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Apr

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2026

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By Felix Duru Mbah

EPL, FA Cup: Things To Look Out For This Weekend

Sports

Eberechi Eze Could Help Arsenal Sustain Title Hopes Eberechi Eze impressed when he made a rare start on the left of Arsenal’s attack against Manchester City last weekend, even if it was surprising to see the England forward taken off in the 74th minute as Mikel Arteta’s side chased an equaliser. That was the longest he and Martin Ødegaard have been on the pitch at the same time for a Premier League game. With Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli out of form, Eze could be handed another opportunity in that position against Newcastle on Saturday (25 April) as Arsenal try…

Apr

23

2026

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Rift In Iran Govt? ‘Pragmatic’ Parliament Speaker Reportedly Quits US Talks Amid Dispute With IRGC Generals

Foreign

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has reportedly resigned from leading negotiations with the United States (US), according to an unsourced report on Channel 12, an Israeli free-to-air TV station. The report claimed that Ghalibaf stepped down from his role overseeing talks with Washington and mediation efforts led by Pakistan, citing growing interference from hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) generals, who seem presently in greater control of power in the embattled Arab Gulf nation. The dispute reportedly came to a head over a Qatari proposal aimed at easing tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, which would have allowed 20…

Apr

23

2026

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Zamfara Local Govt Commission Chair Lauds Gov Over Construction Of New Secretariat

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By John Bassey, Gusau Zamfara State Local Government Service Commission (LGSC) has commended Governor Dauda Lawal for the construction of an ultramodern secretariat for the commission. It described the gesture as a significant milestone in strengthening Local Government administration in the North-West state. Chairman of the Commission, Alhaji Malam Aminu Aliyu Mafara, gave the commendation during an exclusive interview with our correspondent in his office in Gusau, the state capital. He praised the governor for providing a befitting edifice and remodeling the commission’s former office, noting that the intervention has greatly improved the working environment and operational efficiency of the…

Apr

23

2026

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How Soaring Rents, Hours Of Commute Are Transforming Lagos Into Hell

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*Landlords Routinely Demand Millions *Short-Term Let, AirBnB Increasingly Preferred, Depriving Potential Tenants Of Accommodation *Many Employees Sleep In Offices After Work *Lagos's Loss, Ogun State's Gain Every weekday before dawn, Oluwatobi Ogundipe leaves his small flat in Sango Ota, an industrial town in Ogun state, for a four-hour commute to the glass towers of Lagos Island. Despite working in one of Nigeria’s growing technology sectors, the 32-year-old product manager cannot afford to live any closer to his office. “In 2023, I found a self-contained room on Lagos Island, close to my office, with its own toilet and kitchen, renting for…

Apr

23

2026

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Ex-Gov Nwobodo’s Wife, Patricia, Loses In Enugu Court, Magistrate Awards N1m Cost

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*Court Lambasts Her *Victory For Energy FM CEO, Workers By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu An Enugu State Magistrate Court has struck out a four-count criminal charge brought against a Lagos-based cleric and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Energy FM Enugu, Pastor Basil Ogbuanu, and three of his workers. The court also awarded N1m cost against Mrs. Patricia Nwobodo, the wife of a former governor of old Anambra State, Chief Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo, for her failure to prosecute the case. The ruling, delivered by Magistrate D.K. Ekoh at the Enugu South Magisterial District, followed the persistent absence of the complainants since the inception…

Apr

23

2026

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With An Ambitious New Capital City, Tanzanian Officials Visit Abuja For Tutorials On Infrastructure Management

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By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Apparently struggling to sustain its leadership role as beacon for many African nations, Nigeria has, over time, often tried to live up to expectation, its clearly jutting warts notwithstanding. The country's endemic, self-inflicted wounds screaming for healing, Nigeria has trudged on relentlessly, even attracting the attention of other African nations that seek tutorials on how to keep up certain aspects of national life. To Doomsday prophets, this may not be good news, but the raw fact remains that Nigeria is not a total failure in all areas. Of course, this must have been the underlying reason…

Apr

23

2026

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The Bagful Of Cash Sacked Chelsea Coach Rosenior Is Going Home With (READ DETAILS INSIDE)

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*Chelsea, A Machine For Firing Coaches Aside the dent on his curriculum vitae (CV) with his sack as Chelsea head coach, Liam Rosenior, 41, smiles home with a huge compensation package. Rosenior was relieved of his appointment yesterday by the management of the English Premier League (EPL) club following a poor run of results --a tide he failed to stem. Since 1912, the Blues had not lost five straight matches without scoring (something that happened under Rosenior), and the dressing room was clearly against the English coach, who arrived at Stamford Bridge last January after the controversial departure of Enzo…

Apr

23

2026

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Power Minister Adelabu Resigns To Run For Governor In Oyo Amid Continuing Nationwide Blackouts

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*His Dismal Track Record *'Is Governorship A Reward For Obvious Failure Elsewhere?' By our reporter Seeking to actualize his governorship aspiration in Oyo State, Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has resigned his position. President Bola Tinubu is said to have accepted the resignation. In a resignation letter dated 22 April, 2026, addressed to the President, Adelabu said the decision would take effect from 30 April, 2026, to make for a smooth transition to his yet-to-be-named successor. Adelabu's tenure has been marked by repeated nationwide blackouts, serial grid collapses, low supply and other deleterious issues which he failed to resolve, and…

Apr

23

2026

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Scammed Out Of About £1m, Sold House, Land, Came To Africa To Recoup Money, Killed

Foreign

*British Woman's Romance Turns Sour *Rejected Family Entreaties Not To Keep Sending Money To 'Yahoo Boys' A British woman who was scammed out of up to £1m (about N1.8bn) in a string of so-called romance frauds died in a road crash after travelling to Ghana to try to recoup some of her lost fortune, an inquest in Devon, UK has heard. Janet Fordham was cheated of her life savings and her home over a period of five years by fraudsters apparently based in the UK, Germany, the US and Ghana, the inquest in Exeter was told. The retired housekeeper, 69,…

Apr

23

2026

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Iran Executes Own National Spying For MOSSAD

Foreign

*He Was A Top ICT Employee *Israel Allegedly Paid Him In Foreign Currency For Services Rendered Mahdi Farid, who had been accused of providing sensitive national information to the Israeli secret service Mossad, was hanged yesterday after judicial proceedings were completed and the final verdict was confirmed by Iran’s Supreme Court. According to the pro-Iranian security Tasnim News Agency, which ran the report, Farid had served as the head of the civil defense committee management section of "a sensitive organization in Iran." In return for his services, Farid was said to have received various amounts of foreign currency through different…