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Chelsea Sack Liam Rosenior After Poor Run, Appoint McFarlane Interim Boss

NewsDeskNgApr 22, 2026April 22, 20260

Chelsea sack Liam Rosenior after poor results, appoint Calum McFarlane interim boss as club targets Europe and FA Cup success. Chelsea Football Club have parted ways with Head Coach Liam Rosenior following a run of disappointing performances, the club confirmed in an official press release on Wednesday. The Premier League...

Court Slams Contempt Notice On Anyanwu, INEC Chair Over Judgment Defiance

NewsDeskNgApr 22, 2026April 22, 20260

FCT court issues Form 48 against Anyanwu, INEC chair over alleged disobedience of judgment, risks contempt proceedings and imprisonment. A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has issued a Form 48 — a Notice of Consequences of Disobedience to Court Order — against Senator Samuel Anyanwu and the...

Fugitive Wildlife Trafficker Arrested After Five Years On The Run

NewsDeskNgApr 22, 2026April 22, 20260

Authorities arrest suspected wildlife trafficker after five years, highlighting intensified crackdown on illegal wildlife trade in Nigeria. A suspected wildlife trafficker, Shamsideen Abubakar, who had been on the run for five years, has been apprehended in a joint enforcement operation involving the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA),...

Onyema Bags Fourth Honorary Doctorate, Reaffirms Commitment To Education And Nation Building

NewsDeskNgApr 22, 2026April 22, 20260

Air Peace Chairman Allen Onyema receives fourth honorary doctorate, emphasises role of education and private sector in national development. The Chairman of West and Central Africa’s largest airline, Air Peace, Dr. Allen Onyema, has been conferred with an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Public Administration (Honoris Causa) by Abia State...

PDP Convention Appeal: Supreme Court Fixes Date For Judgment

NewsDeskNgApr 22, 2026April 22, 20260

Supreme Court reserves judgment on PDP appeal challenging ruling that voided Ibadan convention over alleged court order breach. The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to overturn a Court of Appeal decision that nullified its national convention held last November...

2027: Fix dangerous loophole in Electoral Act now, Atiku tells National Assembly

NewsDeskNgApr 22, 2026April 22, 20260

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has issued a stern warning over what he described as a grave and dangerous ambiguity in Nigeria’s Electoral Act, calling on the National Assembly to act immediately safeguard the sanctity of the ballot. In a statement signed Wednesday in Abuja, by his Senior Special Assistant...

NSITF MD Faleye, Commissions ECS Help Desk at Head of Service

NewsDeskNgApr 22, 2026April 22, 20260

…Says it’ll bring care, dignity to civil servants *Nigerian govt committed to safety, welfare of workers Managing Director/Chief Executive, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Barr. Oluwaseun Falaye, on Tuesday 21st April 2026, commissioned an Employees’ Compensation Scheme (ECS) Help Desk at the Office of the Head of the Civil...

APC group applauds Gov Yusuf’s choice of Garo as deputy, predicts party rebirth in Kano

NewsDeskNgApr 22, 2026April 22, 20260

A political pressure group within the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Emerging Progressives Leaders’ Forum (EPLF), has commended Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf for what it described as a bold and strategic decision in selecting Murtala Sule Garo as Deputy Governor. Garo formerly served as Commissioner for Local Government Affairs in...

Stop name-dropping President Tinubu, intimidating opponents, APC group warns Wadada

NewsDeskNgApr 22, 2026April 22, 20260

A pressure group within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State has criticised the use of the name of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by one of the governorship aspirants in the State, Senator Ahmed Wadada, to allegedly get undue advantage in the electoral contest. The Nasarawa APC Integrity Forum...

Sack NAFDAC DG Now, Group Tells Presidency Over ‘Illegal’ Alcohol Policy

NewsDeskNgApr 22, 2026April 22, 20260

A civil society group, Concerned Citizens for Change, has called for the immediate removal of the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, alleging gross incompetence and abuse of office over the enforcement of a ban on sachet alcohol and small...

Niger Govt Reaffirms Commitment to Security, Clarifies Remarks on Borgu Bandit Raid

Portugal Held By DR Congo As Wissa Cancels Out Joao Neves Opener

Disu Orders Kano Police To Go On Offensive Against Criminals

Chelsea Sack Liam Rosenior After Poor Run, Appoint McFarlane Interim Boss

Court Slams Contempt Notice On Anyanwu, INEC Chair Over Judgment Defiance

Fugitive Wildlife Trafficker Arrested After Five Years On The Run

Onyema Bags Fourth Honorary Doctorate, Reaffirms Commitment To Education And Nation Building

PDP Convention Appeal: Supreme Court Fixes Date For Judgment

2027: Fix dangerous loophole in Electoral Act now, Atiku tells National Assembly

NSITF MD Faleye, Commissions ECS Help Desk at Head of Service

APC group applauds Gov Yusuf’s choice of Garo as deputy, predicts party rebirth in Kano

Stop name-dropping President Tinubu, intimidating opponents, APC group warns Wadada

Sack NAFDAC DG Now, Group Tells Presidency Over ‘Illegal’ Alcohol Policy