Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets to the African Junior Championship billed
for Mali will tomorrow depart for the championship with a team of 21
players, 10 officials and an undisclosed number of administrative
officials
The team is expected to depart by road from Sokoto for Niamey and the
contigents are billed to stay at the Hotel Royale Palace, with their
first two matches (against host Niger Republic and Guinea) at the Stade
General Seyni Kountche, while the last match (against Zambia) will take
place at the Stade Municipal, which has an artificial turf.
Over the weekend, reports of a marriage split between Toyin Aimakhu and her husband Adeniyi Johnson surfaced online. The Nollywood actress and her husband have responded to the allegations, both releasing a statement on their official Instagram accounts. The couple admit that their marriage has been facing the storm but that they are trying hard at keeping it together. According to the couple, ‘every marriage has it’s stormy season and they just experienced their stormy and trying times’. The statement reads below… “With the heart of appreciation and sincerity we write: There’s no fire without smoke.. for every marriage and journey there are moments of storm, that was our stormy and trying times.
The US Secretary of State, John Kerry paid a visit to Nigeria yesterday, January 25 and met with President Goodluck Jonathan. Kerry also met with the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari for the purpose of ensuring peaceful elections in February. Read the full text of Jonathan’s statement regarding the visit below:
The Katsina Police Command on Sunday dispelled rumour over the alleged murder of Malam Ballo Isyaku, Principal of Government College, Katsina, who released Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s certificate. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Aminu Sadiq, made the denial to newsmen in Katsina. He said that the command had contacted top officials of the ministry of education and they confirmed that the principal was hale and hearty. Sadiq said that the command had also contacted the Commissioner for Education, and the Zonal Director of education, who assured the police that the rumour was false.
Below are disturbing photos reportedly showing Boko Haram militants training underagechildren with AK-47’s and cardboard cutouts in a training camp. Nigerian troops once expressed their concern about the use of women and child-soldiers as human shields by Boko Haram militants in their quest to weaken military operations. 
Oluwaropo Tifase, the university dropout who was accused of killing his 75-year-old father, Moses, in the Jakande Estate, Mile 2 area of Lagos State, has removed his testicles while in the custody of the police. Twenty-two-year-old Oluwaropo, during a chat with our correspondent at the Lagos Island General Hospital, where he was rushed to for treatment, said he acted under the influence of a spirit which possessed him at the time.
Some retired senior military officers have warned against the postponement of the February general elections to avoid military takeover of the administration of the country. They warned that the postponement might lead to anarchy in the country, which, according to them, may lead to military intervention. A former Director of Procurement in the Defence Headquarters, Brigadier-General Ayodele Ojo (retd.), in a recent interview described the recent call made by the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, for the general elections to be postponed as a step towards military rule. According to Ojo, the suggestion by the NSA for the deferment of the polls is capable of creating a constitutional crisis that can abort the nation’s democracy. On Thursday, Dasuki stated that the postponement of next month’s elections would give the Independent National Electoral Commission more time to distribute over 30 million outstanding Permanent Voter Cards to registered voters.