Latest News in Nigeria Today Sunday 19th April 2026
These are the Latest News in Nigeria Today on Sunday 19th April 2026 .
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target=_blank>JAMB assures of UTME results release, apologises for delay
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has apologised for the delay in releasing results of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted on Friday, April 17, 2026.
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target=_blank>Nigeria to deploy 200 special forces to Türkiye for training — Gen. Musa
The minister explained that, following the agreement, Türkiye had allocated a training quota of 200 personnel from Nigeria’s Special Forces, who will be deployed immediately upon their return to Nigeria.
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target=_blank>NIGERIA’S GUIDED DEMOCRACY: Any progress? By Tonnie Iredia
The first few years after independence in Nigeria showed clearly that the nation’s political class had very little interest in democracy.
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target=_blank>Premier League title race hits boiling point as Arsenal face Man City test
The destiny of the Premier League title is at stake on Sunday as Arsenal aim to halt an alarming slump and hold off the charge of Pep Guardiola’s Man City.
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target=_blank>IYGG backs IGC’s call for leadership change, opposes Guwor’s return
The Itsekiri Youths for Good Governance (IYGG) has thrown its weight behind the Itsekiri Grassroots Coalition (IGC) in its call for a change in political representation, citing what it described as “grave failure” in leadership by key elected officials. In a statement following the 5th National Congress of the IGC held in Warri, IYGG aligned
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target=_blank>ALLEGED INFIDELITY: Lagos murder suspect flees, returns to C/River, ‘kills’ lover
On Sunday, March 29, a 30-year-old man, Sunday Ejor, of Nwang community, Ekajuk Ward 2 in Ogoja Local Government Area of Northern Cross River State…
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target=_blank>We thought it was Malaysia—Survivors expose ruthless trafficking ring
On February 17, 2026, Bella Boluwatife packed her bags with hope. Like many young Nigerian women searching for a better life, she believed she was on her way to Malaysia…
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target=_blank>Land grabbers’ bloody fight: They killed my husband while making peace, widow cries for justice
On a quiet stretch of Ijagemo in Ijegun, Lagos, where the rhythm of daily trade usually hums undisturbed, grief now hangs heavy in the air.
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target=_blank>No innocent victim in Jilli? Experts contradict Defence Minister
—say position on airstrike prejudicial By Esther Onyegbula Dr. Hashim Salaudeen and Okechukwu Nwagunma, both security experts, have faulted the claim by the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa, that the scores of civilians reportedly killed when a fighter jet targeted Jilli Market located between Borno and Yobe states last week were not innocent victims. Musa had
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target=_blank>Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists: How Nigeria lost four generals, four colonels in five years
By Matilda Ikediobi The pattern is no longer accidental or isolated. It is deliberate, evolving, and deeply troubling. Across the battlefields of Nigeria’s North-East, a war within a war has quietly taken shape, one in which insurgents are no longer content with attacking formations or inflicting casualties on troops alone. Increasingly, they are aiming higher. Their targets
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