Author: Vincent Osuwo

Turkish Super Lig team Fenerbahçe has reportedly filed a complaint against Galatasaray over Victor Osimhen’s use of a protective mask, which they claim is dangerous to opposition players. After missing more than a month due to an arm injury, Osimhen returned to action on Wednesday night. The 27-year-old played 13 minutes in Galatasaray’s cup loss to Gençlerbirliği S.K., wearing a bandaged arm under a long-sleeved shirt. Galatasaray is scheduled to play Fenerbahçe in the league on Sunday, and their opponents are claimed to have denounced the use of Osimhen’s clothing to the Turkish Football Federation. “Fenerbahçe believes that the hard…

The US State Department is offering up to $10 million for information on the leader of the Iran-backed Iraqi military group Kataeb Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS), which Washington considers a terrorist organization. US officials stated in a social media post Thursday that they were looking for information on KSS leader Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Saraji, also known as Abu Alaa al-Walai. The organization has “killed Iraqi civilians and attacked U.S. diplomatic facilities in Iraq, as well as attacking U.S. military bases and personnel in Iraq and Syria,” Washington claimed. The post states that “you could be eligible for relocation and a reward”…

King Charles III travels to the United States on Monday, with transatlantic tensions over the Iran conflict and the Epstein scandal’s long shadow threatening to overshadow the historic meeting. Buckingham Palace and the British government say the four-day trip will honor the historic ties between the two countries as the US celebrates 250 years of independence. According to the palace, Charles’s first state visit to the United States as monarch is at the invitation of the UK government and President Donald Trump, and he will travel with Queen Camilla. However, as the American leader’s conflict with Iran creates a rare…

Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State announced on Thursday that he is now a “freelance politician” with no ties to any political party. Mohammed made the comments while hosting an African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain, Peter Obi, and South-East stakeholders in Bauchi. The governor stated that the meeting focused on national unity and teamwork and that the proceedings were not influenced by partisan considerations. “Neither PDP nor ADC is standing alone. I am a freelance politician now, and his party is also in limbo. We are looking up to the judiciary. “Certainly, we are all in the opposition, and that…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its presidential primary election, earlier slated for May 15 and 16, to May 23, 2026, while the governorship primaries will now hold on May 21, 2026, in line with a revised timetable for its 2027 general election activities. Duro Meseko, APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, disclosed this at the conclusion of the 186th National Working Committee meeting in Abuja on Thursday, announcing changes to the previous schedule, including the postponement of key processes such as aspirant screening and appeals consideration. Meseko further revealed that the screening of aspirants, which was originally slated for…

Ben Agir, a serving National Youth Service Corps member, was allegedly beaten to death by community vigilantes in the Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State. According to reports, the incident occurred in the Anibros community during the vigilantes’ night patrol operation. According to a local source, the deceased was apprehended on suspicion of stealing a motorcycle. The Chairman of Buruku LGA, Raymond Aondoakura, confirmed the incident to journalists on Thursday, saying it occurred on Sunday night between 11 p.m. and 12 a.m. The chairman said, “The report came to me on Monday around 4 am. The incident happened at…

President Bola Tinubu has requested that the Senate authorize a new external loan of $516,333,070 to pay sections of the projected Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway, a major project in his administration’s infrastructure program. The proposal, contained in a letter submitted to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, was read during plenary on Thursday, paving the way for legislative consideration of the finance scheme. According to the president, the loan, which is scheduled to come from Deutsche Bank, would help fund the construction of Sections 1, 1A, and 1B of the 1,000-kilometer highway that will connect Nigeria’s North and Southwest corridors. The letter…

The arraignment of four suspects charged in connection with the recent gunmen attack in the Angwa Rukuba Community, Jos, Plateau State, was halted on Thursday due to the absence of defense counsel. The defendants came before Court 12 of the Plateau State High Court in Jos but were not arraigned because they requested an adjournment to call their counsel. On March 28, suspected attackers assaulted settlements in Bokkos and Bassa Local Government Areas, killing at least 30 people, including children. The Plateau State Government has filed charges against the suspects in the March 2026 killings in Angwa Rukuba. According to…

The Cross River government has disputed reports of ten additional COVID-19 symptomatic cases, calling the assertion deceptive and wrong and repeating that only one confirmed case exists in the state. The statement came after a national daily reported that the state had found new people with COVID-19 symptoms, sparking concerns among residents about a potential return of infections throughout areas. It should be noted that Dr. Henry Ayuk, the commissioner for health, already acknowledged a COVID-19 case involving a Chinese national working in the state who is currently undergoing treatment and doing well. In a statement made on Thursday in…

The Chairman of the Labour Party, Nenadi Usman, has stated that it would be too late for the party’s former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to return and run on its platform ahead of the 2027 election. In an interview with Arise Television’s Prime Time on Wednesday, Usman highlighted electoral guidelines and party procedures as restricting factors. “Well, it will be too late, actually, for him to come back, because if you look at the act now, at some point we close the register, and once we close the register 21 days before primaries, we submit the e-register to INEC. You…