Author: Vincent Osuwo

Argentina captain Lionel Messi is set to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) in recognition of his football career and contribution to the country. The university’s Higher Council gave unanimous approval to granting the honorary degree, which stands as its most prestigious honorary award. Messi will receive the award on Tuesday, October 6, before Argentina’s farewell match against Benin at the Monumental Stadium. According to UBA, Messi’s career embodied “excellence, perseverance, humility, and ethical practice,” and the university also underscored his dedication to representing Argentina. The university pointed to his part in Argentina’s biggest international…

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is set to return to formally advising US President Donald Trump’s administration by co-leading what the Pentagon described as a study on the future of war. Before leaving in May 2025, Musk had led the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after a public falling-out with Trump. Speaking at the Quantico military base, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth stated that “Project Meridian” would be “an effort led by America’s best minds to study the future of warfare.” Hegseth remarked, “We are leveraging a unique source of American advantage, one our adversaries do not have: our innovators, our senior…

Plateau State Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang has granted an absolute pardon to 130 inmates and commuted the death sentences of four others to life imprisonment as part of activities marking Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary. Mutfwang made the pardon known on Thursday while extending his good wishes to Plateau citizens and to Nigerians both at home and abroad on the 66th Independence Anniversary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, October 1, 2026. In a goodwill message signed by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Gyang Bere, the governor called the occasion “a significant moment for Nigerians to reflect on…

Wicknell Chivayo, a Zimbabwean billionaire and businessman, along with his wife Lucy Muteke, lost their lives in a helicopter crash that killed six people. On Wednesday evening, the helicopter went down in a rural part of Marondera, roughly 70km east of Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital. BBC reports that Zimbabwean police stated the aircraft was carrying six people when it crashed at around 5pm local time, and government officials later confirmed that no one survived. Herbert Chivayo, a spokesperson for the family, verified the deaths of the businessman and his wife to Zimbabwe’s state broadcaster, ZBC. “We are at a loss for…

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday stated that Nigeria has moved beyond the difficult phase of his administration’s economic reforms, noting that the country is entering an “age of prosperity” focused on jobs, production, and improved living standards. Tinubu made the declaration in his Independence Day speech to Nigerians as Nigeria marked its 66th anniversary, saying the government’s “overriding purpose” for the past three years had been to correct the nation’s economic course. “The emergency treatment is over. The foundation has been repaired,” the president’s Thursday address said. “The central economic task before us has changed. For three years, our overriding…

President Bola Tinubu declared on Thursday that the toughest stage of his economic reforms had passed, with the nation now shifted from an “age of reform” to an “age of prosperity,” as he told Nigerians in his Independence Day broadcast, while also warning politicians who advocate a return to fuel subsidies ahead of the 2027 general election. Commemorating Nigeria’s 66th Independence anniversary, Tinubu used the nationwide address, themed “From Reform to Prosperity,” to defend the removal of the petrol subsidy and the unification of the naira exchange rate, comparing the country to a cancer patient who opted for painful treatment…

British actor Andrew Garfield has revealed that the music and revolutionary spirit of the late Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti shaped the way he portrayed Spider-Man. Garfield shared this in a roadside interview that has since gone viral, saying he creates a playlist for each character he takes on and turned to Fela Kuti’s music once he got the part of Peter Parker. The actor explained that Fela’s music helped him link the superhero’s physicality with a feeling of activism and justice. “I create a playlist for every character I play, which is a lovely, fun thing to do. So,…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is seeking an immediate reduction in the price of petrol, a nationwide wage award, and the commencement of negotiations on a new national minimum wage, warning that the rising cost of living has eroded workers’ purchasing power. The NLC issued these demands on Wednesday in an Independence Day statement signed by its president, Joe Ajaero, titled “Our Hope Depends on the Choices We Make and the Actions We Take.” According to the union, these demands had become essential because workers and other Nigerians keep struggling with the rising costs of transportation, food, rent, and education.…

Cristiano Ronaldo has announced that he has departed Portugal’s international camp and will reveal the reasons why “in time.” This follows head coach Jorge Jesus’ earlier statement that there was no rift with the captain after claims surfaced that the five-time Ballon d’Or winner had refused to train. Ronaldo has revealed that he thought about retiring from international football following the summer World Cup but chose to carry on as he pursues 1,000 career goals. He was named in Jesus’ 25-man squad for the current international break and started the opening Nations League match against Wales. Yet the Al-Nassr forward…

The Borno State Police Command has made it clear that five suspects taken into custody in Maiduguri were not prosecuted merely for wearing T-shirts with “Tinubu Must Go” printed on them, but rather for over accusations of inciting disturbance, breaching public peace, thuggery, and possessing drug substances. In a press release issued on Wednesday by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahum Daso, speaking for the Commissioner of Police, the Command said its attention had been drawn to viral reports and extensive public discussion concerning the case. The statement noted that officers conducting a routine township patrol near the…