Author: Vincent Osuwo

Bayern Munich on Tuesday gave Harry Kane a guard of honor to welcome him back to the club after the striker claimed the 2026 Ballon d’Or in London. The German club said that teammates, officials, staff members, and fans applauded Kane and the other Bayern players who had returned from the awards ceremony ahead of their final training session before Wednesday’s DFB Cup tie against 1. FC Magdeburg. The 33-year-old made his way through a guard of honor formed by club staff as he headed to the training pitch at Säbener Straße, amid loud cheers and chants of “Harry, Harry.”…

A Nigerian national, Akinade Raheem, has been extradited from Benin to the United States to answer federal charges in an alleged tax fraud scheme involving over $100m in fraudulent refund claims. In a Tuesday statement, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia said that Raheem, 43, was arraigned on Monday after his extradition and is being held in the custody of the US Marshals Service while further proceedings are pending. The office stated that Raheem allegedly conspired with Abayomi Eletu and others from 2018 to 2023 to file more than 300 false tax returns using stolen…

The deaths of 37 people, including 14 minors, held in custody by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State, were caused by asphyxiation from overcrowding, poor ventilation, heat stress, and dehydration, according to an independent investigative committee set up by the Federal Government to look into the matter. The committee’s chairman, Jonathan Kure, a former Deputy Director-General of the Department of State Services, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja while presenting the panel’s report to the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. Kure stated that the deaths could have been prevented, blaming them on unlawful detention…

US President Donald Trump has stated that Norwegian immigrants are unwelcome in America because he did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The president made this statement on Monday while speaking to his supporters at a rally in Michigan. In his criticism of the country, Trump remarked, “Frankly, Norway sucks. Norway has actually turned into a shithouse country. I’ll welcome immigrants from Denmark, but not from Norway, since I didn’t get the Nobel Prize so I don’t want anyone from Norway.” For years, Trump has campaigned for the award and previously put pressure on the Nobel committee a five-member panel…

Sabitiyu Olayemi, grandmother of the late gospel singer Olayemi Bayonile Bolaji, widely known as Toluwanisings, has claimed that he ignored her for years before his death, saying he stopped sending her money after occasionally providing her with financial help. Speaking in an interview with journalist Dunmininu in Osun, posted on social media on Monday, the grandmother said she had helped raise the singer and his mother before he relocated to Lagos but that she had not seen him in over five years. “We have been taking care of Sodiq (Toluwanisings) and his mother even before he went to Lagos. He…

Comedian and social media personality Freedom Okpetoritse Atsepoyi, known as Mr. Jollof, has come to the defense of the viral brand-new Toyota Prado vehicles reportedly set aside for the All Progressives Congress’ campaign mobilization, stating that they were donations from individuals who benefited from President Bola Tinubu. In a video that circulated on Tuesday, Mr. Jollof rejected claims that public funds were used to purchase the vehicles, maintaining that wealthy individuals were donating their personal resources to back the president’s re-election bid. “If I have money today, I can decide to support the All Progressives Congress with 50 Prados and…

MTN Nigeria has blamed the rapid draining of subscribers’ internet data bundles on high-resolution video streaming, automatic downloads, background applications, cloud backups, and increased internet activity, while rejecting claims that telecom operators intentionally deduct customers’ data. The telecommunications company clarified that many subscribers unknowingly use large amounts of data because of smartphone settings and applications that keep running even when users are not actively browsing. At a forum titled “Data on Trial,” held in Abuja on Monday alongside the 32nd Nigerian Economic Summit, MTN Nigeria’s General Manager of Network Performance, Mike Ndukwe, stated that data consumption is largely driven by…

A man who said he is the uncle of gospel singer Olayemi Bayonile Bolaji, widely known as Toluwanisings, has demanded an impartial investigation into the singer’s death, warning against any interference or efforts to conceal details about the incident. Lawal Ademola made this appeal during an interview with Dunmininu Kingdom that was posted on Facebook on Monday. He called on the government, community leaders, and law enforcement authorities to make sure the investigation is carried out fairly and that no one is victimized or protected from scrutiny. “Please help us, our elders, as we seek a proper investigation into the…

The Senate has given Nigerians its word that a law creating state police will be passed before the year ends, now that the constitutional amendment has been approved by the required 24 state Houses of Assembly. This assurance followed the Ondo State House of Assembly’s passage on Monday of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026, which is intended to set up State Police Services in Nigeria. The lawmakers approved the bill at the plenary session once it had gone through the second and third readings, with every member in attendance backing its passage.…

Maria Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela, with cheering supporters lining the roads from the western state of Lara all the way to the capital. Vibrant, noisy, open, and defiant, it was a stark contrast to how the Venezuelan opposition leader had slipped out of the country in the dead of night last December to accept the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. Until now, she had been unable to get back to her homeland, having been blocked on several occasions by the Venezuelan government and by the Trump administration, which maintained that the “time wasn’t right” for her return. Now,…