Author: Vincent Osuwo

An irate Tyson Fury stated on Saturday that his long-awaited ‘Battle of Britain’ showdown with Anthony Joshua, a fellow former world heavyweight champion, is now in jeopardy due to a dispute between their rival promoters. The highly anticipated bout was revealed earlier this week, with Cardiff’s Principality Stadium scheduled to host what may become the richest fight in British boxing history on December 11. Following months of talks that nearly derailed the fight when Fury demanded a rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, Saudi Arabian boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh revealed the venue and date for the bout on Thursday. The event, set…

Hundreds of thousands of people have welcomed Pope Leo XIV in central Paris ahead of a massive open-air Mass. The crowds cheered as the pontiff travelled down the Champs-Élysées Avenue below the Arc de Triomphe, waving to onlookers from his pope-mobile. The head of the Catholic Church blessed a number of babies as he paused at various points along the avenue, while chants of “Leo, Leo” filled the air. Over half a million people are anticipated to join the event in the heart of the French capital on Saturday, and a special altar has been erected on the Place de…

Veteran Nigerian entertainer Charles Oputa, popularly called Charly Boy, has disclosed that he embraced his two daughters’ choices to identify as lesbians, driven by his desire for their happiness. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Saturday Beats, Charly Boy tackled the criticism sparked by his social media posts regarding his daughters and stood by his approach to parenting. He clarified that love, along with his conviction that parents cannot dictate the lives of their grown children, had ultimately shaped how he responded to his children’s sexuality. He said, “Get it clear, I actually have two daughters who are lesbians. My…

South African police discovered yet another body on Saturday in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, raising the total number of women found dead in the municipality over the past two months to 10. This discovery deepens the mounting alarm about violence against women in a country that has long struggled with violent crime, as police try to determine whether the killings are linked. According to police, the body was discovered in the Tembisa township, though they did not give any further information. “At this point, we can only confirm that a body has been discovered. Crime scene management and all the…

Iran’s proposal to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz had not yet drawn a public response from the US as of Saturday, even though reports indicated President Donald Trump had turned the plan down. This waterway, essential to global oil supplies, lies at the heart of the conflict between the US and Iran, which remains deadlocked after almost seven months, even as fresh mediation efforts were launched this week. Iranian state media said on Saturday that President Masoud Pezeshkian was traveling back to Tehran following his attendance at the UN General Assembly in New York. While there, he met with…

The COVID-19 pandemic represented the worst global health crisis in a hundred years, claiming no fewer than 20 million lives and removing over 10 trillion dollars from the world economy. During an online news conference on Friday, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus stated that the pandemic laid bare and deepened vulnerabilities in global health security, while delivering hard lessons to the world. He stressed that nations need to take those lessons to heart, since the arrival of the next pandemic is not a matter of if, but of when. Ghebreyesus pointed out that the continuing Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease outbreak…

Cardinal John Onaiyekan, the Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, has stated that the people of the Southeast ought to be free to select whichever presidential candidate they prefer, without state governors meddling in that decision. Onaiyekan made this remark on Thursday during an interview with Afia TV in Enugu, as he answered questions regarding recent comments by Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo on how the Igbo should cast their votes in the 2027 presidential election. In recent months, Soludo has called on Ndigbo to steer clear of what he termed “wasting” their votes while at the same time promoting strategic…

Nigerian Afrobeats artist Oluwatobiloba Anidugbe, popularly known as Kizz Daniel, has revealed that his recent break from music was caused by the death of his mother earlier this year. Daniel clarified that the pause was not due to him working on a new album. The singer, who also goes by Vado D’Great, shared this on Friday while responding to a fan on X. The fan, @VicroyDominion1, had posted, “I guess the album really made you busy; you had to pause for a while.” Kizz Daniel responded, “I paused for my mom, not an album… Lost her this year, but I…

CNN reporters were prevented from accompanying US President Donald Trump on Saturday as originally planned, marking a fresh White House effort to restrict the network’s access. Last week, the president attempted to ban three US outlets CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House, claiming they offered only negative coverage of him. Following the blocking of journalists from these three outlets from the White House complex, a judge ordered their access to be temporarily reinstated, noting that Trump’s action was probably unconstitutional. For Trump’s Saturday trip to Tennessee, CNN had been set to serve as the TV network in…

Women and youths in Plateau State blocked the Jos-Barkin Ladi-Mangu highway to call for better security and an end to the repeated attacks in the area. It was gathered that there was tension in the Kassa community in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State after gunmen shot dead three vigilantes, among them the community youth leader, during a night patrol. Reports say the attackers invaded the community at about 1 am on Friday and opened fire on the vigilantes. A resident, John Dung, informed our correspondent that the victims belonged to the local vigilante group that had been…