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Swansea seek three in a row against Manchester United, Chelsea face further defensive issues and a crunch early-season stramash at Villa Park   José Mourinho, Scott Sinclair, Jesús Navas and Ander Herrera all face big weekends in the Premier League. Composite: PA/Getty Images/Rex Shutterstock 1) Thauvin’s time as Arsenal come to Toon

There was outrage in the ruling All Progressives Congress party on Thursday over the announcement of new appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari. Leaders of the APC complained that the appointments were mostly in favour of the North and Northerners. "The President does not consult before making most of these appointments and I can tell you that Nigerians are going to term the party and the President as a northern party and the President of Northern Nigeria," a leader of the party said on Tuesday.

After a long silence, a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has opened up on the ongoing corruption allegations hanging around the neck of his successor, Babatunde Fashola. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Tinubu distanced himself from Fashola’s ordeals, saying that he was not working against him from being appointed by President Buhari.

President Mohammadu Buhari has appointed Engr. Babachir David Lawal as Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, in what appears to be the end of speculation that the position had been zoned to the South East or the South-South by the All Progressive Congress, APC.

Social network hit 1bn user milestone on Monday, but Mark Zuckerberg maintains it is still ‘just the beginning of connecting the whole world’   Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the social network’s 1bn milestone. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images As the fictional Sean Parker might put it: ‘A million people logging in to Facebookon a single day isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion people’.

Ikechukwu The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended an Arik Air crew member, Chibuzor Oliver Ikechukwu over his alleged role in the 20 kilogramme of cocaine seizure by the United Kingdom Border Force at Heathrow Airport. Ikechukwu, 35, who works as a catering loader was found to have subverted airport security by concealing cocaine in catering supplies.

Quinn Swales was killed in the same Zimbabwean park where Cecil the lion was illegally hunted. Photo / Supplied Five New Zealanders were shielded from a marauding lion by an experienced Zimbabwean safari guide who was killed in the strike. The Kiwis emerged unscathed and have been hailed for their bravery in Monday's attack in the Hwange National Park, in Zimbabwe.