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    Nottingham Forest’s struggles in the Premier League continued on Saturday as they went down 3-0 at home to Chelsea, extending manager Ange Postecoglou’s winless run to eight matches.   Taiwo Awoniyi made his first start of the season. Forest started the game well and had a few chances, ...

    As 2025 enters its final quarter, President Bola Tinubu’s administration faces mounting public expectations to deliver on major economic and social pledges that define its reform agenda.   From tackling inflation and boosting growth to driving infrastructure and food security, several commitments made over the past year have ...

    Ivory Coast authorities have imposed a sweeping two-month ban on political rallies and demonstrations just a week before a presidential election, in a move further restricting opposition activity.   The ban, announced late Friday by the interior and defence ministries, applies to all political parties and groups except ...

      The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, has expressed concern that political attention across the country has shifted towards the 2027 general elections while hunger, poverty, and insecurity continue to afflict millions of Nigerians.   Speaking during the 2025 Ofala Festival in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Friday, ...

    The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has inspected the ongoing production of Nigerian Air Force aircraft and helicopters at the Leonardo S.p.A’s defence manufacturing facilities in northern Italy.   Badaru, who was part of President Bola Tinubu’s delegation to the AQABA Process meeting, visited Leonardo’s Helicopters Division in ...

      Besiktas FC of Turkey have appointed Super Eagles stand-in captain Wilfred Ndidi as the club’s new vice-captain, with the announcement made by the club’s board of directors in a statement released on Friday.   Ndidi will serve as deputy to Turkish international Orkun Kökçü, who has been ...

    The coffin of a much-beloved opposition leader, Raila Odinga, arrived by helicopter to a stadium in his heartland of western Kenya on Saturday, where tens of thousands were packed in to see him.   AFP journalists said there were already signs of chaos as a huge group of ...

    The Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State, has expelled 34 students for examination misconduct.   The institution also rusticated 13 others for one academic session, while several others received warning letters.   This was contained in a statement issued by the Head of Information, ...

      The Federal High Court in Abuja has refused the Nigeria Police Force’s bid to stop the “Free Nnamdi KanuNow” protest, allowing it to proceed as scheduled on Monday, October 20, 2025.   The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, had dispatched police lawyers to the court to ...

  The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a man, Lawal Faruq, who allegedly set fire to his ex-lover after their relationship went sour.   PUNCH Metro learnt on Thursday that the incident happened at a military barracks in Ibadan, the state capital.   A counterinsurgency expert, ...