Author: Vincent Osuwo

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has annulled the recognition of Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma as the All Progressives Congress candidate for the Imo West Senatorial District in the 2027 general elections, and has directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to publish the name of former governor Rochas Okorocha. In his judgment, Justice Obiora Egwuatu also barred Uzodimma from presenting himself as the APC senatorial candidate for the January 16, 2027 election, ruling that he did not win the party’s May 18, 2026 primary. The judge declared that Okorocha was the legitimate winner of the primary, which INEC…

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, has raised questions about the Trade Union Congress’s rejection of the Federal Government’s proposed ₦70,000 transport allowance, noting that the union was not part of the negotiations with the government. Ajaero stated that the NLC had clearly indicated from the outset that it was conducting its negotiations independently of the TUC, which makes the latter’s objection to the outcome surprising. In an interview on Channels Television’s Morning Brief on Thursday, Ajaero noted that the TUC did not sign the agreement and contended that the union should not oppose a deal…

A football fan was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison by an Argentine court on Wednesday for threatening Angel Di Maria in 2024, in an attempt to keep the World Cup winner from returning to Argentina at the end of his career. A court in Rosario convicted Sergio Di Vanni, 45, of ordering acts of intimidation against Di Maria’s family aimed at dissuading the former Argentina international from coming back from abroad to play for a rival club. At the time, in March 2024, Di Maria was playing for Benfica but was weighing a return to his…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has suspended Deputy Superintendent of Corps Onoja Babayo Samuel for shooting sporadically during a confrontation with traders at Kubwa Market, Abuja. The corps also convened an Orderly Room Trial to establish the officer’s culpability in the incident, which took place on October 25, 2026. The suspension came after the officer was arrested by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command for allegedly firing shots into the air during a confrontation with traders. In a statement issued on Thursday by its National Public Relations Officer, Babawale Afolabi, the NSCDC said the officer’s conduct constituted…

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered that actress Doris Ogala be held at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre until her bail application is heard and decided, in a case involving alleged cyberbullying, cyberstalking and attempted extortion of Pastor Chris Okafor. Ogala was brought before Justice Akintayo Aluko by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation on three counts, with the allegations centring on the publication of intimate photographs, the dissemination of allegedly false electronic messages and threats made against the cleric. Prosecution counsel Tolulope Mokolu informed the court that the defendant committed the offences between September 2024…

Peter Mbah, the governor of Enugu State, has refuted claims that he gave the order to withdraw a privately owned venue booked for a town hall meeting meant to feature the Nigeria Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, in Enugu. In a statement shared on his X account on Wednesday, the governor called the allegation untrue, stating that he played no part in the decision to bar the organizers from using the facility. “My attention has just been drawn to a video circulating on some social media platforms, alleging that I gave an order…

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has claimed that those attacking President Bola Tinubu and his supporters on social media are being paid to do so, and he called on youths in the North to step up grassroots mobilization for the President’s re-election in 2027. Akpabio made the appeal on Wednesday when a northern youth group, the Arewa Revival Project, led by its coordinator Mustafa Ibrahim, paid him a courtesy visit in his office. The group, whose members come from the 19 northern states, presented an award to the Senate President in recognition of his contributions to nation-building. While thanking the group…

Bayern Munich sporting director Max Eberl announced on Wednesday that coach Vincent Kompany had been released from hospital, disclosing that the Belgian had been suffering from meningeal irritation. Kompany was taken to hospital after he collapsed on the training pitch in Munich on Friday, and Bayern stated that the coach was suffering from a virus. Speaking just minutes before Bayern’s last-32 German Cup match against Magdeburg, Eberl told ARD that the doctors had identified the cause of the illness and had released the 40-year-old Kompany. “We have identified the cause: it is a case of meningeal irritation, which is what…

Ryua, a resident in Tokyo, Japan, has narrated how she knew her rental apartment was haunted from the moment she first walked into the building. “When I visited the place for a viewing, there was a man standing there, glaring at me,” she says. “Since the estate agent couldn’t see him, I realized he must be a ghost.” While someone more easily spooked would likely have fled the flat quickly and never come back, Ryua decided to go ahead and move in. “I’m a bit of a contrarian, so I decided I wanted to become friends with this glaring male…

Spain has begun three days of mourning following the deaths of at least 68 people and injuries to dozens more in one of the worst rail disasters in Europe’s modern history. Emergency crews labored through the night beneath powerful floodlights, cutting open metal carriages as they searched for victims, with many of those killed in the crash yet to be identified. Officials are looking into what caused the disaster, which happened when a train travelling from Madrid to Seville crashed into a stationary train on Wednesday morning. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the “whole of Spain is grieving,” adding that…