Author: Vincent Osuwo

Over 30 Wales football fans have been arrested in Armenia ahead of the Saturday’s  European Championships qualifier. Around 1,200 fans have gathered in Yerevan’s capital ahead of Saturday’s qualifier.The Football Association of Wales confirmed 32 fans were arrested, and the Foreign Office is investigating. “We are aware of the situation, and we are in regular discussions with the traveling police and FSA Cymru monitoring the situation,” it said. “FSA Cymru is the fan embassy that has contact with the local authorities as well as the South Wales Police, who are here to liaise with local law enforcement.” It comes after…

Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has stated that he will appeal the Supreme Court’s decision to remove him from office on Friday. Chronicle NG reports that the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the tribunal judgment that nullified the election of Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State. The Appeal Court in its judgment on Friday, concurred with the judgment of the Kano tribunal, ruling that the fielding of Abba Yusuf was in breach of the Electoral Law as he was not qualified to contest that Election. Yusuf, who contested on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has opposed Gov. Ademola Adeleke’s suspension of Osun Chief Judge, Justice Adepele Ojo. The NBA said in a statement issued on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Akorede Lawal, that it will not recognize Justice Olayinka Afolabi, the governor’s designated acting top judge.Lawal stated that the NBA’s position was founded on the fundamental doctrines of separation of powers and judicial independence. “The tenure of a judicial officer cannot and should not be subject to the mood of politicians,” he added. The National Publicity Secretary said that the action of the governor has not only…

American hip-hop artist Sean Combs, popularly called Diddy, has agreed to an “amicable” settlement of the sexual assault suit filed against him by his former partner, Cassandra Ventura, also known as Cassie. In the suit filed in a New York federal court on Thursday, Cassie leveled several allegations of physical and sexual abuse against the entertainment mogul. The 37-year-old singer alleged that Diddy, 54, had lured her into a relationship and made it difficult for her to reject his passes because she was afraid for her future as an upcoming artist attached to his label. To fully have his way…

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the government and good people of Liberia on the successful conduct of the Liberian presidential election. The President also congratulated the President-elect, Joseph Boakai, who won the ”mandate of the people,” urging him to unite the country and build on the popular support expressed through the ballot box to deliver good governance to the people of Liberia. In a statement signed by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President, Media, and Publicity, Tinubu commended President George Weah for demonstrating uncommon leadership by conceding the election and averting any form of socio-political crisis. The President…

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Lagos Seaports, and Marine Command foiled the attempted sex trafficking and smuggling of seven Nigerian girls to Burkina Faso for prostitution. The girls were apprehended around 19.00 hours on Sunday, November 12, 2023. The Immigration Comptroller of Lagos Seaports and Marine Command, Mohammed Sadiq, revealed this during a press conference in Lagos on Friday, November 17, 2023. He stated that the suspects had been on the command’s radar for about two months following intelligence gathered by its operatives, which led to their arrest by Badagry and the Marine Border Patrol Team along the Pashi waterway…

The death toll from a magnitude-6.7 earthquake in the southern Philippines has risen to six, with two people still missing, according to local disaster officials on Saturday.According to the German Research Center for Geosciences, the offshore earthquake happened near Mindanao island on Friday afternoon at a depth of 60 kilometers (37 miles).The earthquake reportedly killed three people  in General Santos City, South Cotabato, according to Agripino Dacera, the disaster office chief. According to Dacera, a man and his wife were killed when a concrete wall collapsed on them, while another woman was slain in a shopping center. Near the epicenter…

After a spectacular start to life at Real Madrid, England midfielder Jude Bellingham has been named the 2023 Golden Boy.20-year-old Bellingham beat off Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala and RB Leipzig’s Xavi Simons to win the award for players under the age of 21.Bellingham leads La Liga with 10 goals in 11 games and has three more in three Champions League appearances since joining the Spanish city from Borussia Dortmund in June for a reputed sum of 103 million euros ($112 million). “I’d like to thank everyone that has been part of my journey so far at Birmingham, Dortmund, and now…

No fewer than five Palestinians were killed and two more injured in an Israeli strike on a building in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance service said early on Saturday. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to the incident in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus’ central center.Earlier, the Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) claimed its physicians were dealing with five significant injuries from the bomb, all of which were men aged 19 to 25.The West Bank, which the soldiers occupied in the 1967 Middle East conflict, has experienced a major increase in violence following last month’s…

Liberia President George Weah has conceded defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai on Friday after a tight presidential election race, ending a presidency tarnished by graft charges but helping to ensure a calm transition of power in the formerly violent African nation. With virtually all ballots counted, Boakai, 78, a former vice president who lost to Weah in the 2017 election, led with 50.9% of the vote to Weah’s 49.1%, according to the country’s elections commission on Friday. The outcome is a sharp contrast to 2017, when global football sensation Weah, propelled by a tide of hope, easily defeated Boakai…