaten to sue INEC, APC

    SUPPORTERS of the Kogi State deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), James Faleke, have threatened to sue the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for declaring last Saturday’s election inconclusive.

    They rose from a meeting yesterday in Lokoja, the state capital, accusing INEC of ambushing the people’s will by declaring inconclusive an election that had produced a clear winner.

    Their spokesmen, Messrs Achama Matthew and Mohammed Abdulahi, said the fresh primaries being proposed by the APC to fill the vacuum created by the sudden death of the party’s standard bearer, Prince Abubakar Audu, was unnecessary.

    A communique signed by Matthew and Abdulahi noted that last Saturday’s election was conclusive and won by the Audu/Faleke ticket.

    They said only 32,785 of the 49,953 registered voters in the area where INEC scheduled to hold the December 5 supplementary election had the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).

    The communiqué reads: “INEC should be courageous to declare Audu/Faleke as the winner of the election. With 240,867 votes, Audu was leading his closest rival and incumbent Governor Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with 41,353 votes, having polled 199,514 votes.

  • 2016 Rio Qualifier: Chan Eagles threaten to boycott Olympic U-23 camp

    2016 Rio Qualifier: Chan Eagles threaten to boycott Olympic U-23 camp

    The Nigeria U-23 Olympic national team may be heading to a crisis as some of the players invited for the CAF U-23 Africa Cup of Nations have threatened to boycott the team’s camp.

    It was gathered that the players are upset with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for treating them like ‘orphans’

    Most of the players were part of the Super Eagles team that just picked the Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) ticket in Burkina Faso and were paid $2,000.

    After being paid such an amount and enjoying other privileges, the players are considering staying away from the team’s Abuja camp until the situation improves. NFF owes the entire team match bonuses and camp allowances, with each player collecting $1,500  for a win.

    “These players recounted their humiliation in Congo during the All Africa Games how they were paid $100 as daily allowance and never got anything for the victories,” a source told SportingLife.

    “They would have preferred to stay with their clubs if they knew they won’t be paid bonuses for the victories at the games,” said the source.

    “As if that is not enough these players were paid $2,000  each for qualifying for CHAN despite  drawing their match against Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the same NFF is owing the team their bonuses for beating Congo to qualify for the All Africa Games,” added another source.

    “Although we are hearing that their bonuses for the Congo matches are being processed but until we see it, we won’t believe.

    Only 10 players are presently in Abuja out of the 35 invited by coach Samson Siasia.