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S’Africa silent as outrage trails killing of two Nigerians • The long road home: How 30-minute journey became midnight ordeal • Alia’s record cannot be drowned in partisan spin • Only 3% of PHCs meet minimum staffing requirements – Report • Redefining Lagos waste crisis • Tracking Aaron Rodgers' 2026 NFL season: One passing TD in Week 1 • Saints irked by overturned TD, and its 'huge momentum swing' • BUBA MARWA: A LIFE FORGED IN PURPOSE • Geopolitical tension expose fragility of Africa’s supply chains • Nigeria hits 1.68mbpd, sustains OPEC quota for four months • Banks shut 476 branches in three years – CBN • LAWMA mobilises youth for cleaner environment • Tackling the renewed inflation • Abia targets seven sectors to boost industrialisation • Resist the urge to overreact to Week 1! Making sense of Lamar Jackson's big day, both L.A. teams flopping • WHEN BEING BUSY BECOMES A LEADERSHIP WEAKNESS • Dikko rejects calls for NBBF board resignation • LASG tightens oversight of Scouts, Red Cross in schools • The Dangote Refinery IPO • Diezani: UK acquittal won’t end Nigeria’s probe, HEDA says • S’Africa silent as outrage trails killing of two Nigerians • The long road home: How 30-minute journey became midnight ordeal • Alia’s record cannot be drowned in partisan spin • Only 3% of PHCs meet minimum staffing requirements – Report • Redefining Lagos waste crisis • Tracking Aaron Rodgers' 2026 NFL season: One passing TD in Week 1 • Saints irked by overturned TD, and its 'huge momentum swing' • BUBA MARWA: A LIFE FORGED IN PURPOSE • Geopolitical tension expose fragility of Africa’s supply chains • Nigeria hits 1.68mbpd, sustains OPEC quota for four months • Banks shut 476 branches in three years – CBN • LAWMA mobilises youth for cleaner environment • Tackling the renewed inflation • Abia targets seven sectors to boost industrialisation • Resist the urge to overreact to Week 1! Making sense of Lamar Jackson's big day, both L.A. teams flopping • WHEN BEING BUSY BECOMES A LEADERSHIP WEAKNESS • Dikko rejects calls for NBBF board resignation • LASG tightens oversight of Scouts, Red Cross in schools • The Dangote Refinery IPO • Diezani: UK acquittal won’t end Nigeria’s probe, HEDA says

September 14, 2026|00:27

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Mikel Arteta

Arteta embraces perfect storm to play the victim of game of his own making | Barney Ronay

The Guardian Football about 4 hours 1 mins read

Refereeing is now an impossible job owing to the culture of micro-analysis the Arsenal manager has helped to create

A gentleman is never rude unintentionally, only by design. Nobody really knows who said this first. But it could easily be a line from the Elite Football Manager’s Guide to Press Conferences (Premier League edition). Because nothing happens by accident in these spaces.

Every word spoken in front of the board covered in adverts is metered and planned. A manager is never angry, or concerned, or even charming unintentionally. The game is the game, but so are all the other bits spilling out either side of it.

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