May 16, 2022 – Top News Magazines.

NFF announces Jose Peseiro as Super Eagles’ head coach

May 16, 2022 topnews

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), yesterday, announced Jose Peseiro as the senior national team head coach, six months after his initial appointment as Super Eagles’ manager in place of the sacked Gernot Rohr. Peseiro was first announced as Super Eagles head coach in December 2021, but the decision was reversed following the sports ministry intervention. The ministry reportedly did not agree with the NFF decision, as it did not follow standard recruitment procedures. The ministry directed the NFF to open the window for more coaches to be auditioned for the…

Northern governors condemn killing of Deborah, call for calm

May 16, 2022 topnews

The Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) has condemned the killing of Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State, on allegations of blasphemy. While calling for calm, the chairman of the forum and governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, in a statement, yesterday, expressed the governor’s concern about the development, which was clearly an extrajudicial measure of addressing perceived infractions. Deborah, a second-year student of Home Economics, was killed on Thursday following an allegation that she had blasphemed the Prophet of Islam. The victim was stoned…