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A text message from the spokesman of South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar was the incendiary material behind the violence that has killed 272 people in Juba, an envoy has claimed. South Sudan’s ambassador to Kenya Chol Ajong claimed Mr James Gatdet Dak alerted the forces allied to Dr Machar of their leaders’ “detention” at the presidential palace even though he was having a formal meeting with President Salva Kiir. In the narrative publicised on Tuesday, Mr Ajong said the message which was also posted on Facebook inspired the former rebel forces to move into the city where the fighting erupted. “His troops who were stationed outside the town started marching towards the town,” he said. “President and vice president were meeting in Juba to address security problems, then one of the soldiers belonging to the SPLM in opposition wanted to force his way through. As a result of that, he was denied access and fighting broke out."

Source: vanguard Chris Giwa’s attempt to seize the reins of power at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) last week after securing a ruling from the Federal High Court in Jos, Plateau State has brought to the fore once again the naivety of the nation’s sports ministers on football matters.  Giwa, owner of Premier League side, Giwa FC has been in the news since 2014 following his purported election as NFF President on August 26, 2014 in Abuja. He polled 27 votes to defeat former vice president Mike Umeh who got two votes in an election where 29 out of 44 members participated in the voting exercise.  *SHAME! The warring parties, Chris Giwa and Amaju Pinnick in fisticuffs.  But the process was flawed in its entirety because it was not coordinated, as stipulated by the Federation of International Football associations (FIFA) by either the then sitting president of the NFF, Aminu Maigari or the general secretary Barrister Amadu who, among many others,...