Author: Vincent Osuwo

The NFL has announced that rapper Jay-Z will take the stage for the Super Bowl half-time show this February. Since 2019, Jay-Z’s company Roc Nation has produced the half-time show, and he plays a major part in choosing each year’s performer, though he has never before performed at the NFL championship game. The NFL said in a statement, “Anticipation as to who Jay-Z might have as a guest star at halftime for the big game will now kick off.” “Of course, his wife, Beyoncé, will be atop the list.” Next year’s Super Bowl LXI is set to take place on…

Spain midfielder Alexia Putellas has claimed the Ballon d’Or Feminin for a record-equalling third time, ensuring the award stays with a Spanish player for a sixth year running. At 32, Putellas captained Barcelona to Champions League success as part of a quadruple in 2025-26, before she moved to Women’s Super League (WSL) club London City Lionesses in July. She now stands alongside Spain team-mate Aitana Bonmati on three Ballon d’Or Feminin titles – her former Barcelona colleague took the award in 2023, 2024 and 2025, following Putellas’ wins in 2021 and 2022. The last six Ballons d’Or have gone to…

Victor Osimhen scored two first-half goals, which gave Turkey Super Lig champion hosts Galatasaray a 2-1 win over Fenerbahce. Osimhen broke the deadlock in the 29th minute, finishing off a move set up by Baris Alper Yilmaz to put Galatasaray in front at Rams Park. The striker doubled his team’s lead in the 44th minute, converting another chance after an assist from Davinson Sanchez to send Galatasaray into half-time with a 2-0 cushion. Fenerbahce pulled one back in the 62nd minute through Irfan Can Kahveci, who was set up by Oguz Aydin, cutting the deficit to 2-1. Galatasaray made several…

Spain and Barcelona talisman, Lamine Yamal, has won the Men’s Young Player of the Year at the 2026 Ballon d’Or ceremony. The Barcelona forward who has won the award twice before tonight clinches the award for the third time following Barcelona’s impressive La Liga victory and Spain’s triumph at the 2026 World Cup. “It is an honor to be here and receive this prize,” Yamal said. “I would have liked to see my team-mate Cubarsi here because I think this prize should have been for him. He has been playing at an excellent level for some time. “This is my…

The no-case submission filed by former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, concerning the alleged unlawful interception of telephone conversations involving National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu, was dismissed on Monday by a Federal High Court in Abuja. In a ruling, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik held that the prosecution had provided sufficient evidence to require El-Rufai to enter his defense in the five-count amended charge filed against him by the Department of State Services. The judge therefore ordered the former governor to open his defense and adjourned the case until November 25, 2026, for him to do so. El-Rufai filed the no-case submission…

Israel Ford, a pastor based in the United States, has announced that he has married a second wife, calling the belief that a man should have only one wife unbiblical. Ford, who is linked to LifeWorks Church in Wickliffe, Ohio, shared the news in a Facebook post on Sunday, along with a video that was recorded in the church. He tagged his new wife as Shakayla Ford and noted that he was at the church with her and his first wife, Lydia Ford. Ford wrote, “I would like to introduce to the world, my second wife, Shakayla Ford!!!” He stated…

Brazil’s left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva achieved a dramatic comeback on Sunday, securing re-election victory, yet his opponent Flavio Bolsonaro would not accept defeat and declared he would seek to have the vote annulled. Lula’s win meant Brazil held off a conservative surge that has swept numerous countries including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Peru all of which have moved to the right with backing from US President Donald Trump. The left-wing icon, who turns 81 on Tuesday, surpassed expectations to claim an unprecedented fourth term. Official results show he took 51.8 per cent of the vote against 48.2…

The Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso Movement has criticized the Nigeria Democratic Congress for unveiling its National Campaign Council, raising doubts about the party’s readiness for the 2027 general elections and asserting that it possesses a stronger grassroots structure. John Ughulu, the Director-General of the OK Movement, said the NDC had taken too long to put its campaign machinery in place, cautioning that political ambition without effective grassroots mobilization and coordination would not ensure electoral victory. He made this known on Monday in a statement released to journalists in Abuja, one day after the NDC announced the members of its…

The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has constituted its National Campaign Council for the 2027 general elections. It designated its National Leader, Senator Henry Dickson, as chairman, with presidential candidate Peter Obi serving as co-chairman. The party made the appointments known in a statement shared on its X account on Sunday. According to the statement, the council would coordinate campaign activities across the country and rally support for its vision of a “new, just, and prosperous Nigeria.” Senator Cleopas Zuwoghe, the party’s National Chairman and vice-presidential candidate, was named vice-chairman, while Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso was appointed co-vice-chairman. Ikenna Enekweizu, the…

The Federal Government plans to identify and equip Ebola treatment centers in states with designated ports of entry, as contacts linked to Nigeria’s confirmed case rise to 53. These measures form part of efforts to strengthen the country’s preparedness for a possible spread of the disease, with the government assessing isolation capacity at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital and planning an infection prevention and control assessment at Karu General Hospital. According to an Ebola situation report obtained by our correspondent on Sunday, the authorities are also working to set up referral mechanisms for suspected cases, bolster surveillance at ports…