Senegal has decided to part company with coach Aliou Cisse, who led them to their Africa Cup of Nations triumph in 2022 and the past two World Cup tournaments. The initiative came from Senegal sports minister Khady Diene Gaye, according to the local football association, citing a government request not to renew his contract. Cisse, a former captain of the …

Workers in the nation’s telecommunications industry under the aegis of the Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association, PTECSSAN, will Monday begin an indefinite nationwide strike over sack, and poor working conditions among others. Among the employees going on strike include field maintenance engineers, transmission engineers, customer service engineers, fibre engineers, and other critical staff. There are fears that strike …

The Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to sack the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) Executive Vice Chairman, Barrister Babatunde Irukera. In a letter read at the plenary on Wednesday by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu said that he was demanding Irukere’s based on inefficiency. According to the FCCPC Act, the President needs the approval of …

Algeria sacked their coach Djamel Belmadi, on Wednesday after the two-time winners crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations, which is ongoing in Côte d’Ivoire. Host nation, Côte d’Ivoire also parted ways with coach Jean-Louis Gasset. Belmadi’s tenure ended prematurely after Tuesday’s shock loss to Mauritania in their final group game in Bouaké, the Ivorien second-largest city. “I met …