Monday, October 27, 2025

Articles by Matthew Atungwu

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We won’t have problem if police confronted insecurity like protesters – Iroegbu
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We won’t have problem if police confronted insecurity like protesters – Iroegbu

A Public affairs analyst, Dickson Iroegbu, has frowned at Nigeria police handling of protesters in the country. Featuring on 'Prime Time', a programme on Arise Television monitored by DAILY POST on Monday, Iroegbu said Nigeria would be rid off insecurity if the police tackled it the say they confronted protesters. He was reacting to the police handling of the Free Nnamdi Kanu's protest, which took place in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Monday. The police allegedly fired tear-gas and live ammunition on the protesters. However, the police denied the claims. "First of all, I commend my brother, Sowore. I was born seven years after the civil war and for the first time I felt loved as an Igbo man by another Nigerian. "Sincerely, today again being that the protest was peaceful as declared by the convener of this protest and it was indeed peaceful but go around Abuja and see for yourselves if this was how the Nigerian police tackled insecurity in Nigeria the way they tackled protesters, we won’t have insecurity "They released not just tear gas but live bullets at peaceful protesters. It is unfortunate, and it can’t continue this way," he said. DAILY POST reports that human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, on Monday organized a protest in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, demanding the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.

2026 WCQ: South Africa banking on gods — Hugo Broos
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2026 WCQ: South Africa banking on gods — Hugo Broos

The coach of the South African national team, Hugo Broos, has said that he is banking on divine intervention to qualify for the 2026 World Cup in North America. Broos’ side must beat Rwanda and hope that Nigeria can defeat Benin in their crucial Group C encounter on Tuesday evening in Uyo. Bafana Bafana sit second in the group with 15 points, while Benin remain top with 17 points going into the final fixtures. Speaking during a press conference, Broos urged his players to stay focused. "We have to focus only on ourselves. Like Ronwen Williams said we can't change or decide what happened on the other side in Nigeria," Broos said. "So if we win we have to wait and see but I think that the things we all want and dream of can happen tomorrow. "We are ready for it. We are ready to play a good game because whatever you saw about the game in Zimbabwe it wasn't a bad game from my side. "We have to support the team and again I am sure that we will be ready tomorrow. And then hoping we can win, we are ready to win the game but we all know that cannot be enough. "So let's hope on the other side that the gods are with us and see the results of what everyone hopes in Nigeria and that's that Benin lose the game." Qualification for South Africa would mark their first World Cup appearance since hosting the tournament in 2010.