Author: Vincent Osuwo

A US military aircraft carrying eight people crashed off the coast of Japan.According to local media, the remains of the CV-22 osprey aircraft were most likely discovered off the coast of Yakushima Island.According to reports, the osprey was attempting to land at Yakushima Airport. It was gathered that the plane’s left engine was on fire.The plane was thought to be flying from Tokyo’s Yokota air base to Okinawa’s Kadena base.Yakushima is located in Kagoshima prefecture, south of Japan’s Kyushu island. The Osprey is a hybrid aircraft that can fly as both a helicopter and a turboprop.Over the years, it has…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has promised to provide jobs for children of legionnaires in the state civil service. Fubara stated that he understood that people were looking forward to enjoying an improved personal economy in a peaceful environment, saying his administration would not do anything that would take away such hope from them but work to actualize it. Fubara made the remarks at the 2024 Armed Forces Emblem Appeal Fund Launching held at the Government House, Port Harcourt, on Tuesday. He said that without hope, it would be difficult for anyone to discover reasons to be optimistic, which is…

Norwegian international Erling Haaland became the fastest player to score 40 Champions League goals as Manchester City came from 2-0 down to beat RB Leipzig 3-2 on Tuesday. The defending champions were on course for their first European defeat at the Etihad since 2018, when Lois Openda scored twice in the first half, taking advantage of shambolic defending. Haaland reduced City’s deficit before goals from Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez sealed first place in Group G. Despite having already qualified for the last 16, Pep Guardiola chose a strong squad with the goal of winning the group. However, the Catalan…

Barcelona are through to the Champions League round of 16 for the first time under Xavi Hernández, and they need just one point to finish the group stage as Group H winners thanks to a hard-fought and well earned 2-1 win against FC Porto at the Montjuïc Olympic Stadium on Tuesday night. Barcelona came from behind after Porto took the lead in the 30th minute, but the La Liga champions showed mental strength and played a very good all-around team game to earn three big points and move on to the Round of 16 with a game in hand. The…

No fewer than 11 local wood-loggers were ambushed and beheaded by suspected Boko Haram members riding on camels.  According to reports, the killing occurred in the Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State on Monday. A trustworthy source who works as a member of the vigilante group in the region and provided our correspondent with the information over the phone revealed that the incident occurred on Monday in Bale, a remote hamlet in Damboa LGA. According to a local vigilante source, the mutilated bodies of the Boko Haram victims were discovered in the area around 5 p.m. “We found six…

The election of Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara in the March 18, 2023, governorship election has been affirmed on Tuesday by the State and National Assembly Appeal Court sitting in Lagos. The Appeal Court dismissed four separate appeals filed by Tonye Cole of the All Progressive Congress, Beatrice Itubo of the Labour Party, Innocent Ekwu of the Allied People’s Movement, and Lulu Briggs Dumo of the Accord Party in a unanimous judgment. The court ruled that all of the appellants had failed to show their claim of noncompliance with the Electoral Act. The tribunal was also chastised by the court…

Amid a temporary truce, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a full humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian terrorist Hamas on Monday. Guterres made the plea in a statement via his spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric. “We have seen the release of Israeli and foreign hostages held by Hamas and others since October 7 and the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails,” he said. According to Dujarric, the secretary general praised the governments of Qatar, Egypt, and the United States for establishing this arrangement, and he acknowledged the International Committee of the Red Cross’ essential involvement. He stated that the UN…

Imo State Police Command officers have detained 18 suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in connection with the shooting of two officers at Ahiara Junction in the state’s Ahiazu-Mbaise Local Government Area. According to reports, the officers were attacked by the suspects, who were dressed in military camouflage, when they stopped to refuel their vehicles on Monday. It was also said that the perpetrators descended on the unwitting officers in three vehicles, shooting intermittently. The two officers murdered in the incident have been named as the divisional police officer of Ahiazu-Mbaise and an inspector, according to the…

Freddie Ljungberg is skeptical that his previous club, Arsenal, would be able to overcome their title drought this season under Mikel Arteta. Arsenal are looking for their first league title since 2004, and they rose to the top of the table on Saturday after a late 1-0 win against Brentford. However, Ljungberg is concerned about the team’s offensive, with Bukayo Saka, Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, and Gabriel Jesus all having lower goals-per-minute ratios than the previous season, and believes this could be an issue as the season goes. “I definitely think they’re ready to challenge for the title,’ he said…

Luis Enrique has urged Paris St-Germain (PSG) to brace themselves for a Newcastle attack when the two teams meet in Champions League Group F on Tuesday night. Enrique put the finishing touches on his plan to avenge PSG’s 4-1 humiliation at St James’ Park in October at a rain-soaked Poissy on Monday morning, after paying close attention to Newcastle’s Premier League slaughter of Chelsea. Eddie Howe’s team was missing 13 senior players on Saturday, but they still won 4-1 with a performance that impressed the PSG manager. Enrique said, “If you saw the last match against Chelsea, physically, it’s really…