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Sep

20

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Real Madrid Lose To Atletico In Feisty Derby, Fall 6 Points Behind Bitter Rivals Barcelona, As Manchester City Occupy EPL Top Spot Alone (FIND BELOW RESULTS OF MATCHES PLAYED IN MAJOR EUROPEAN LEAGUES, SUNDAY, 20 SEPT, 2026)

Sports

*Man City Flying, Now Sit Alone Atop EPL, But Cracks Remain At Back *Liverpool, PSG Win Atletico Madrid today won the first capital derby of the season in the Spanish league, La Liga, with a 2-1 win against 10-man Real Madrid, while Manchester City prevailed in an eight-goal thriller against Sunderland to move clear at the top of the English Premier League (EPL). Alejandro Grimaldo and Jonathan David scored second-half goals for Atletico, which moved to second place behind Barcelona. Atletico scored twice to beat its city rival, which played a man down nearly the entire second half at the…

Sep

20

2026

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APC And The ‘Top To Bottom’ Campaign Slang In The South-East

Column, Opinion

By SHEDDY OZOENE Two weeks ago, I visited a National Assembly candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from one of the South-East states at his Abuja home. He had just returned from his state, where the 2027 campaigns were already gathering momentum, and I wanted to find out how he was coping. My first observation was that he looked unusually tired for a campaign that had barely started. He looked almost as if his return to Abuja was an escape from the heckling back home. “My brother, e no easy o,” he told me.Obviously. It was written all over…

Sep

20

2026

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A Brother Called Judas: Is Charles Soludo Cain?

Opinion

By FESTUS ADEDAYO History records that the most fatal stabs always come from within oneself. In other words, there is a motif of proximity to stabs. Deepest wounds are often delivered, not by external rivals, but by those within the same household or friends. On September 22, 1828, the reality of the above dawned on the Zulu of present day South Africa. Afflicted by a strange psychosis that struck him after the death of Nandi, his mother, King Shaka Zulu went berserk. He ordered a year-long mourning of Nandi, forbade planting of new crops, banned milk from the kingdom and…

Sep

20

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Russian Threat: Kemi Badenoch Accuses UK Prime Minister Burnham Of ‘Fiddling While Europe Risks Burning’

Foreign

Kemi Badenoch has accused UK Prime Minister (PM) Andy Burnham of “fiddling while Europe is at risk of burning”, as she repeated her call for the PM to cut the welfare budget to fund increased spending on defence. Speaking to the Telegraph, the Tory leader, who grew up in Nigeria before emigrating to Britain where she presently heads UK's second largest political party, said that “Burnham may be a people pleaser but difficult choices cannot be avoided through dither and delay." She said the government had to “fund our defence properly” at a time when former military chiefs have raised…

Sep

19

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Continental American Football League Set To Kick Off In Nigeria 2027, Benue Will Be Hqtrs -Commissioner

Sports

By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Continental American Football League (CAFL) Africa has concluded arrangements to kick-start the African league of the tournament in Nigeria in 2027. Addressing journalists in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, Commissioner of CAFL in charge of the African project, Muhammed El Muhammed, disclosed that the league, which is in partnership with Benue Television, is in Africa with a vision to domesticate American football on the continent. Nigeria, the Commissioner revealed, was chosen as the first entry point for talent hunt in Africa, while Benue State was selected within Nigeria because of what he described as the hospitable…

Sep

19

2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Brighton Demolish EPL Champions Arsenal 3-0 (FIND BELOW RESULTS OF MATCHES PLAYED IN MAJOR EUROPEAN LEAGUES SATURDAY, 19 SEPT, 2026)

Sports

Brighton Demolish EPL Champions Arsenal 3-0 (FIND BELOW RESULTS OF MATCHES PLAYED IN MAJOR EUROPEAN LEAGUES SATURDAY, 19 SEPT, 2026) *Arteta Speaks *In-form Raphinha Downs Sevilla With Another Hat-Trick By Ed Aarons, at the Amex Stadium, and Renato Goncalves, in Spain So much for the new Invincibles. Arsenal were, today, brought back down to earth with a shuddering bump by a scintillating display from Brighton as coach Fabian Hürzeler’s vibrant side celebrated the club’s 125th anniversary in style. The special edition shirts they wore to mark the occasion will end up being collector’s items after the Premier League champions were…

Sep

19

2026

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Trump Bans CNN, MS Now, Politico From White House

Media

*Accuses Trio Of Repeatedly Running Fake News On His Administration *Media Houses Deny Claim President Donald Trump has announced that he is banning news outlets CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House over their coverage. In a post on his Truth Social platform on Friday (yesterday), the US President said he was expelling the media houses “effective immediately” over what he called their “constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!” and threatened that bans for other outlets could follow. He went on: “Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of…

Sep

19

2026

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Despite 11 New Signings, Chelsea Fail Again As Low-Spending Brentford Record First Blues Win In 88 Years

Sports

*Carvalho Caps Stunning Second-half Display By Jonathan Wilson, at the Gtech Community Stadium Those early-season thoughts that Chelsea might be the team best-placed to challenge Arsenal are beginning to look extremely over-optimistic. The two chaotic wins with which they began were always difficult to read: they might have been useful points picked up on the way to a more solid structure, or they might have represented evidence of significant problems. Now after three games without a win, and 12 goals conceded in five games this season, it’s beginning to look like the latter: evidence of significant problems. At the final…

Sep

18

2026

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BREAKING! Save Nigeria Group USA Condemns Minna Miners’ Deaths, Demands Independent, Transparent Investigation

News

By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Piercing international searchlight has been beamed on the sordid happenings in Minna, the Niger State capital, where about 37 young alleged illegal miners yesterday died in a detention facility run by paramilitary Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). President Bola Tinubu has ordered a deep investigation into the widely condemned matter, just as Interior Minister, Tunji-Ojo, immediately sent the NSCDC Commandant in the North-Central State, Suberu Siyaka Aniviye, home on suspension pending the conclusion of government-ordered probe into what many Nigerians described as avoidable deaths. Today, the Save Nigeria Group USA (SNG-USA), which reviewed the…

Sep

18

2026

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Makinde-led APM To Tinubu: Your Administration Has Admitted Responsibility For Nigerians’ Poverty, Apologize, Step Down From 2027 Race Over Lack Of Vision

Politics

*'Because Of President Tinubu’s Policies, A Sizeable Number Of Multinational Companies Left Our Nation In Droves; Millions Of Businesses And Enterprises That Sustained Families Folded, Cost Of Living Skyrocketed, Unemployment Became Widespread, With Over 60 % Of Nigerians Unable To Afford Daily Meals, Medications, Other Necessities' *'Instead Of listening To The Voice Of Reason, Tinubu Administration Embarked On Ego Trip, Chest-thumping That Ended Up Ruining The Economy, Crippling The Productive Sector' By Tony Ezimakor, Abuja Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has told President Bola Tinubu to apologise to Nigerians over the hardship his administration foisted on the people and immediately withdraw…