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The remains of a former Nigerian Ambassador to Chad Republic, Ambassdor Usman Gaji Galtimari, was buried on Sunday, January 20, in Maiduguri, amidst hundreds of sympathisers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Galmatari was buried in a cemetery in Maiduguri metropolis at 11 am. Galtimari, 81, who was also the Chairman of the Borno Elders’ Forum, died on Saturday after a brief illness. READ ALSO: Buhari to inaugurate Zik Mausoleum in Onitsha Thursday, January 24 The burial rites were attended by Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno, Emirs of Dikwa and Bama, Alhaji Muhammad Ibn Masta and Shehu Ibrahim Ibn El-Kanemi as well as elders from the state. He was survived by three wives and 29 children. NAN reports that Galtimari served at various capacities in the defunct northeastern state. He was also the secretary to the Borno State Government (SSG) between 1984 and 1987. In 1987, Galtimari was deployed as the Nigerian Ambassador to Chad Republic and retired in 1991. Galtim

- Jose Mourinho was sacked as Manchester United boss in December - He was subsequently replaced by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on interim capacity - Spurs' boss Mauricio Pochettino remains United's top choice for the United job Former Manchester United boss, Jose Mourinho, has aimed a subtle attack on Spurs' manager, Mauricio Pochettino. Pochettino reportedly remains United's top choice for the Old Trafford job following the sack of Mourinho back in December. READ ALSO: Chelsea contact Barcelona over £100m move for Philippe Coutinho However, the Portuguese tactician believes Pochettino must change his stance on what represents success in football ‘the day he starts winning trophies’. Pochettino is understood to have suggested that finishing in the top four of the English Premier League and qualifying for the UEFA Champions League is as good as winning a silverware. But speaking to beIN Sports, Mourinho observed that he disagrees with the Spurs' manager when it c

- The minister of education , Malam Adamu Adamu, says N9.5 billion has been released by the federal government to clear backlog of scholarship allowances - Adamu says the fund is meant for scholarship allowances owned Nigerian students at home and abroad - The minister urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities and Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic to call of their prolonged strikes The federal government has said it has released N9.5 billion for the payment of backlog of scholarship allowances owed Nigerian students at home and abroad up to December 2018. The minister of education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who was represented by Alhaja Asta Ndajiwo, the director, Federal Scholarship Board, disclosed this during a press conference in Abuja at the weekend, News Agency of Nigeria reports. Legit.ng gathers that Adamu said that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari had already expended over N800 million in 2018 for the payment of scholarship stipends to students at home and ab

- Alhaji Abdulmanaf Mohammed-Daura, the zonal organising secretary of the APC describes Atiku Abubakar's trip abroad as en exercise in futility - Mohammed Daura is optimistic that the Atiku's recent trip will not sway the electorate in his favour - The politician expresses belief that Muhammadu Buhari of the APC will be re-elected by Nigerians in the election The north west zonal office of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) says the visit of the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to the United State of America (USA) as ‘an exercise in futility.’ The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Alhaji Abdulmanaf Mohammed-Daura, the zonal organising secretary of the APC, made the declaration in an interview in Daura on Sunday, January 20. Mohammed-Daura said the visit would not add any political value to the PDP presidential candidate or stop President Muhammadu Buhari from winning the presidential election with wide margin.

- The Nigerian Women's national team defeated their Romanian counterpart 4-1 in China invitational tournament - Falcons quartet of Chiwendu Ihezuo, Onome Ebi, Rita Chikwelu and Ini Umotong scored during the match - The win over Romania saw Nigeria finish 3rd at the 4-nation invitational tournament Nigeria’s Super Falcons defeated their Romania counterpart 4-1 to claim their first win of 2019 on Sunday, January 20, in the China invitational tournament. The performance saw the Falcons to finish third after suffering a 3-0 bashing from hosts China in their opening game of the tourney. READ ALSO: Mourinho explains why he is 'different' from Tottenham boss Pochettino Chiwendu Ihezuo opened scores for Nigeria in the 44th minute as the Romanians fought hard to protect their goal area. The Falcon went into the break with a slim lead. And 10 minutes after the resumption of the second stanza, the Romanians levelled scores, but were further pegged back in the 63rd minute wh

- Ever since Nollywood actor Bolanle Ninalowo reconciles with his wife of many years, he has been flooding his social media page with her photos and that of their family - While still savouring the reconciliation, a cosy photo of him and actress Moyo Lawal trended online - The actor speaks on his wife's reaction to the photo The photo of Nollywood fine boy actor, Bolanle Ninalowo, and his colleague, Moyo Lawal, in a cosy position trended recently on social media. In the picture which is a cover of a Yoruba magazine, Ninalowo had his head close to Moyo’s ample bosom. But what made the story more hilarious was the caption the Yoruba magazine gave their image. The caption indicated that Ninalowo squeezed Lawal’s mammary gland ‘mercilessly’. This news is coming not long after the actor reconciled with his wife and mother of his children whom he had parted ways with for years, many felt the publication might affect their nascent reunion. But the man of the house, Ninalowo has this

- The Nigerian Women's national team defeated their Romanian counterpart 4-1 in China invitational tournament - Falcons quartet of Chiwendu Ihezuo, Onome Ebi, Rita Chikwelu and Ini Umotong scored for Nigeria during the match - The win over Romania saw Nigeria claim the 3rd spot at the 4-nation tournament Nigeria’s Super Falcons defeated their Romania counterpart 4-1 to claim their first win of 2019 on Sunday, January 20, in the China invitational tournament. The performance saw the Falcons to finish third after suffering a 3-0 bashing from hosts China in their opening game of the tourney. READ ALSO: Mourinho explains why he is 'different' from Tottenham boss Pochettino Chiwendu Ihezuo opened scores for Nigeria in the 44th minute as the Romanians fought hard to protect their goal area. The Falcon went into the break with a slim lead. And 10 minutes after the resumption of the second stanza, the Romanians levelled scores, but were further pegged back in the 63rd mi

- Plateau state governor has given an explanation why President Muhammadu Buhari could not deliver his speech during the party's rally on Saturday, January 19 - Governor Lalong said Saturday’s massive turn-out of Plateau people to welcome the president - According to Lalong, President Buhari appreciates the people of Plateau state Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has described Saturday’s mammoth crowd at inauguration of the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari as an automatic endorsement of his candidature by people of the state. Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was in Jos on Saturday, January 19, in continuation of his nationwide campaign for the February 16 general elections. The Rwang Pam Township Stadium, venue of the event, was jam-packed by ecstatic party supporters, who kept hailing the man they love and admire so much. So much was the surge that the President could not eventually address the crowd. READ ALSO: Buhari

- The Nigerian Women's national team defeated their Romanian counterpart 4-1 in China invitational tournament - The Zhang Rui scored one goal in the first half while Li Ying netted a brace in the second - The Super Falcons will take on European opponent Romania in the third place match Read Nigeria’s Super Falcons defeated their Romania counterpart 4-1 to claim their first win of 2019 on Sunday, January 20, in the China invitational tournament. The performance saw the Falcons to finish third after suffering a 3-0 bashing from hosts China in their opening game of the tourney. READ ALSO: Mourinho explains why he is 'different' from Tottenham boss Pochettino Chiwendu Ihezuo opened scores for Nigeria in the 44th minute as the Romanians fought hard to protect their goal area. The Falcon went into the break with a slim lead. And 10 minutes after the resumption of the second stanza, the Romanians levelled scores, but were further pegged back in the 63rd minute when Fal

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has said it would annually recruit at least 30,000 personnel into the country’s law enforcement agency in order to address what it described as a noticeable shortfall of officers in the system. Vanguard reports that the commissioner representing human rights, north central in the PSC, Rommy Mom, disclosed this in Makurdi during an interactive session with police personnel and officers in the zone. The report quoted Mom as saying Nigeria is seriously under-policed with the country grappling with less than 350,000 officials. READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda “With this figure we have a ratio of 32 police officers to almost 800 Nigerians which is grossly in adequate. That is far below the international standards which should be 132 to 100,000 persons. So we will annually recruit 30,000 personnel until we address the shortfall. “No doubt Our personnel are very small, they are also living in

Not fewer than 41 serving senators from various political parties have lost the opportunity to seek re-election and return to the upper legislative chamber. This, according to Daily Trust, is based on the list of Senatorial candidates released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, January 17. Legit.ng gathers that the list indicates only 68 out of the 109 senators at the eighth National Assembly have secured their parties’ return ticket, thus having chances of being a member of the ninth National Assembly if they win their elections. READ ALSO: Our future is not in the hands of retired generals - Oshiomole While most of the 41 senators who will not be returning to the Red Chamber lost the tickets to other members of their parties, six of them did not contest for return tickets at all, having secured the governorship tickets in their respective states. Also, a few others did not seek re-election, hence did not take part in the primaries. The 8th Se

Today, January 20, marks the birthday of Nollywood actor, Junior Pope's wife and the actor has taken to social media to celebrate her with beautiful words. Nigerian celebrities sure know how celebrate their loved ones, leaving many people in awe of their love and Junior Pope is no different. Currently celebrating his wife who turned a year older on January 20, the actor took to social media to shower her with praises. Sharing her photos on his page, he wrote: "''Happy Birthday To My wife, My Life @qutejay.......................... The Envy Of All Women And The Mother Of My Awesome Soldiers. I Have Always Celebrated You No Doubt, But Today Happens To Be A Very Special Day Not Just To You But To Us All ( The J')............. ............I Will Always Love You And Will Still Love You In Ten Thousand Worlds And Ten Thousand Lifetimes...You Brought The light To Me and Stood When All Fled. READ ALSO : Personal letter from the Editor-in-Chief of Legit.ng (former NAIJ.c

- A 13-year salary account of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen is currently under probe by the federal government - The FG alleged that Onnoghen's salary account received about N100 million in 11-years - According to the federal government, the probe will expose alleged questionable deposits made into Onnoghen's account The Nigerian government has launched a probe into the 13-salary account of the embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. Punch reports that the probe into the salary account of the CJN will date back to September 2005 is expected to expose alleged questionable deposits made into Onnoghen's account. It was also gathered that a fact sheet from the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) which was sent to the Attorney General of the Federation showed that about N100 million was received through the CJN's salary account with Union Bank Plc between September 2005 and October 2016. READ ALSO: Buhari to inaugurate Zik Mausoleum

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari will return to Daura, his home town in Katsina, if the 2019 presidential election is free, fair, peaceful and credible. Obasanjo made this declaration when he addressed journalists at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun state, on Sunday, January 20. The former ECOWAS chairman whose address did not last more than eight minutes, simply gave out a booklet titled ‘Points for concern and action’ and asked the journalists present to go through it. On page 14 of the booklet, Obasanjo wrote: “While Nigerians must appreciate Buhari for the little he has done and allow him to depart for home in peace if he allows free, fair, peaceful and credible elections, we must also tell ourselves that Nigeria deserves better at this point in time than what Buhari is capable of offering. “History will note that he has been there. Nigeria now needs a man with better physical and mental soundness, with

- Jose Mourinho was sacked as Manchester United boss in December - He was subsequently replaced by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on interim capacity - Spurs' boss Mauricio Pochettino remains United's top choice for the United job Former Manchester United boss, Jose Mourinho, has aimed a subtle attack on Spurs' manager, Mauricio Pochettino. Pochettino reportedly remains United's top choice for the Old Trafford job following the sack of Mourinho back in December. READ ALSO: Chelsea contact Barcelona over £100m move for Philippe Coutinho However, the Portuguese tactician believes Pochettino must change his stance on what represents success in football ‘the day he starts winning trophies’. Pochettino is understood to have suggested that finishing in the top four of the English Premier League and qualifying for the UEFA Champions League is as good as winning a silverware. But speaking to beIN Sports, Mourinho observed that he disagrees with the Spurs' manager when it c

- The Academic Staff Union of Universities and the federal government will be meeting on Monday, January 21 - The duo will be meeting to resume talks on how to end the lingering strike that has left students idle since November 4, 2018 - Among other things, ASUU is demanding for improved funding of universities and implementation of previous agreements with the government The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the federal government will be meeting on Monday, January 21, to resume talks on how to resolve the impasse over the two-month-old industrial action. The disclosure was made on Friday, January 18, by the national president of the union, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, Punch reports. Legit.ng gathers Ogunyemi said there was no fresh development with regard to the resolution of the dispute between ASUU and federal government. READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda He said: “I’ am afraid nothing new. I understand

- Harrysong recognises Kcee and E-Money's impact on the journey of his music career - The Reggae Blues singer says the Okonkwo brothers are part of the vessels God used to get him where he is today - He apologised for the messy way they parted and noted that one should never bite the finger that fed them The saying of no permanent friend, not permanent enemy but permanent interest is that of Harrysong and Five Star Music label as the 'prodigal son' of the label and Regga Blues singer has stylishly apologised to his erstwhile label boss E-Money and his former colleague Kcee. Years after his messy exit from Five Star Music , Harrysong has officially apologised to Kcee and E-Money through his Instagram handle. He took this bold step after the album listening party of his latest song Journey on Saturday, January 19. He said he had time to reflect on his career journey and noted that it will not be complete without E-Money and Kcee. PAY ATTENTION: Install our latest app f

- Nigerian singer turned pastor, Soul E has spoken out about the true nature of his relationship with gospel singer, Queen Ure - According to the one time hit singer, they were in love but never got married - He revealed that he finds it annoying when people constantly say he was once married to her Popular Nigerian dancehall singer turned pastor, Emanuel Okosi mostly known as Soul E has finally opened up on the actual circumstances surrounding his relationship with gospel singer, Queen Ure and what led to their breakup. According to the pastor currently based in Lesotho, he was never married to Ure who is the only daughter of former Minister of Health Dr. J.O.J Okezie. Soul E stated that the media clearly had things mixed up. He stated that they were crazy in love with each other and had started preparing towards getting married but things did not work out. He also revealed that they had moved in together and wore rings but never got married. READ ALSO: Personal letter from the

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former president, is set to address the media on the recent political developments in the country, Legit.ng reports. Our correspondent who is presently on ground at the residence of the Ogun High Chief, has confirmed that journalists have been seated as early as 12:50pm for the press briefing which is billed to commence at about 2pm. Among the issues he is expected to tackle is the recent absence of President Muhammadu Buhari and former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at the 2019 presidential debate. Legit.ng will keep up with tabs on the developments from Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, where the event is scheduled to hold. More details soon... Source: Legit.ng from Nigeria News today & Breaking Naija news ▷ Read on LEGIT.NG 24/7 http://bit.ly/2RG8nEL via EDUPEDIA24/7

- Manchester City star Bernardo Silva could be on his way to Real Madrid this summer - The Spanish club are ready to bring him to the Bernabeu in what will be a mega deal - But Manchester City will also try their best to keep the player at the Etihad stadium Reigning European League champions Real Madrid have reportedly named Manchester City star Bernardo Silva as one of their main targets at the end of the season. Real Madrid have been struggling in all competition since the departure of Portugal international Cristiano Ronaldo, and Los Blancos want to bolster their squad this summer. Bernardo Silva has developed into one of Pep Guardiola’s go-to creative players at Manchester City since his £43.5 million move from Monaco 18 months ago. PAY ATTENTION: Become a member of the leading sports Facebook group 'Naija Football Fan Zone' READ ALSO: Rio Ferdinand says Chelsea star Jorginho was not impressive for the Blues against Arsenal And according to the report on UK Mir

The past Senate minority leader Godswill Akpabio, has claimed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the presidential election in Akwa Ibom state within the space of three hours. Akpabio was was a former governor in the state said Akwa Ibom state would not be turned into a battleground during the forthcoming election as predicated by many. Speaking during an interview with Vanguard, the Senator said the people of the state have already shown a direction towards a landslide win the the forthcoming election. "APC had taken over Akwa Ibom even before I joined the party. By the time I decided to join APC, by the time I landed at the airport, the whole airport was APC. The whole of the airport to the town was APC. The whole of the plaza in Uyo was APC, the jubilation was infectious," Akpabio said. "Women and men were bringing their brooms from under their bed, which means they had been hiding them because of me and they were sweeping the roads. A distance of 2

- Wayne Rooney has revealed his final verdict on who should be named Man United manager - The club icon applauded interim boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for his work so far - Rooney believes Mauricio Pochettino's record of bringing youth players through gives him the edge Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney wants Red Devils chiefs to do everything humanly possible to bring in Mauricio Pochettino as manager for 2019-20 campaign. According to the Daily Mail citing ESPN FC., the former Three Lions captain, who currently plies his trade in Major League Soccer (MLS), believes the Argentine tactician is the right man for the job. READ ALSO: Chelsea contact Barcelona over £100m move for Philippe Coutinho Rooney, who also spoke positively about Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s performance superb run of result since replacing Mourinho last December, insists Pochettino is ideal to return United to the glorious days under Sir Alex Ferguson. “First of all you have to give Ole an opportunity and t